1. Limerick boycott 1904: The economic boycott of the Jewish community lasted over two years.
2. 3 months after Hitler’s rise to power, the head of the Irish mission in Berlin, Leo McCauley, noted a rise in inquiries about immigration to Ireland from German Jews and Jews of Polish nationality.
3. “As far as possible the legation has discouraged such persons from going to Ireland”, he wrote to Dublin.
In a revealing aside, McCauley added that Jewish refugees had “to some extent . . . brought the trouble [on] themselves”.
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12. Irish sudden discovery of compassion for refugees:
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14. Mere Coincidence?
15. Need a reminder what terror at an all-time high meant?
16. Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political wing continues to be a virulent critic of Israel. In 2006, Aengus Ó Snodaigh described Israel as "one of the most abhorrent and despicable regimes on the planet."
17. The meaning of #SallyRoony's boycott of Hebrew-speakers, most of whom are Israelis, must be evaluated against this miserable history of over a century of consistent, proudly displayed Irish antisemitism, immediately and seamlessly followed by anti-Zionist agitation.
18. Anyone exonerating #SallyRooney shd explain why Jews/Hebrew-speakers/Zionists/Israelis need have any doubt about the spring of her animus. The coincidence where Jews are consistently targeted for malign slander by some Irish notable overstrains the credulity of even Jews.
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