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[–] [email protected] 153 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (16 children)

Irish solidarity with the Palestinian cause has been massive for decades.

That's almost certainly what the Israeli player was referring to with this malicious mischaracterization:

It’s known that they are quite antisemitic and it’s no secret, and maybe that’s why a strong game is expected

Something about being brutalized and treated as second class citizens in your own home by a militarily dominant power seems to generate empathy for the plight of Palestinians.

[–] Wermhatswormhat 54 points 7 months ago (5 children)

That makes a lot of sense. I didn’t know Ireland had such strong solidarity with Palestine. I remember a story way back when the potato famine was happening and Ireland sent what little they could to the native Americans. Same story there. An oppressed people in their own homeland by a dominant military power.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Frederick Douglass met with Daniel O’Connell in Ireland in 1845. Several other abolitionists travelled there as well.

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