Suella Braverman, the British Home Secretary, has declared pro-Palestinian marches as hate marches, and has predicted civil disorder if the big pro-Palestine march in London goes ahead tomorrow. Is she saying this because she believes it, or because it might advance her ambitions? It appears the DUP refusal to accept the Windsor Framework isn’t just […]
November, 2023
An Irish-American who remembers – by Michael J Cummings
Friends—The British think they have had the last word on Northern Ireland: mocking the Good Friday obligations; the criminal cover-up of their legacy of murder; and the dismissal of any Irish unity referendum for “a long, long time.” The American Brexit Committee thinks otherwise. If America is to display any spine, sense of justice and respect […]
Are Ben, Joe and Rishi headed for the Hague?
A few questions this morning, to see if your moral compass has been bent into a horse-shoe shape. Do you think Israel has been and is guilty of war crimes? That’s pretty easy – YES. Long before October 7, it kept the Palestinian people, or 2.3 million of them living on the Gaza […]
John Carson: DUP councillor, misogynistic buffoon
The DUP has long had a problem with women. Was it a dream I had, or did DUP party members make mooing sounds when members of the Women’s Coalition stood up to speak? You might want to argue that the DUP did make a woman – Arlene Foster – the party leader; but it […]
Israel and the PR Battle – by Michael Lagan
Israel is losing the PR battle in the West. The genocidal-level bombings and slaughter of innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and indeed refugee camps (in their own country) have disgusted the world so much that even American Jews are showing up in their droves at pro-Palestinian rallies. Israel is losing the PR battle […]
PAT+ JUDE TALK ABOUT ONE CRAZY ISRAELI, FLOODING & THE FUTURE, AND MICHEÁl MARTIN AND HIS FUTURE
So – what comes next in the Middle East? After the Israelis have achieved their objective of wiping out Hamas – as well as massive numbers of innocent Palestinians – what happens? Does Israel take over the Gaza strip? Will there be a two-state solution? Or would a one-state solution actually serve the […]
Letter to the Irish Echo – by Mike Cummings
October 2, 2023 Letters Editor IRISH ECHO 165 Madison Ave, Suite 302 New York, New York 10016 Dear Editor: The headline for Lord Caine’s commentary “All We Ask for Is a Chance to Succeed” (10/25) reminded me of the Dicken’s character Mr. Bumble. He was a deceitful and duplicitous dude who […]
Nasrallah, Blinken, Hamas and Israel – by Fra Hughes
The long anticipated speech by Hasan Nasrallah, leader of the social,political and resistance group Hezbollah has given us an insight into what reaction we might expect from them in the coming weeks and months as Israel continues its murderous assault on Gaza. Hezbollah as an organisation only exists to protect the people of Lebanon […]
When will the Irish Church speak out for the people of Palestine? – by Joe McVeigh
Most Irish people are horrified by what the Zionist-Israeli government led by Netanyahu is doing to the people of Gaza-with the support of the US, GB and the EU. I think the Irish people have a good sense of who’s right and who’s wrong in the war in Gaza. We get our sense of […]
American duplicity mirrored in Ireland – by Fra Hughes
Western media is full of stories of Biden and Blinken calling for a pause in the ongoing Israeli one sided war on Gaza. Gazans have no standing army,no tanks,no warships no f35 stealth bombers. Palestinian resistance have not dropped over 24,000 tons of bombs on the civilian population and infrastructure […]