It has been reported in the Jerusalem newspaper, Haaretz, that the Israeli ambassador to Ireland, Ze’ev Boker, recently sent a warning back to the Israeli state regarding an expected move by the Dublin government to officially recognize the state of Palestine. Although both Irish Houses of Parliament, known collectively as the Oireachtas, overwhelmingly passed a […]
Today there is a particular growing certainty, largely unacknowledged, which affects all of our lives in an increasingly negative manner. This insidious malaise is the current hard-line attitude of the United States administration and its supporters towards both their own populace and those of other nations. It can now be seen that a sizable percentage of ‘Middle America’ […]
It’s colder now, and wetter. The men stand nervously huddled within the shadowy chamber. They lightly restrain their drugged victim, as a steadily weakening sun falls ominously to mark the end of the year. The climate has cooled, the crops are yearly failing. To appease their fickle deities the tribesmen must make a powerful sacrifice. […]
Recently I had cause to recall a visit I made to New York city some years ago. On the day in question, I had visited a diner to get a bite to eat and had just sat down when I was approached by a fresh-faced, pleasantly attractive waitress. The exchange went as follows: – […]
I constantly read and hear the term ‘The British Isles’ employed to describe the islands of both Ireland and Britain. This is a colonial misnomer. Ireland is not, never was and never will be British regardless of the wizened wishes of a discontented minority upon the island of Ireland. Of the six nations within these […]
Much debate centres upon the place of religion, particularly Catholicism, within modern Irish society. Claims and counter-claims are bandied about. Allow Rebel Voice to add to this heady Irish stew. There are striking similarities between Christianity, as countenanced by the Roman Catholic Church, and Communism as enacted within the former U.S.S.R. Both Christianity and Communism […]
As I browse both newspapers and online platforms, I am regularly saddened to see confused contributions from certain obtuse individuals in relation to the humanitarian crisis in Palestine. I suspect that each of this small handful of Ulster Unionist commentators will have a complete and unrelenting command of ‘The Sash’. This aspect of their character […]
As a participant in occasional on-line polemical debate with Zionists, I am always struck not by what they say, but by all that they don’t. Zionists have great difficulty in justifying their ideology, based as it is upon the text of the Tanakh (the ancient Hebrew bible from which is derived the Christian Old Testament). […]
It was with resignation that I read the recent Irish News article entitled, ‘Israeli forces evict Jewish settlers from Palestinian land’ (Feb 2nd). The story concerned the eviction of 250 illegal settlers from the Amona settlement in the Occupied West Bank. The narrative attempted to portray the Israeli PM, Netanyahu, as something of a peacemaker […]
It has been less than 18 months since the body of 3 year old Alan Kurdi washed up upon a Turkish shore. The pitiful image is still fresh and raw in the minds of many. We are angry and we are disgusted. But for how long will Alan’s memory endure? In 1221, the Mongols slaughtered […]
With the inevitable and continuing failures of the Stormont Executive, and the resultant debate surrounding political arrangements for the Occupied Six Counties, Rebel Voice wishes to publicly weigh in with a suggestion regarding the future of this beautiful part of Ireland. Whilst many of the ideas that have already been presented as a solution have smacked […]
Lately, the horrors extant in both Syria and Palestine, due to malign interference of Western and Israeli governments, have served to demonstrate the role the media plays (or doesn’t) in such enterprise. Governments in the US, UK, France and Canada rely upon the good favour of their respective populations in creating questionable permissions to pursue […]
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