Shameful, immoral hypocrites: An open letter to the Irish football team - opinion
There were no comparable gestures from the Irish football team for the Israelis massacred on October 7.
Dear Irish football team, I write this open letter to express my disapproval of your decision to wear black armbands in the upcoming match against Israel in Debrecen. I believe you should wear them, as you certainly deserve to be marked out as the shameful, immoral hypocrites that you are.
However, I must point out that your black armbands are incomplete. You have failed to include the swastika, a symbol that would truly honor your national side's history. Did you forget that your team proudly played against the Nazis in 1936 at Dalymount Park? They even performed the Nazi salute in Germany in 1939, when the true nature of the Nazis was known.
You share the same moral standards as those who participated in those events, yet you dare to claim the moral high ground. You refuse to acknowledge that nearly 10,000 members of your Jewish community were murdered during the Holocaust. Now that you are aware of this dark chapter in your history, please ensure it does not prick your conscience while you wear your black armbands against the Jewish state.
Your protest against Israel's actions in Gaza is nothing more than performative and disgusting. You claim to be protesting against Israel, but your knowledge of the situation is laughably shallow, fitting on a postage stamp. Where were you on October 7th? When 1,200 innocent Israelis were slaughtered, including footballer Lior Asulin and Yaron Zohar? I do not recall seeing any comparable gesture from your team for the Israelis who were murdered then.
Your protest is a national disgrace, and you are nothing more than cowards. You belong in the dustbin of history, like your predecessors. Am Yisrael chai.
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