Hamas strike on Israel - Threadbans in op - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

You are f%^^%$ naive if you dont think the the extreme left and far right dont buy into the whole world jewish conspiracy, they both have a visceral hatred of jews, this hatred is growing in Ireland, it may be a small clique but its there.

Ah the Muslim Brotherhood

That Bastien of democracy. It was trying to impose Islam doctrine similar to the Taliban. There was a popular uprising against it.

Problem with organisations like that that when they get into power they abolish all Democratic institutions in a state

Egypt has a border with Gaza.

I never said I was ok with what they are doing, I was just asking a question as to how shutting your borders and indeed, protecting your coastal waters from infiltration is a war crime and incompatible with international law. I am not saying what Israel is doing is morally right, but I haven't seen anything that confirms it is illegal.

There is nothing disingenuous about asking a question as to how Israel's actions in closing its border (as opposed to its actions in indiscriminate bombing) are a war crime, as been claimed on Twitter and on here.

Horseshoe theory of politics.

Paul Murphy and John McGuirk have more in common with each other than they do with centrist politicians like Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin.

The people of Gaza chose Hamas as there government. It's not just Israel is pi$$ed with them so is Egypt. Organisations like Hamas do not want peace

Again, this is not a question about the logistical implications, this is about the legal consequences of closing your borders. There has been a claim, and it has been repeated many times, that Israel is committing a war crime by closing its borders. There are humanitarian implications from that, but I am asking as to how international law is being broken. It is a fundamental principle of international law that a country can close its borders and the example I have given - North Korea - have been doing it for decades.

This isn't about how my brain works, this is about what is legally wrong. If there is a war crime, people should be actually able to explain what that is, rather than just spouting out "Oh, that is a war crime".

The only reasonable position for any elected official in this country to take on this issue is to call for a ceasefire and to encourage a peaceful resolution.

Paul Murphy is happy to stir things up and lead protests that result in laws being broken and other attendees being arrested (notably stays out of handcuffs himself).

Like all champagne socialists he's happy to take a hard line from a safe distance of a few thousand miles.

This is what you get with political extremists though so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone this guy is a fvcking TD for Christ's sake.

Don't be feigning ignorance and making up dishonest false equivalences. It's nonsense.

Israel controls everything going into and out of Gaza. South Korea does not control anything going into and out of NK.

he literally quoted his sources

Article 55, which you quote, and I am not conceding as to its applicability to the current circumstances, also has an exceptional clause - "temporary restrictions are made necessary by imperative military requirements". Given what happened to Israel over the weekend, and given the over-riding right to self defence, those exceptions are clearly in play. Now, if Israel continued this blockade for say, a month, and it could be established that Article 55 does apply (which I am not conceding) then you may have a point.

Some of the Nazi scum protesting outside the Israeli embassy tore up flowers and cards sympathising over the attacks.

There is a very sizeable group in the Pro Palestinian group that are among the most disturbed and vile people in modern political activism.

Interesting how many Irish people would be supporting the Brits going by their love of Israel to "defend itself"

Interesting to see the (American) Republicans wanting a hands off approach to Ukraine but very quick to say they need to do something in Israel

Putin pulling strings there I wonder

Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results''

This is Israel. They are going to inspire another generation of terrorists, by killing the innocent, Hamas needs wiping out, not the innocent people of Palestine. Can you imagine the UK bombing Ireland, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Cork, over the actions of the IRA, but his is what Israel does, and then terrorists are born from those actions, and they do the same to Israel. The innocent people on both sides suffer.

Israel needs to be more precise in their actions, go in, and hunt those terrorists down, not kill kids with bombs from the air