I think the matches will ultimately go ahead but I think there is zero chance of it taking place in Dublin
johnfuckingtravolta on
Minister of State. They wont even name the cunt in the headline.
Robin_Gr on
Nothing stops big tourist events in this country. It will plough on ahead regardless of what the stated reasoning is.
Pearse_Borty on
honestly the type of match that needs UN Peacekeepers standing on the sidelines. This could get ugly if it goes ahead as planned
More-Instruction-873 on
How about this? Have the match but everyone boycott it. Just have no one in attendance
smilefromthestreets on
Absolute shame how the country responded to Israel’s destruction of Gaza for us to now face them in a sport. Take the fine and stand with some backbone
RiverGyoll on
Anti-apartheid unless it costs them literally anything at all.
CCFCEIGHTYFOUR on
Ban away supporters, play the fixture at home.
whooo_me on
No wonder Francesca Albanese was so critical of the Irish Government.
All talk. They’ll soak up the praise if there’s any going around. But zero action. They’ll sit on the OTB too, until Gaza’s gone (which likely won’t take much longer) and the West Bank is next.
InfectedAztec on
>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald urged the FAI to give Israel “the red card” and not fulfil its fixtures against Israel.
Its nice that she breaks down the geopolitical complexity of the issue into simple language the common man can understand
katiessalt on
Shouldn’t proceed at all!
zenzenok on
Here’s what the FAI should have done imo. Rather than swiftly agreeing to the fixtures, they should have sent a letter to UEFA and the Israeli football association asking for clarification on whether or not the association represents clubs operating in the occupied territories (which it does). This would have brought (more) international attention to the occupation and, depending on the response, the FAI could have made an informed decision to refuse to play and any accusations of anti-semitism would sound ridiculous.
I’d much rather see more tactical and impactful activism from Ireland rather than ineffective statements and flag waving which imo are getting us nowhere.
ImAnOldChunkOfCoal on
The match should happen here. We shouldn’t lose our home advantage because of others’ sins. Ideally, Israel wouldn’t be in the competition at all until they withdraw from the Palestinian state, but that isn’t in our control and considering how few chances we get at the Euros – I don’t think it’s fair on the players to ask them to sacrifice a lifelong dream of potentially in a Euros to boycott it. We shouldn’t be put in a position where it’s up to us to boycott it to begin with.
Edit: got my competitions mixed up
Back_once_again on
Every single cent raised from away end ticket sales should go directly to Palestine. Hopefully the home fans can double the amount raised too.
-SideshowBlob- on
We shouldn’t be playing them at all.
iknowtheop on
Boycott it and have a friendly match against Palestine that day.
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I think the matches will ultimately go ahead but I think there is zero chance of it taking place in Dublin
Minister of State. They wont even name the cunt in the headline.
Nothing stops big tourist events in this country. It will plough on ahead regardless of what the stated reasoning is.
honestly the type of match that needs UN Peacekeepers standing on the sidelines. This could get ugly if it goes ahead as planned
How about this? Have the match but everyone boycott it. Just have no one in attendance
Absolute shame how the country responded to Israel’s destruction of Gaza for us to now face them in a sport. Take the fine and stand with some backbone
Anti-apartheid unless it costs them literally anything at all.
Ban away supporters, play the fixture at home.
No wonder Francesca Albanese was so critical of the Irish Government.
All talk. They’ll soak up the praise if there’s any going around. But zero action. They’ll sit on the OTB too, until Gaza’s gone (which likely won’t take much longer) and the West Bank is next.
>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald urged the FAI to give Israel “the red card” and not fulfil its fixtures against Israel.
Its nice that she breaks down the geopolitical complexity of the issue into simple language the common man can understand
Shouldn’t proceed at all!
Here’s what the FAI should have done imo. Rather than swiftly agreeing to the fixtures, they should have sent a letter to UEFA and the Israeli football association asking for clarification on whether or not the association represents clubs operating in the occupied territories (which it does). This would have brought (more) international attention to the occupation and, depending on the response, the FAI could have made an informed decision to refuse to play and any accusations of anti-semitism would sound ridiculous.
I’d much rather see more tactical and impactful activism from Ireland rather than ineffective statements and flag waving which imo are getting us nowhere.
The match should happen here. We shouldn’t lose our home advantage because of others’ sins. Ideally, Israel wouldn’t be in the competition at all until they withdraw from the Palestinian state, but that isn’t in our control and considering how few chances we get at the Euros – I don’t think it’s fair on the players to ask them to sacrifice a lifelong dream of potentially in a Euros to boycott it. We shouldn’t be put in a position where it’s up to us to boycott it to begin with.
Edit: got my competitions mixed up
Every single cent raised from away end ticket sales should go directly to Palestine. Hopefully the home fans can double the amount raised too.
We shouldn’t be playing them at all.
Boycott it and have a friendly match against Palestine that day.
Cowards, the lot of them