Israel has posted a video of Hamas’ attack on October 7th mixed with footage of Irish dancing.
The video, which has Irish music as its soundtrack, begins with a tricolour and cuts to a Hamas gunman, followed by images of panicked Israelis fleeing the Re'im music festival.
It also shows a member of Hamas firing on an Israeli home, burning buildings and cars.
Israel posts Hamas video aimed at Ireland
Throughout, the video is captioned ‘HAMAS: THANKS IRELAND’ and at regular intervals cuts to images of an Irish dancer.
The video was posted on X/Twitter by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz who tagged Taoiseach Simon Harris in it.
“Ireland, if your goal was to reward terrorism by declaring support for a Palestinian state, you’ve achieved it,” he wrote
“Simon Harris, Hamas thanks you for your service.”
Ireland, if your goal was to reward terrorism by declaring support for a Palestinian state, you’ve achieved it.@SimonHarrisTD, Hamas thanks you for your service. pic.twitter.com/mgz7ZGtnCi
— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) May 23, 2024
Yesterday, the Government announced Ireland would recognise a Palestinian State from May 28th.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said recognition meant the Government supported Palestine’s “self-determination, self-governance, territorial integrity and security”.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin also said the decision is not an endorsement of Hamas or its attack on October 7th.
“Recognition does not involve recognition of a Government, it's recognition of a State,” he told The Pat Kenny Show.
“That applies to every State that we recognise around the world.
“Our policies and diplomatic engagement can very much evolve in criticising Governments.
“We've been very consistently calling for reform of Palestine.”
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Earlier this week, Israel recalled Ambassador Dana Erlich for “consultations” about the decision.
Ambassador Erlich told Pat Kenny that she would return to Israel to discuss “possible steps and the future of our relations” with Ireland.
“When I came to Ireland eight or nine months ago, I was very optimistic about the different collaborations that we can broaden,” she said.
“I'm still optimistic that we can do it, but we need to address right now a worrying trend of anti-Israeli initiatives that we see here in Ireland and the rise of antisemitism.”
Main image: Israeli video of Irish dancing and Hamas attack. Image: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
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