(Gatestone Institute) Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin - In May 2021, the lower house of the Irish Parliament voted unanimously to discuss a motion to support BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) legislation to try to strangle Israel economically. The motion was fully supported by at least two of Ireland's leading NGOs sponsored by the Irish Catholic Church: Sadaka and Trocaire. Fully a third of Irish members of parliament voted to expel Israeli diplomats from Ireland. Sein Fein, a democratic socialist party that won the most votes in Ireland's 2020 parliamentary elections, has been spearheading the increasingly anti-Israel orientation of Ireland's foreign policy. According to Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, Ireland is perceived as the most anti-Israel state in the EU. In Ireland, Jew-hatred does not well up from the general public but seems clearly driven from the top down. Sinn Fein MP Martin Browne claims that Israel created ISIS. Matt Carthy has stated that Israel is the worst human rights offender on earth - presumably dwarfing China, North Korea, Venezuela and Iran. Pro-Palestinian activism on Ireland's college campuses is spearheaded by Palestinian students who have been granted scholarships to study in Ireland.
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