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Boycotting the boycotters
By Sean Gannon

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign's (IPSC) recent success in persuading Ireland's official arts association, Aosd'na, to pass a resolution urging Irish artists to "reflect deeply" before engaging in any cooperation with state-sponsored Israeli cultural events and institutions is, without doubt, a regrettable development. Aosd'na is Ireland's most prestigious cultural body and its decision to issue what the IPSC chairman described in Haaretz (April 13) as "a boycott call in all but name" will carry weight in the Irish arts world.

In fact, this is not the first time that the IPSC has successfully targeted Israeli culture. Last summer it launched campaigns against Israeli government sponsorship for a series of Dublin-based events, which it argued would "align the Irish cultural sector with the oppression and racism" of an "ethnocratic rogue state." While official funding remained in place for events featuring poet Amir Or and A.B. Yehoshua, despite vociferous IPSC protests, sponsorship for both a screening of Eytan Fox's "Walk on Water" and a performance by the Toy Vivo Duo was canceled by the organizers.

However, the media coverage of these IPSC successes risks investing them with a significance they scarcely deserve. For in reality, the great majority of its boycott campaigns have resoundingly failed. For instance, its ongoing efforts to persuade Irish companies such as CRH to divest from Israel and its "National Boycott Days" of Israeli produce have failed to make any impression; Irish-Israeli trade has increased exponentially in recent years and is now worth about $700 million a year. The IPSC's attempt to orchestrate boycotts of the Ireland-Israel World Cup qualifying games in 2005 proved another toe-curling shambles: 3,000 Irish fans traveled to Ramat Gan to watch Ireland's away game, while 34,000 attended the rematch in Dublin. And last September's well-publicized academic boycott campaign quickly crashed and burned after being denounced by both the Irish government and the European Commission.
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The IPSC's general lack of success may appear unusual in a country where the great majority energetically sympathizes with the Palestinians, perceiving them as a dispossessed nation, denied their right to self-determination by Zionism's neocolonial adventure. Consequently, there has been overwhelming public support for Dublin's staunchly pro-Palestinian positions on issues from the legitimacy of Yasser Arafat to the illegality of the security fence, while its trenchant attacks on Israel's use of "reckless and disproportionate force" in Lebanon last summer were also widely applauded. Yet the IPSC remains a marginal force where one might almost expect to find a mass movement.

Why? Because the Irish mainstream is deterred by the IPSC's extremist approach to the issues. Its recent dismissal of Meretz-Yahad as a "phony" peace party "eager to preserve a mildly adjusted version of the status quo" has raised questions about the shape of the settlement the IPSC itself advocates, while its perceived ambivalence on Palestinian terrorism is another problematical factor. Suicide bombings have been condemned, but other attacks have been categorized as "lawful resistance" or "forceful defense," while the characterization as terrorists of the killers of 13 Israeli reservists in Jenin in April 2002 was described as "robbing the word 'terrorist' of all meaning" (unsurprising, perhaps, given that the IPSC's Belfast branch was until recently chaired by a convicted IRA bomber).

The Irish mainstream has been further alienated by the stridency of the IPSC's anti-Israel rhetoric, which often verges on demonization. While the still-commonplace equation of Zionism and Nazism is now being discouraged, the drawing of analogies between Israel and apartheid-era South Africa is present IPSC policy and its chairman is currently promoting the Hebrew term hafrada (separation) as an Israel-specific alternative to the original Afrikaans term. Meanwhile, the IPSC's most prominent national spokesman implicitly compared "people who genuinely support Israel" with "people who genuinely support pedophilia" in a recent online debate on the Aosd?na issue.

The IPSC's tendency, despite its frequent denunciations of anti-Semitism, to inadvertently stray close to the line has been an additional cause of disquiet. For instance, while it deplored the post-Qana pinning of children's shoes to an Irish synagogue gate, it previously accused Israel of "implementing barbaric racist policies in the name of Judaism," and its official charity Christmas cards have, by juxtaposing images of Israel's security detail with traditional nativity iconography, evoked religious anti-Semitic themes.

An IPSC Web site's campaign to expose the "Zionist propaganda machine" by effectively highlighting the Jewishness of writers and journalists also caused controversy; Gil Troy, writing in The Forward, described it as "the internet version of the Nazi yellow star." And just last month, prominent IPSC members themselves began quarrelling over the extent of anti-Semitism in the organization with one internationally renowned activist arguing that they could "no longer claim naivete" on the issue, given that their current Israeli Blood Diamond campaign "uses a Jewish stereotype [i.e. 'diamond-dealing Jews'] to promote its agenda."

While Irish anti-Israel agitation remains in the hands of such extremists, the Aosdna resolution will prove the exception rather than the rule.

Sean Gannon is a freelance writer and researcher on Irish-Israeli issues and is chairman of the Irish Friends of Israel. He is currently writing a book on relations between the two countries.
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  1.   THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ILLUSION THAT ISRAEL IS NOT AN ORDINARY COUN 11:09  |  paul harris 20/04/07
  2.   who is going to listen to anti protestant IRA? 11:59  |  Alon Fisher 20/04/07
  3.   IPSC 12:11  |  SEAN 20/04/07
  4.   you already ran this story 12:28  |  Rowan Berkeley 20/04/07
  5.   Labhrass where be thee? 13:02  |  Nerys 20/04/07
  6.   Sean in lal-la land 13:21  |  Phil 20/04/07
  7.   Where is Labhras? 13:48  |  Lynn 20/04/07
  8.   Justice for Palestine and its people.#3 13:50  |  Lynn 20/04/07
  9.   the irish lost their heads 14:10  |  alef 20/04/07
  10.   Don`t blame those poor Britons 14:32  |  Tal 20/04/07
  11.   IPSC 14:53  |  murph 20/04/07
  12.   #3-Sean - We Remember What Ireland Did in World War II 15:18  |  Ben Israel 20/04/07
  13.   Irish sissies 15:22  |  joe smith 20/04/07
  14.   IPSC 15:49  |  sean 20/04/07
  15.   Bowen - Incitement 15:58  |  PB 20/04/07
  16.   I agree with Rowan Berkeley 15:59  |  Chrisa 20/04/07
  17.   Rowan Berkley-Known Anti-Semite Doesn`t Like This 16:10  |  Jane 20/04/07
  18.   You Irish really identify with the Palestinians? 16:19  |  Nechama 20/04/07
  19.   Michael Collins 16:20  |  Paul 20/04/07
  20.   Phil, I agree completely 16:29  |  Ibrahim 20/04/07
  21.   The Irish government sent condolences on the death of Hitler 17:00  |  left wing guy 20/04/07
  22.   Zionazi 17:36  |  Ronald Branch 20/04/07
  23.   Ibrahim 17:46  |  ODP 20/04/07
  24.   Aosdána and Cultural Boycotting 17:54  |  Fred Johnston 20/04/07
  25.   Sean#3 18:07  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  26.   So I guess the average Oirish 18:11  |  Nerys 20/04/07
  27.   There is no IRish anti-Israel agitiation... 18:13  |  Irish 20/04/07
  28.   Irish 18:24  |  Nerys 20/04/07
  29.   settler nation 18:33  |  otiwa ogede 20/04/07
  30.   Jane, what`s a "known anti-semite"? 18:36  |  Rowan Berkeley 20/04/07
  31.   Irish#27 You got it wrong 18:59  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  32.   #27 I s why nobody takes lefties seriously 19:04  |  Steven Coran 20/04/07
  33.   Ronald Branch#22 19:06  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  34.   Berkley#30 Whats a known anti-semite? 19:11  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  35.   Boycotting 19:44  |  Steven Coran 20/04/07
  36.   Hillbillies of Europe... 20:00  |  Julian 20/04/07
  37.   Forked Tongue Like Yours Berkley 20:22  |  Jane 20/04/07
  38.   Rowan Atkinson more like ur a joke 20:29  |  Nerys 20/04/07
  39.   Remember that the irish are a traditionally catholic society 20:34  |  Voice of Reason 20/04/07
  40.   To Ronald Branch 21:08  |  Raanan G 20/04/07
  41.   ALEF #9 WHAT EMPIRE DID ISRAEL FIGHT? 21:15  |  Irish Sensation 20/04/07
  42.   #5 Nery,s 21:22  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  43.   #25 mickey looks outward for justifications 21:25  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  44.   #36 Julian 21:27  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  45.   #39 Voice of lack of reason 21:30  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  46.   #31 mickey re Irish #27 21:35  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  47.   #15 PB 21:38  |  Labhras 20/04/07
  48.   Ireland needs to acknowledge a truth 22:24  |  Jason 20/04/07
  49.   Reasons for Identification with Palestinians 22:29  |  J Olson 20/04/07
  50.   Ireland 22:41  |  Hebrew American Girl 20/04/07
  51.   Um, the Jews were in Judea and ancient Israel long before Pals! 22:42  |  Elizabeth 20/04/07
  52.   Sick, why not have Arab Palestine in Ireland? 22:55  |  David 20/04/07
  53.   # 22 Ronald Branch. NO JUDAISM=ZIONISM ALL ONE AND THE SAME... 22:59  |  Kath` 20/04/07
  54.   boycotters 23:00  |  Shmuelshachor 20/04/07
  55.   # 19 Paul Michael Collins.The Irish and Germany. 23:11  |  Kath` 20/04/07
  56.   Labhras#31 23:11  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  57.   # 11 murph. Re:IPSC. WELL SAID............ 23:19  |  Kath` 20/04/07
  58.   Ronald Branch #22: "zionazi" 23:38  |  CHGODMK 20/04/07
  59.   Stereotyping 23:44  |  Albert Seligman 20/04/07
  60.   John kerry must be torn 23:46  |  Billy Jack 20/04/07
  61.   Labhras#46 23:49  |  Mickey 20/04/07
  62.   Rowan Berkeley, I also read a similar `screed` from you 00:08  |  Jake 21/04/07
  63.   Kath, Irish who served in British army were disowned 00:29  |  Jake 21/04/07
  64.   Just as Ian Paiseley brought peace to Northern Ireland 00:38  |  Jake 21/04/07
  65.   Ronald Branch 00:42  |  Shahrukh 21/04/07
  66.   Irish Sensation, the Irgun looked to Sin Fein for inspiration 00:45  |  Jake 21/04/07
  67.   There was a great Irishman called THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON 01:07  |  Jake 21/04/07
  68.   # 41 Irish sensation. YOU CERTAINLY GIVE TOO MUCH CREDIT;;;; 01:13  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  69.   boycott us, ireland? is this the latest Irish Joke? 01:24  |  Alon Fisher 21/04/07
  70.   Labhras, #45, quite so, Ireland is changing very rapidly 01:29  |  Voice of Reason 21/04/07
  71.   Irish Condolences on Hitler`s Death 01:38  |  Semsem 21/04/07
  72.   Ireland: Allies of Nazi Germany 01:41  |  Laila 21/04/07
  73.   #3 Jews are not European Settlers 01:44  |  Fortunee 21/04/07
  74.   # 28 Nerys................HEY NERYS 01:52  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  75.   THE PALESTINIAN MYTH CONT.. 02:00  |  palestiniansareamyth 21/04/07
  76.   Ibrahim 03:07  |  Phil 21/04/07
  77.   Mr.S.Ganon...To the Irish here... 03:10  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  78.   Ignorant! 03:11  |  Clickfool BUSTER 21/04/07
  79.   Mr.S Gannon.I COMMEND YOUR ARTICLE. 03:13  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  80.   Sean 03:22  |  Phil 21/04/07
  81.   #69 alon fichser 03:27  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  82.   Labrat and Nerys 03:30  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  83.   # 63 Jake. I AGREE TO SOME EXTENT,BUT... 03:32  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  84.   #7 lynn 03:34  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  85.   #66 Jake 03:41  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  86.   #55 Kitty the hare 03:44  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  87.   #51 Elizabeth 03:51  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  88.   #77 Kath what is your point 03:53  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  89.   #78 Clickfool Buster 03:55  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  90.   #79 Kath 03:57  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  91.   #67 Jake 04:01  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  92.   #64 Jake 04:05  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  93.   #82 Star Of David 04:27  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  94.   anti- irishism 04:53  |  Leslie Duffey 21/04/07
  95.   Labrat and the IRA 05:00  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  96.   #63 Jake talks sh-te again 05:10  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  97.   #95 Star of David 05:21  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  98.   #94 Leslie Duffy 05:27  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  99.   J Olson #49 05:34  |  Johnny 21/04/07
  100.   Will not consume Irish goods anymore 05:36  |  Johnny 21/04/07
  101.   Labhras: So Many Posts 05:37  |  CHGODMK 21/04/07
  102.   Sorry Labrat: about your IRA sympathies 05:56  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  103.   Sean #3 05:57  |  Comforti 21/04/07
  104.   Labrat, there are no celtic matters 06:05  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  105.   #102 Star Of David 06:23  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  106.   #103 Comforti 06:26  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  107.   #100 Johnny 06:27  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  108.   Leslie Duffey, all due respect 06:28  |  Jake 21/04/07
  109.   Fact J.Olson the Irish went through what every immigrant group 06:44  |  Steve 21/04/07
  110.   Irish and Israel 07:07  |  Michael T 21/04/07
  111.   Labras,my Irish brother, 07:13  |  Leslie Duffey 21/04/07
  112.   Labrat and Laboured thought. 07:19  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  113.   Jake 07:21  |  Leslie Duffey 21/04/07
  114.   The Irish 07:22  |  Danite 21/04/07
  115.   Labhras 07:24  |  Danite 21/04/07
  116.   Labhras # 106: and your point? 07:37  |  Comforti 21/04/07
  117.   Labhras #106 07:38  |  Comforti 21/04/07
  118.   Labhras 07:43  |  Jenny Rountree 21/04/07
  119.   Lest Israel forget, 08:06  |  Leslie Duffey 21/04/07
  120.   Lest we forget 08:23  |  Mickey 21/04/07
  121.   Labhras 08:33  |  CONNIE 21/04/07
  122.   Influence 08:59  |  JW 21/04/07
  123.   #120 Mickey 09:20  |  Paul 21/04/07
  124.   for ALL THOSE IRISH JOKERS A FACT OF HISTORY 10:18  |  PAUL HARRIS 21/04/07
  125.   JW #122 Influence 10:30  |  Mickey 21/04/07
  126.   Paula 10:47  |  Connie 21/04/07
  127.   Hey Kath! 10:49  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  128.   STAR of DAVID 10:57  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  129.   #94. Antisemites love to bait Jews and Cry Wolf 11:29  |  Andy 21/04/07
  130.   #120 The 1904 Limerick Progrom 11:43  |  Eini 21/04/07
  131.   Ireland Refused to Recognise Israel in 1948 11:46  |  Lilianne 21/04/07
  132.   Nice One Andy 11:57  |  Sam 21/04/07
  133.   Marxist-Lenninist Marxist Mutating 11:59  |  FOX 21/04/07
  134.   LABHRAS 12:01  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  135.   Eini #130 12:03  |  Mickey 21/04/07
  136.   As an artist 12:04  |  FOX 21/04/07
  137.   Nerys 12:16  |  Star of David 21/04/07
  138.   To 131. 12:39  |  David Nigel Braham 21/04/07
  139.   `Palestinians@` 12:59  |  Phil 21/04/07
  140.   #125 Mickey It`s MONEY 13:00  |  JW 21/04/07
  141.   To culturally Roman Catholic Christian Sean 13:12  |  Zak 21/04/07
  142.   Nerys #5 & Lynn #7 on Labarse 13:31  |  Ari ben Yisrael 21/04/07
  143.   Evolution ??? 14:03  |  17 21/04/07
  144.   #51, Stolen land 14:09  |  Dav 21/04/07
  145.   # 123 Paul .SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED........ 14:12  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  146.   # 124 Paul Harris. WHAT A REVELATION... 14:17  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  147.   #68 Kath 14:33  |  Boycott 21/04/07
  148.   #72 Laila 14:36  |  Boycott 21/04/07
  149.   69#labhras ,what gives you the impression 14:45  |  Alon Fisher 21/04/07
  150.   Ari Ben Yisrael 15:00  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  151.   labhras is a follower of mackie and a blogger from this hate gro 15:14  |  bev 21/04/07
  152.   Star of David! 15:14  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  153.   #134 Nery,s 15:25  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  154.   #149 alon fischer 15:28  |  Labhras 21/04/07
  155.   Mickey and influence 15:37  |  Eamon 21/04/07
  156.   # 137 Star of David. re: Nerys and......... 15:49  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  157.   Irish Peace Process 15:54  |  Darrach 21/04/07
  158.   # 147 Boycott 15:55  |  ChanahS 21/04/07
  159.   We Can Impose Pro Zionist Govts Worldwide 15:55  |  Rowan Berkeley 21/04/07
  160.   Irish Yiddish speaker 16:01  |  Darrach 21/04/07
  161.   The Irish and the Jews have had it rough, but they are tough 16:18  |  Jason 21/04/07
  162.   Darrach # 160 - correction 16:44  |  ChanahS 21/04/07
  163.   ROWAN BERKLEY.You do not like it here loser? 17:00  |  PETER. S.M 21/04/07
  164.   #158 ChanahS 17:00  |  Boycott 21/04/07
  165.   #162 ChanahS 17:04  |  Boycott 21/04/07
  166.   Labhras 17:05  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  167.   CHRISA.You agree with Berkley?So who is forcing you to read - 17:05  |  PETER SM 21/04/07
  168.   # 127 HEY NERYS. YAKI DAR !!!!! 17:10  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  169.   LABRAHAS.Sensitive to insults all of a sudden.Read the stuff you 17:12  |  PETER SM 21/04/07
  170.   SEAN.running the Pal.proganda routine here does not change a load 17:22  |  PETER. S.M 21/04/07
  171.   R.BERKLEY.Another socialist fascist proganda routine. 17:26  |  PETER. S.M 21/04/07
  172.   Danite 17:30  |  SeanIrl 21/04/07
  173.   FOX! 17:30  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  174.   it is artificial from head to toe, ask american aid for it 17:33  |  arab 21/04/07
  175.   # 51 because it is not true. 17:39  |  arab 21/04/07
  176.   PETERSM: Why should Jews kiss ^$%% 17:43  |  CHGODMK 21/04/07
  177.   SEANIRL.WHY not tell your Arab buddies the benefits of peace? 17:48  |  PETERSM 21/04/07
  178.   JW# 140 17:52  |  Mickey 21/04/07
  179.   Boycott # 165 - trick question? 17:55  |  ChanahS 21/04/07
  180.   KATH 18:00  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  181.   SeanIrl 18:12  |  Danite 21/04/07
  182.   171 Peter re berkeley 18:15  |  bev 21/04/07
  183.   Darrach 157~ 18:19  |  Nerys 21/04/07
  184.   # 172 SeanIrl 18:23  |  17 21/04/07
  185.   Its not all that complicated 18:24  |  Danite 21/04/07
  186.   #53 Hey Kath; not all Jews are Zionists!! 19:03  |  ballistic 21/04/07
  187.   #124 Hey Paul; never mind airing your 19:09  |  ballistic 21/04/07
  188.   #1 Hey Paul; it is not an ILLUSION!!! 19:12  |  ballistic 21/04/07
  189.   hey mickey, money talks, bullshit walks 19:24  |  Steve 21/04/07
  190.   # 176 19:25  |  17 21/04/07
  191.   BEV Quite right about Berkley and his utterances.He has the hide 19:33  |  PETERSM 21/04/07
  192.   ballestic # 179 same bs as your post in another forum 19:34  |  terrornator 21/04/07
  193.   ballestic # 180 same bs as in post 179 19:34  |  terrornator 21/04/07
  194.   ballestic # 181 same bs as post # 180 19:36  |  terrornator 21/04/07
  195.   address correction- #187 Ballistic 19:42  |  17 21/04/07
  196.   Steve #189 19:53  |  Mickey 21/04/07
  197.   #186: Judaism is Zionism 19:57  |  Laila 21/04/07
  198.   Danite 20:01  |  Seanirl 21/04/07
  199.   ballistic 20:07  |  Lynn 21/04/07
  200.   Danite dont bother 20:09  |  Seanirl 21/04/07
  201.   arab 20:10  |  Lynn 21/04/07
  202.   # 160 Darrach Irish Yiddish speaker.(SECOND TRY) 20:22  |  Kath` 21/04/07
  203.   Boycotting Israel: Why Anglo countries? 20:54  |  Tosefta 21/04/07
  204.   # 203 Tosefta 21:13  |  17 21/04/07
  205.   Israel is in the nands of extremists 21:50  |  John 21/04/07
  206.   #44 Labhras 21:52  |  Intedi Nensak 21/04/07
  207.   Intedi nesank 22:26  |  Seanirl 21/04/07
  208.   # 205 John Israel is in the nands of extremists 22:27  |  17 21/04/07
  209.   SeanIrl "Its no bother at all" 22:41  |  Danite 21/04/07
  210.   balistic 22:48  |  Danite 21/04/07
  211.   154#whats new labhras? 23:07  |  Alon Fisher 21/04/07
  212.   #179 ChanahS 23:07  |  Boycott 21/04/07
  213.   # 206 Intedi Nensak.re: Labhras.OH DEAR... 00:25  |  Kath` 22/04/07
  214.   #195 17---I don`t know that the Germans had 01:21  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  215.   #180/181 Terrornator!!! Save it!!! 01:22  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  216.   Hey Lynn; well, that is wonderful!!! 01:27  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  217.   The Irish 01:30  |  Dave 22/04/07
  218.   #210 Hey Danite; save the BS for someone 01:33  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  219.   #212 Boycott 01:45  |  ChanahS 22/04/07
  220.   # 213 CORRECTION.....PLEASE PUT OUT... 01:45  |  Kath` 22/04/07
  221.   Almost missed this, lol :-)#3, #12,#130 03:00  |  Johnnymac 22/04/07
  222.   John 03:01  |  Connie 22/04/07
  223.   I Love... 03:08  |  Maureen Ann 22/04/07
  224.   Almost missed this(part 2) 03:11  |  Johnnymac 22/04/07
  225.   #209 Seanirl re: Danite and other professional Jewish victims and 03:47  |  American in NY 22/04/07
  226.   Kath, thanks. No wonder 04:25  |  Star of David 22/04/07
  227.   # 214 Thank you ballistic for your response 04:30  |  17 22/04/07
  228.   #153 Lahrass 04:37  |  Star of David 22/04/07
  229.   Robert Briscoe-Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland 05:01  |  Nate 22/04/07
  230.   Reply to Jake (Post No. 66) 05:26  |  Johnny Weintraub 22/04/07
  231.   Ballistic (Post No. 186) 05:37  |  Johnny Weintraub 22/04/07
  232.   Darrach (Post No. 160) 05:43  |  Johnny Weintraub 22/04/07
  233.   AMERICAN in NY.Crying victim&proclaiming Jihadist ethnic cleansin 05:57  |  PETERSM 22/04/07
  234.   MAUREEN ANN THE other group you love.Whilst never missing a dig 06:34  |  PETER. S.M 22/04/07
  235.   balistic you are demented 06:55  |  Danite 22/04/07
  236.   American in NY Wishfull thinking? 06:58  |  Danite 22/04/07
  237.   Why Not Assassinate All The Antisemites? 07:31  |  Rowan Berkeley 22/04/07
  238.   Ballistic is not black, nosiree!!! 07:32  |  Mimi 22/04/07
  239.   THERE IS NOTHING REGRETTABLE ABOUT THIS IRISH BOYCOTT 07:50  |  Dutch 22/04/07
  240.   ROWAN BERKLEY#237.Are you projecting what you want to do to Jews? 08:02  |  PETER. S.M 22/04/07
  241.   Ballistic 08:04  |  Connie 22/04/07
  242.   URGENT QUESTION: CAN ISRAEL SURVIVE WITHOUT IRISH ART?? 08:12  |  The End Is Nigh 22/04/07
  243.   ireland & israle 08:31  |  honesty 22/04/07
  244.   peter sm 08:34  |  Rowan Berkeley 22/04/07
  245.   #12 08:38  |  peace 22/04/07
  246.   What no more Guiness? 08:56  |  SJ 22/04/07
  247.   End is Nigh.Will Israel survive without Berkleys compositions ? 09:02  |  PETER. S.M 22/04/07
  248.   Re:Condolences on Hitler`s death 1945 11:25  |  Hibernian 22/04/07
  249.   Re: Ireland Allies of Nazi Germany 11:29  |  Hibernian 22/04/07
  250.   Irish neutrality 15:34  |  Ehud 22/04/07
  251.   Irish neutrality 15:38  |  Ehud 22/04/07
  252.   Open Minded Israelis 16:35  |  Irishman 22/04/07
  253.   Open Minded Israelis 2 16:42  |  irishman 22/04/07
  254.   Open minded Israelis 3 16:47  |  Irishman 22/04/07
  255.   Racism? 16:52  |  An Croabhínn Aobhínn 22/04/07
  256.   boycotting the boycotters 17:42  |  Margaretta D`Arcy 22/04/07
  257.   #235 Hey Danite; did Jews have more 18:45  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  258.   #231 Hey Johnny; I will go to the website! 18:50  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  259.   #238 Hey Mimi 18:57  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  260.   #241 Hey Connie 19:03  |  ballistic 22/04/07
  261.   boycotting the boycotters #256 20:00  |  Eamon 22/04/07
  262.   Ballistic, regarding Rutgers - Part 1 03:38  |  Mimi 23/04/07
  263.   Ballistic, regarding Rutgers Part 2 04:01  |  Mimi 23/04/07
  264.   Ballistic 04:24  |  Mimi 23/04/07
  265.   Enough with these drunken union boys 14:25  |  FOX 23/04/07
  266.   exaggerated importance 14:39  |  murph 23/04/07
  267.   Ballistic, are you a Ho? 14:41  |  FOX 23/04/07
  268.   Israeli Paranoia 15:26  |  JayZee 25/04/07
  269.   History is seen by result not intent 01:31  |  The Langer 27/04/07
  270.   Irish Friends of Israel 16:18  |  Andrew J Shaw 05/06/08
  271.   Ireland and Israel 21:45  |  James Walsh 07/09/08
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