SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND? Expelling Jews from Irish Pubs

And Don't Even Think About Going to a Movie or the Theatre in Ireland

As you might know we plan to bring our OCTOBER 7 play to Ireland.

Which might seem like a strange place to bring a verbatim drama about the biggest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

Have you been to Ireland recently? Every corner, every hole in the hedge, every boreen, every sheep, reeks of anti-semitism. (OK, maybe the sheep are innocent.)

Of course we are told it's only “anti-Zionism” or “anti-war”, and perhaps a lot of people spouting the talking points believe that. 

But why does this specific war and the state of Israel attract so much anger when there are so many other conflicts and states killing civilians during wars? There’s only one reason.

Let’s take a look at some of the examples of Irish “anti-Zionism.”

There’s this sign on a pub in a town in northwest Ireland (see below). “Zionists” are barred from the premises.

Are we really back to segregation? Most Jews think Israel has a right to exist, so the pub may as well have put up a sign saying “no Jews allowed.” Like I mean, it’s an Irish pub. All sorts and every sort are normally allowed into Irish pubs — the clue is in the name “Public House.” But not for Jews it seems - sorry “Zionists.”

The world famous Galway film festival (Galway Film Fleadh) normally features a country and its movies every year. So this year of all the countries in all the world they decided to spotlight "Palestine” with the goal of fostering “support and solidarity with the Palestinian people.” No mention of Hamas, the organization that just slaughtered 1200 jews, has hundreds of hostages and runs Gaza. And no mention of the fact that Palestine started the current war by going on a slaughter spree.

A few of the movies are listed below, and you can see what side they’re on.

Of course no movies from the Israeli perspective, or even the perspective of people from Gaza who don’t have freedom of speech or expression to criticize Hamas — unless they move to Israel, where they can freely criticize both Hamas and Israel.

And just when you think the arts scene can’t get worse, it does. The Dublin Theatre Festival is premiering a play about a Palestinian girl training herself to run as far as possible in five minutes before Israeli rockets “demolish their home.”

And the rot goes right to the top. Don’t forget — Ireland was one of the first countries to recognize the state of “Palestine”. Thats why an Irish Jewish person recently told us that Ireland, right now, “is the worst place in Europe to be a Jew.”

Thats why we have to bring the OCTOBER 7 play to Ireland. Help us make it possible.