Irish rubbish

His Excellency Kyle O’Sullivan’s article “Ireland’s push to encourage progress” (June 24) really whitewashes Ireland’s behavior towards Israel in recent years. He draws a comparison between Ireland’s independence in 1949 and Israel’s independence a year earlier. He even talks about a kindred

spirit between the two peoples.

Rubbish! He represents a country that only a few weeks

ago was considering expelling the Israeli ambassador

because Israel had the chutzpah to defend its citizens from Hamas rockets. Ireland zealously supports the BDS movement and is one of the most virulent anti-Israel countries in

the EU (quite a feat considering how much antisemitism there is in Europe).

We are talking about a country where institutionalized sexual abuse of orphans by priests was common during the latter half of the 20th century and where newborn babies of

were stolen from single mothers who were then used as slave laborers.

If Ireland were really interested in promoting peace, it

should tell its Palestinian friends that the road to peace lies through removing references to the destruction of Israel in its charter as laid out in the Oslo Accord, and informing its people in clear Arabic that the two peoples have to peace

ably live side by side. Then his excellency could write a genuine article for about friendship and kindred spirit between our peoples.

MALCOLM MANDEL

Ra’anana