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https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2025/08/03/they-are-proudly-posting-videos-confessing-thats-new-israeli-soldiers-being-pursued-internationally-over-actions-in-gaza/
Campaigners have filed legal complaints accusing Israeli soldiers of war crimes in Gaza in a growing number of countries including the United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Peru and South Africa.

La Guardia versus Tammany Hall which was the 1930s version of AIPAC. They all go tits up eventually.

https://youtu.be/q_V9FnpNVzI?si=aQ3epV5pISylXE4-

AIPAC is an elite lobbying group. Deals behind closed doors. Opposition to Israel comes from the bottom. Ordinary people disturbed by pictures of children dying. At some point AIPAC will be destroyed by the people. Nothing lasts forever.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/07/31/trump-gaza-envoy-humanitarian-crisis/
"Everybody, unless they are pretty cold hearted or worse than that nuts... there's nothing you can say other than it's terrible when you see the kids," Trump said aboard Air Force One on Tuesday.

Photographs of emaciated children in the war-torn territory are beginning to turn the tide of public opinion against Israel's military campaign against Hamas.

France, Canada and the UK are G7 members who are going to recognise the Palestinian State. This is a disaster for Israeli diplomacy. 

The tide is turning against Israel. Famine is the driver.  Israel is doing what it has always done-dehumanising the Palestinians.  It is worse than Jim Crow in the US and worse than apartheid in South Africa. Israelis have to feel pain.  Where it ends is the question. Will the settler empire collapse too?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/30/hamas-could-be-forced-into-exile-by-arab-states/

Hamas leaders could be forced to leave Gaza after Middle Eastern states united behind a new plan to end the 22-months war.

Qatar and Turkey, two of the group's main patrons, have thrown their weight behind a French and Saudi peace initiative that sharply increases pressure on Hamas to disarm, surrender power and accept exile.

Senior Gulf officials said the rare display of regional unity could isolate the movement to the point where it has no option but to comply.

"We genuinely believe we have a shot at this," one diplomat said. "Hamas is in a corner. They don't have much choice.

https://news.sky.com/story/gazas-deadliest-days-linked-by-a-pattern-of-attacks-on-families-13403651

Israeli Government / IDF are pretty much the 21st century version of the Nazis.

A few weeks ago there was ad on the TV for Schindlers List, I know it was wrong, but when I would have seen that ad pre October 7th I would have said to myself yes how awful what was done to the Jews.  Unfortunately that level of sympathy is no longer there indeed if and it is a big if but if there is any repercussions dealt out to Israel / its people for what they have done to the Palestinans in years to come I would imagine sympathy will be in short supply.

   
   https://www.ft.com/content/8d703b13-eefb-448d-933d-fa70e8e2dc78

   Jon Hoffman, a Middle East analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, believes Israeli government officials "see the writing on the wall" and recognise that the relative blank cheque extended by this administration might not carry into the next — or even beyond the 2026 US midterm elections.

https://www.ft.com/content/8d703b13-eefb-448d-933d-fa70e8e2dc78

A small but vocal contingent of his Maga base, including younger Republicans and far-right podcasters, have grown sceptical of Washington's relationship with Israel. "What is this unique, strange, disgusting, perverse relationship that we seem to have with Israel?" Candace Owens, a popular podcaster and frequent proponent of antisemitic conspiracy theories, said on her programme last week. Pro-Trump firebrand lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday described the crisis in Gaza as a "genocide" and has proposed legislation to block aid to Israel. Congress rejected the measure, but polls suggest many young Republicans now have a negative opinion of Netanyahu

"My people are starting to hate Israel," Trump recently warned one prominent Jewish donor, according to a Middle East expert who speaks regularly with the administration

One win out of three in AI finals is a poor enough return

Those are the returns for weaker counties.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2025/0718/1524115-hurling-nation-cork-pain-to-fuel-lowering-of-tipp-tide/

Donal O'g doing his Kevin Cashman impression before the big game on Sunday.

@premierview will know who I'm talking about.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2025/0718/1524115-hurling-nation-cork-pain-to-fuel-lowering-of-tipp-tide/

Another season down, hurling is food for the soul, drink for the imagination, rhythm for the dance. Bain taitneamh as on Sunday.

The lead up to this match is sounding very similar to 2024 when Cork were being tipped to win resoundingly. Hmmm

Clare had the measure of Cork in championship games leading up to that game, it was always a 50/50 game whereas this year Cork have handed out some big beatings to Tipp already.

This year I can understand the giddiness of the Cork fans, but they'd no real right to be so confident last year, but that's Corkness for you.

The lead up to this match is sounding very similar to 2024 when Cork were being tipped to win resoundingly. Hmmm

Clare had the measure of Cork in championship games leading up to that game, it was always a 50/50 game whereas this year Cork have handed out some big beatings to Tipp already.

This year I can understand the giddiness of the Cork fans, but they'd no real right to be so confident last year, but that's Corkness for you.

Tipp had a man sent off before throw in the round Robin match. The result doesn't count.

Will be on holidays for the final and the lead up to it, so won't get much of a chance to discuss it.

It's a weird feeling though. Delighted to be there, but there's also a tiny bit of melancholy.

We have an excellent squad of players, but is it a whole lot better than, say, the group we had in 02-09? I know you had other two ultra-strong Ulster teams then, and in Tyrone, one of the best of the past 40 years, but it's hard to avoid the fact that so much of this is purely down to McGuinness. What would he have done with a squad featuring many of the players from the 11-12 team, but also with Brendan Devenney and Adrian Sweeney up front along with Colm McFadden (the counter obviously being that a very young Murphy only came into the squad in 07, while McBrearty wasn't around until 11.) .

And the obvious other question being would we be in an AI final now without him?

It's easily possible that Kerry would be with another manager other than Jack O'Connor, impressive and all as his managerial CV is.

But we had a very similar squad in 2022 when Declan Bonner's last season saw miniscule Donegal support, despite us coming so close in Ulster, because people were so fed up with the negative, fearful football Bonner was overseeing. The following season we were a laughing stock whom no one wanted to manage (or in some cases play for) due to the political toxicity within the county.

And the fact is, our two AI wins (as well as our other final appearance), and ten of our twelve UIster titles, were delivered by just two legendary Donegal managers.

So I'm hoping that Jim can conjure up another tactical masterplan to get us over the line, while at the same time also very cognizant that we have to enjoy this thoroughly no matter what, as these days are few and far between, even for a relatively successful county like ours. We might have, by our standards, superb squads of footballers for five years every decade to come, but without a top class manager to harness the talent, chances are it could be two or three decades again before we get back once Jim is gone.

Will be on holidays for the final and the lead up to it, so won't get much of a chance to discuss it.

It's a weird feeling though. Delighted to be there, but there's also a tiny bit of melancholy.

We have an excellent squad of players, but is it a whole lot better than, say, the group we had in 02-09? I know you had other two ultra-strong Ulster teams then, and in Tyrone, one of the best of the past 40 years, but it's hard to avoid the fact that so much of this is purely down to McGuinness. What would he have done with a squad featuring many of the players from the 11-12 team, but also with Brendan Devenney and Adrian Sweeney up front along with Colm McFadden (the counter obviously being that a very young Murphy only came into the squad in 07, while McBrearty wasn't around until 11.) .

And the obvious other question being would we be in an AI final now without him?

It's easily possible that Kerry would be with another manager other than Jack O'Connor, impressive and all as his managerial CV is.

But we had a very similar squad in 2022 when Declan Bonner's last season saw miniscule Donegal support, despite us coming so close in Ulster, because people were so fed up with the negative, fearful football Bonner was overseeing. The following season we were a laughing stock whom no one wanted to manage (or in some cases play for) due to the political toxicity within the county.

And the fact is, our two AI wins (as well as our other final appearance), and ten of our twelve UIster titles, were delivered by just two legendary Donegal managers.

So I'm hoping that Jim can conjure up another tactical masterplan to get us over the line, while at the same time also very cognizant that we have to enjoy this thoroughly no matter what, as these days are few and far between, even for a relatively successful county like ours. We might have, by our standards, superb squads of footballers for five years every decade to come, but without a top class manager to harness the talent, chances are it could be two or three decades again before we get back once Jim is gone.

A great post. What football  means to Donegal. From McEniff to McGuinness.  Fáilte go Toraigh Sam Maguire. Máirtín Beag being unable to pay for his dinner in New York.

Meath had a good year and the fans got behind the team and kids were inspired. This is what it's all about. I expect Meath to perform well in D2 and to win Leinster next year.

A rerun of 2014. What do you think of that Joe Brolly. Jimmy will want to ensure there isn't a second Kerry win in the feature.

   https://www.ft.com/content/f656aac7-4cb6-4401-99e6-8bd4b5c7df64

   The EU has struck a deal with Israel for a "substantial increase" in aid deliveries to Gaza, Brussels said on Thursday, following weeks of diplomatic pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu's government to unblock shipments to the enclave.

Brussels has demanded Israel end what it has described as "abhorrent" attacks on civilians in Gaza and ease restrictions on aid flows that EU officials have said could breach international law.

The EU also recently warned it could suspend its trade agreement with Israel over potential breaches of its human rights obligations enshrined in the pact.