Hamas attack Israel & subsequent genocide

[Armagh18]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0820/1529369-gaa-protest-palestine/

Players call on GAA to drop Allianz as sponsor after Occupied Palestinian Territories report
Updated / Wednesday, 20 Aug 2025 17:12


A number of GAA players travelled to Dublin for the protest and around 70 people took part in the protest
Eleanor Burnhill   By Eleanor Burnhill
A number of prominent GAA stars have handed in an open letter and petition to management at Croke Park, calling on the association to drop Allianz insurance as a sponsor for GAA games.

Close to 800 current and former players from Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' football signed the petition, which was handed over at GAA HQ in Dublin and received by an official there.

The open letter to Ard-Stiúrthóir of the GAA Tom Ryan calls on the organisation to demonstrate its commitment to its principles and to international humanitarian law.

The players are calling on the association to end its association with Allianz, after the insurance company was among a series of companies listed in a report by UN special rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese.

Allianz Insurance was listed in the report published in June this year on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the UN as being among companies and corporations Ms Albanese said were involved in sustaining and paying for Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories.

Among those signing the petition is former Meath footballer, manager and commentator Colm O'Rourke.

"Sometimes the right thing costs money but in this case it is the least of what we should do," he said.

"I think all club members should be made aware of what is happening in their name because of the sponsorship of the competition.

"GAA members probably aren't that aware of this. When they do become aware they will want the link with Allianz to be broken once and for all.

"If it means that we don't have a sponsor for the National League Competition, so be it," Mr O'Rourke added.

He said he hoped the GAA would review its position and do so quickly.

In a statement, Allianz said: "Our long-standing partnership with the GAA is about supporting Irish sport and communities.
Other well-known signatories of the letter include former Dublin footballer and retired transplant surgeon Dr David Hickey, who spoke at the event, saying that the GAA and Croke Park was place that epitomises the soul, culture and historical experience of the Irish people.

Neil McManus, Peter Canavan, Tomás Ó Sé, Joe Brolly, Shane McGuigan, Niall Cahalane, Terence 'Sambo' McNaughton, Michael Darragh McAuley, Aoife Ní Chasáide, Jane Adams, Brendan Devenney, Greg McCartan, Sorcha Gormley and Danny Sutcliffe have also signed the petition.

Fair play. Wonder will the GAA have the balls to listen?

All that Oasis money should soften the blow

[JoG2]

rte should be next, they've been an absolute disgrace re their reporting of the genocide, flies in the face of the huge majority of their viewership

[trueblue1234]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

[Tubberman]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

They don't give a fck, they've got US in their pockets, doesn't matter what the rest of the world think really because none of them will risk upsetting US.

[LC]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

They don't give a fck, they've got US in their pockets, doesn't matter what the rest of the world think really because none of them will risk upsetting US.

Nail on the head, the IDF / Cuntanyahu do not give one flying f@#k.

Had to laugh at the hypocrites on Sky News last week criticising Trump for meeting up with a suspected war criminal i.e. Putin. 

[Rossfan]

Sadly Tubber and LC have spelt out the reality.

[DaleCooper]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

And things will continue so long as people continue with the wrong understanding of the issue at hand.

[johnnycool]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

And things will continue so long as people continue with the wrong understanding of the issue at hand.

I know the term Jew, Zionist and Israeli aren't one and the same thing, but what is your point or is that your point?

[Wildweasel74]

Seem one last night about the amount of previous Israel leaders have come from Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine. They all changed their names so it's hard to pick up on.

[Rossfan]

Cuntanyahu's father changed his name from an East European one.

[Wildweasel74]

There very like different in that pricks name, maybe a extra in his surname.

[trueblue1234]

Given the turning of the tide with Israel's reputation now in tatters and the impact that is having globally on Jews, are we looking like Israel needing a big Hamas action/ false flag event to try and regain some of that lost PR ground and to given them more ammunition to get through the final stages of this operation. If I was in the IDF I'd certainly be thinking it would be a big help right now.

And things will continue so long as people continue with the wrong understanding of the issue at hand.

Help me out here?

[seafoid]

Israelis fear being  residents of a pariah state. It's not about what B
Netanyahu and his cronies think. It's about Israel's relationship with the outside world.  One Israeli went to Tomorrowland and was arrested by Belgian police. He had been found on video acting in war crimes which he uploaded online.  There are teams of Palestinians and others trawling the internet to identify Israeli soldiers and their Gaza videos in order to bring them to justice. This is what a pariah state means.