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“This is what Israel is doing now, just to be clear. A Nakba.” ~Gideon Levy Haaretz ☕️

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“Gordon Lyons. He's the embodiment of that internet meme that depicts Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons surrounded by rakes and every time he moves he steps on one and bashes himself in the face.” ~Squinter @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“The DUP aren’t invested in the ethos of power-sharing or the concepts of the Good Friday Agreement.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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““Housing is a top priority” is now the Irish equivalent to when Republican senators offer “thoughts and prayers” after a preventable mass shooting. So lacking in genuineness and substance it gives Keir Starmer a run for his money.” ~Aoife Moore The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“As usual, instead of solving the root problem of the conflict, Israel has once again proven that it understands only force and is capable only of short term thinking.” ~Editorial Haaretz ☕️

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“The past decade has seen remarkable developments and changes in Irish politics and society, north and south, that were perhaps long in coming but which have propelled the country in a new direction.” ~Chris Donnelly The Irish News ☕️🥐

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After British govt demanded access to user data, Apple removes highest level data security tool from UK customers. Information is a commodity to be bought, sold and used (Epstein knew).

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“…the Home Office is perfectly capable on its own of concealing the crimes of British security forces from public view without hiding behind the NIO.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“Fans have long argued that Celtic was born from oppression, and that to not speak up for the oppressed is to deny the club's own history - and they do have a point.” ~Kelly Given The National (Scotland)

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The ruling parties never cease to amaze with their inability to multi-task.

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“The PSNI stands utterly complicit in RUC systemic wrongdoing, to the point where change seems impossible without revolutionary change.” ~Andrée Murphy @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“Does Martin seriously believe handing Trump a crystal bowl of shamrock will induce an outflowing of compassion for ‘the old country’?” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“It is now clear that the truth has been repeatedly concealed by the police, the army and a variety of British intelligence agencies.” ~Editorial The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“Resuming the war could be a death sentence for the remaining hostages and might not eradicate Hamas but Netanyahu has signalled readiness to do that…” ~George Gaynor The National (Scotland) ☕️🥐

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“"What an odd way to frame ethnic cleansing and clear violations of international law” ~Assal Rad The National (Scotland) ☕️

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“Decisions made coldly in Newbridge and Dublin have very real consequences for the lives of serving soldiers and their families.” ~Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

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“Just four weeks of the Trump presidency have passed, and the Middle East is once again on edge.” ~Paul Kearns Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

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“The latest Policy Exchange ‘report’ has no credibility at all. If it weren’t for its connections in former Conservative governments and the right-wing Tory media, it would be ignored if not derided.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“Physical "recovery" prioritises roads, water, sewage and power.” ~Lucy Easthope Irish Examiner ☕️

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“Trump is chucking his weight around with little regard or apparent understanding of how dangerous the political trajectory is and the potential fallout from it that might then result.” ~David Pratt The National (Scotland) ☕️🥐

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“The rewriting of British state history about British state policies, practices and killings in Ireland is necessary, and bereaved families have led from the front in this public service.” ~Andrée Murphy @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“There you have it, the solution to the most intractable problems in the world reduced to real estate: property speculation, construction, lavish apartments, marinas in a glistening sea, and a string of Trump towers looking out over the Med” ~Tom Kelly The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“…the people of Ireland are not in favour of increased militarisation or becoming party to international conflicts.” ~Profs Bresnihan, Rowan & Brodie Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

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Independence and impartiality in the media doesn’t exist, never existed. www.ontheditch.com/comment-spec...

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“What's important to recognise here is that annexation would be far simpler for Trump to approve than taking over Gaza.” ~David Pratt The National

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"I find it interesting that he has really dismissed the proofs, the evidence on why Israel has committed genocide.” ~Francesca Albanese The National (Scotland) ☕️🥐

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“After Trump reiterated his position in favour of the war crime of forced displacement, Israel said it had begun preparations for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in line with his plan.” ~Xander Elliards The National (Scotland) ☕️

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“A Fine Gael leader expressing - or practising - indifference towards Irish citizens in the North is nothing new.” ~Editorial @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“The US has a moral duty to repair the damage it so egregiously facilitated under Joe Biden’s dismal presidency.” ~Editorial, The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“Do we need Stormont because without it we are doomed? Or is the entire edifice impossible to run and therefore we are doomed to mediocrity rather than delivery?” ~Andrée Murphy @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“Not only is there no money, the north can’t raise any because it’s a colonial administration, a glorified county council, not a government.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“I operated on seven-year-old Amer, who had been shot by one of the drones that descend immediately after a bombing to pick off those who are running away all civilians.” ~Prof Nizam Mamode Irish Examiner (…but, but, but, the IHRA) ☕️🥐

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“It is part of a smear campaign to shut down critique and criticism of Israel’s abhorrent violence in Gaza,” ~Prof Aidan Regan UCD The Irish Times ☕️🥐

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“Netanyahu’s govt has, since October 7th seemed hell-bent not only on destroying the strip of Palestinian territory running alongside the Mediterranean but on testing the very limits of a global order ostensibly based on rules, laws and justice” ~Hamish Morrison The National

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“Decency and moral courage are clearly not prerequisites for politics. That we have a President blessed with both only compounds the lack of it in others.” ~Colin Sheridan @colinivan Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

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“What is happening in Gaza is not the Holocaust. There is no Auschwitz and no Treblinka there, However, it is a crime from the same family - a crime of genocide.” ~Prof. Daniel Blatman & Prof. Amos Goldberg Haaretz

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“One might be forgiven for assuming that Israeli hostility is now mostly a matter of criticising those who have criticised its cruelty in Gaza,…” ~Editorial, Irish Examiner ☕️

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“In a world where powerful nations act with impunity, we must stand together to defend the principles of justice, equality, and human rights." ~ Varsha Gandikota-Nel-lutla, co-general co-ordinator of the Progressive International. The National (Scotland)

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“If a mechanism to provide for self-determination of the Irish people hadn’t been central to the GFA neither Sinn Féin nor the Irish government would have signed up it.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“A bleak colonial past informs the Irish of what it means to be trodden upon, how important it is to have the support of others, and why cowering in silence is not an option.” ~editorial Andersonstown News

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“To attack President Michael D Higgins, who refuses to be blind to modern-day genocide in Gaza, is, quite frankly, a blatant apologia for the Israeli state and its current genocidal policies.” ~Andrée Murphy @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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“…the editorial in The Times belonged to a different era, and failed to grasp that Ireland is an independent nation which can maintain its own policies without following the questionable decisions taken by successive Westminster administrations.” ~ Irish News Editorial

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“It’s not as if the government was swept in on a wave of popularity. They have the lowest FF/FG share of the vote in the state’s history.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“In the Middle East, the genocide of Palestinians happened on Biden’s watch. But Trump’s decision at the weekend to supply Israel once more with 2,000-pound bombs gives further succour to Benjamin Netanyahu and will do nothing to stabilise the region” ~Tom Collins The Irish news ☕️🥐

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“The episode has been a perfect example of cute hoor politics in action…” ~Chris Donnelly The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“Such is the lack of respect for those admirable souls who went there to protest the Government's continuing inaction on Gaza and Palestine, their presence barely got a mention from the broadcast media…” ~Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner ☕️

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“…when the Israelis imprison Palestinians indefinitely under ‘administrative detention’ they are using British ‘legalised lawlessness’ provisions they introduced when Palestine was a British mandate.” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News ☕️🥐

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“In amongst the vague, ambiguous uncertainty of the new government, the position of Irish and British citizens who are intensely debating our future goes unrecognised.” ~Andrée Murphy @ATownNews ☕️🥐

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