Only someone with a callous mindset would want the pleas of people under Israeli bombardment to be ignored.
Hermann Kelly, a well-known figure in Ireland’s extreme right, has displayed that kind of mindset.
When a family with Irish citizenship had their flights from Beirut canceled recently, they requested that the Dublin government help them to leave Lebanon. Everything about the family’s request looked reasonable: They were seeking safety from Israel’s airstrikes.
Kelly saw things differently. Jumping on X (formerly Twitter), he alleged – without producing a shred of evidence – that the family had probably made a false asylum claim. ….more
