‘We see our history in their eyes’: Why Ireland is so staunchly pro-Palestinian
Irish people who back the Palestinians often ground their sympathies in the perception that both peoples were, or are, colonized — the Irish by the United Kingdom, and the Palestinians by Israel.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Joe Biden during the St Patrick's Day Reception and Shamrock Ceremony in the the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2024. (photo credit: NIALL CARSON/PA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByRON KAMPEAS/JTAUpdated:
