So – the Christmas spirit has descended (maybe) on Gaza – a truce has been declared. It better swing into place quickly, because Israel has killed well over 100 Palestinians since it was called. It will start on Sunday. Or maybe Monday. But what’s 50 or 100 extra deaths in Gaza? In an article today, […]
Peace or sticking-plaster?
So peace has broken out in the Middle East. Israel is taking a rest from its genocidal exertions, although according to the BBC, ‘the Israel-Palestine war’ is suspended. Sometimes fake efforts to suggest that Hamas has been an equal opponent over the last 15 months verge on the delusional. Will this transform the Middle […]
The Independents and the Healy-Raes: crazy for power?
As Fianna Fail and Fine Gael assemble their government with the handful of ‘independent’ TDs, I find myself remembering a distinction someone once drew for me between a lunatic and an idiot. The word ‘lunatic’ comes from the Latin word ‘lunaticus’, meaning someone moonstruck or with their thoughts affected by the moon; the word ‘idiot’ […]
How to ‘fuck Gaza’
I’ve just received this short video. It gives a nice insight into Israeli lies…
Compensate Adams?
This morning I hear that the British government may have to give compensation to Gerry Adams, among others, for unlawful imprisonment back in the days of Long Kesh. On BBC Radio 4’ ‘Today’ programme the presenter pressed his guest on this issue, as though the inclusion of Gerry Adams in compensation would prove how stupid […]
Will the Lebanese Army become the new Palestinian Authority? – by Fra Hughes
Will the Lebanese Army become the new Palestinian Authority? I ask this question in good faith as we witness the appointment of the head of the Lebanese army as the 14th President of Lebanon. The Lebanese army is ranked 118 out of 125 counties listed, with 73,000 volunteers, 70,000 in the Army 1,500 in the […]
The Dark Well by Randall Stephen Hall
Let us pause on the bridge Before we cross over. And let us see the moving waters And what they conjure up for us. Silvery ripples and shining reflections Upon ourselves and the golden dreams Of who we might become. Beyond the gun, the fear And the bully dog’s jaw. And when […]
Matt Diskin is spiked by the Irish Times. Quelle surprise!
Sir, Having read The Lancet’s latest shocking report in The Guardian on the revised numbers of civilian causalities in Gaza, it’s very reasonable to ask why the TV news media in particular have barely mentioned it at all; in stark.contrast to its current saturation coverage of the raging fires in California, which are relatively […]
Any Chance of a Prophetic Church in Ireland? by Joe McVeigh
When I ask the question is there any chance there will be a prophetic church in Ireland I already know the answer. The answer is “No -not if it continues the way it is going.” That is why, as I have already written elsewhere, the only hope for a prophetic church in Ireland is if […]
Enoch Burke and backbones
I think we should call people what they ask us to call them. My son Matt for many years was Matthew, but there came a point in his teen years where he wanted to be known as Matt. So we called him Matt. Just as one of my other sons was called Hugh David, and […]