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Matt Cooper: Irish criticism of Israeli wrongdoing should not be equated with antisemitism
Many Jews living outside of Israel also believe the treatment of Palestinian people living in Gaza in recent decades has been deeply wrong
Few international events provoke as much comment from Irish politicians as those that involve Israel and the Palestinian people, as we saw often over the last fortnight.
The level of knowledge as to the causes of conflict is varied, a degree of bias, be it informed or not, is often obvious, and the consequences of the comments or actions called for are not always fully thought through.
But it’s often easier to have strong opinions ...
