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    Präsident Michael D. Higgins sagt, es sei „empörend“, dass Israel Friedenstruppen im Libanon bedroht


    Präsident Michael D. Higgins sagt, es sei „empörend“, dass Israel Friedenstruppen im Libanon bedroht

    https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/10/05/outrageous-of-israel-to-threaten-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-president-michael-d-higgins-says/

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    1. Motarded on

      Ireland being overly dramatic about what was actually requested in order to simp for Israel’s enemies is 100% on brand.

      Outside the ARW, their military is almost entirely performative.

    2. the_raucous_one on

      20 years of failing to enforce 1701 but allowing Hezbollah to shell Israel we refuse to move now so that Israel can defend itself.

      That’s insane

    3. abir_valg2718 on

      > the villages they are defending

      I’m sorry, UNIFIL is defending something? This is beyond pathetic…

      > They’re very professional, brave, they’re courageous, they’re honourable, they’re in the best tradition of UN peacekeeping.

      Straight out of a Monty Python sketch.

    5. [deleted] on

      Article 1701 which UN peacekeepers are there under the condition that Israel leave Lebanon and the UN peacekeepers and Lebanon military are the only armed forces south of the Litani River.

      Israel did leave Lebanon. Hezbolah didn’t leave.

    6. yfarren on

      Peacekeepers????

      Where are these peacekeepers as Hezbollah fires 11,000 missles and rockets into Israel?

      If all you do is hang around as one side shoots at the other, and then refuse to get out of the way as the other side starts shooting back, you aren’t a peacekeeper….

    7. brickshitterHD on

      Those peacekeepers failed their mission in every possible way, and now Ireland decided to leave them there, risking their lives, just to annoy Israel

    9. Previous_Avocado_69 on

      “Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin said the safety of Irish troops remained the highest priority” … _butttt_ you need to hold your positions that are within 2k of Hezbollah. There’s a reason we placed you two within a 2 minute walk of each other.

    10. Superb_Economics_326 on

      How are they threatening peacekeepers when they specifically asked them to leave the area?

    11. Shachar2like on

      >the IDF “made a request through different channels to have some Unifil troops move from areas of military activity for their own protection and safety.

      >“Let it be clear that the safety of peacekeeping forces is of immense importance to Israel. To attempt to characterise this as a threat to Unifil forces is another unfounded and inflammatory accusation levelled at Israel, as we have seen in the past months.”

      >The embassy said “it should be remembered that for almost a year, the people of northern Israel have been under relentless bombardment by Hizbullah, forcing entire communities to flee their homes, a grim reality no other country would have suffered for so long. Israel has a duty and an obligation to protect its citizens and will act accordingly.”

      When this explanation is pushed to the Middle or Bottom of the article, that’s when you know the article’s biased.

    14. RareQueebus on

      Yep, nice. Now pull out your “peacekeepers”.

      Reality has caught up.

    20. jooxii on

      This is the guy who said a little girl was “lost, now found” when she was kidnapped by Hamas?

    21. i_should_be_coding on

      I’d say it’s outrageous there are people calling themselves “peacekeepers” on the Lebanon-Israel border, considering the last year.

    22. Diligent-Tangerine87 on

      Ireland, friend of the country that actively persecutes women, continues to fight for relevance on the world stage.

    23. -PM_Me_Dat_Ass_Girl- on

      Well, let’s be realistic here. Our first problem was trying to take an Irish politician seriously on the international stage.

      Moving on.

    24. Brilliant_User_7673 on

      Higgins, for the last 20 years your “peace keepers” did nothing but turn a blind eye as Hizbollah armed themselves to the teeth in violation of UN 1701.

      They were utterly useless.

      Israel is trying to keep the useless UN people safe.

      You should thank Israel, Higgins.

    25. Halunner-0815 on

      It seems the ‘peacekeepers’ were not able to stop Hezbollah acting Israel with rockets and other.lomg range weapons, while they insist to prevent Israel from stopping the attacks. Moreover, the peacekeepers have failed to enforce UN Resolution which calls for a demilitarised zone in southern Lebanon, something Hezbollah has long ignored.

    26. Dragon_yum on

      I would love him to go into detail about how unifil did anything to prevent the daily bombing Israel took for a year before going into Lebanon.

    27. Badbrains8 on

      Maybe if these useless fucks actually enforced 1701 instead of watching Hezbollah fire rockets into Israel, they are complicit

    28. TehHeavy on

      The only thing Irish peace keepers do in Lebanon:
      [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/un-opens-investigation-into-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-by-irish-peacekeepers-1.4816701](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/un-opens-investigation-into-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-by-irish-peacekeepers-1.4816701)

      [https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/29/can-the-irish-defence-forces-end-their-culture-of-sexual-abuse](https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/29/can-the-irish-defence-forces-end-their-culture-of-sexual-abuse)

      [https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/un-probe-claims-child-sex-26397586](https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/un-probe-claims-child-sex-26397586)

    29. strashila on

      Aren’t “peacekeepers” supposed to keep peace? Try, at least? Just asking

    31. Moist-Leggings on

      If those “Peace keepers” weren’t protecting terrorist weapons then I guess they wouldn’t be threatened now would they Ireland? FFS

    32. FrostyAlphaPig on

      They aren’t peace keepers though, they’ve allowed Hezbollah to target Israel with impunity, they are more like war keepers. That UN mission is a total failure and it’s costing tax payers millions.

    34. Cookie-Tiger on

      Israel is one of, if not the only country to publicly tell the populace where their military will be or where they will strike. All other times throughout history civilians have been simply a casualty of war. But still the media tries their damnedest to make them vicious, horrible, unfeeling monsters. It’s sickening.

    35. Alternative_Win_6629 on

      Any time the global whining campaign supporting the islamists in the Middle East ramps up, you know their ass is handed to them on a platter. Let them all keep whining while what needs to be done is being currently done at long last. They have nothing going for them aside of this useless protesting, marching, wearing their special scarves and screaming that god is great. Waste of energy, but to each their own.

    37. saintmaximin on

      These peacekeepers failed their job for 20 years and Israel want their safety

    38. iwastoolate on

      Ireland can fuck off. They’ve taken a really fucked take on this whole thing.

    39. MightyMousekicksass on

      Israel rescued the peacekeepers when the syrian civil war started

      no one protected the peacekeepers but Israel

      read and cross research to get the whole picture

    40. CrustyCally on

      They aren’t even keeping the peace there tho, they straight up aren’t doing their jobs.

    41. StrikingExcitement79 on

      >[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon)

      >The **United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon** ([Arabic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language): قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, [Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language): כוח האו”ם הזמני בלבנון), or **UNIFIL** ([Arabic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language): يونيفيل, [Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language): יוניפי״ל), is a [UN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [United Nations Security Council](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council) [Resolutions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution) [425](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_425) and [426](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_426), and several further resolutions in 2006 to confirm [Hezbollah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah) demilitarisation, support Lebanese army operations against insurgents and weapon smuggling, and confirming [Israeli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) withdrawal from [Lebanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon), in order to ensure that the [government of Lebanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Lebanon) would restore its effective authority in the area.[^([1])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon#cite_note-UNSup5-1) 

      Seems like the UNIFIL has been unable to do its job of demilitarising hezbollah.

    43. SeaofCrags on

      It’s actually crazy the extent to which its gone in Ireland.

      We have the least news avenues, least intelligence sources, furthest removed geographically and politically, least insight, and yet swathes of the population are completely consumed by absolute vitriol and blind biases.

      Yesterday in Dublin Hamas and Hezbollah flags were flown openly in public while people chanted “Bomb Tel Aviv to the Ground” and “Burn the Settlers”. We have elected politicians denying Israel’s right to exist on national TV, without any pushback. Irish Jews are being regularly targeted with abuse and antisemitism. Our politicians and media are too pathetic to pushback or call out that violence shouldn’t be met with more hate, so the wave of hate continues.

      Protests that were once proclaimed to be for peace have lost the veneer of such, they’re just hate marches.

      Sources re the protests yesterday:

      [https://x.com/PeterPaulGuy/status/1842843617221591141](https://x.com/PeterPaulGuy/status/1842843617221591141)

      [https://x.com/RachelMoiselle/status/1842570524519485589](https://x.com/RachelMoiselle/status/1842570524519485589)

      [https://x.com/robggill/status/1842715841990676776](https://x.com/robggill/status/1842715841990676776)

      [https://x.com/orenbarsky/status/1842464271428415781](https://x.com/orenbarsky/status/1842464271428415781)

    44. IveKnownItAll on

      Get fucked. Do your job or gtfo and let Israel do it. They have stood by while Israel was attacked daily for the last year straight and done nothing.

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