The Irish left and Israel - NUI Galway and Israel

NUI Galway and Israel

NUIG hit the headlines in 2014 when its students voted to boycott Israel.

NUIG boycott of Israel

See results. Approximately 2,000 voted to boycott the Jewish state. 1,000 voted against a boycott. Bravo for the 1,000.

The vote has little or no practical meaning. It merely has symbolic meaning. It is a declaration by foolish western dhimmis that they despise the front-line western states and offer solidarity to the ruthless enemies of the west.

• NUIG research partners include Saudi Arabia! Where (unlike in Israel) no one has a vote, no one has human rights, and women, gays, atheists, Christians and non-Sunnis are brutally oppressed. But the loony lefties issue no calls to boycott them.
• NUIG also has links with China.

The state TV of the terrorist state of Iran is delighted with the Irish students.
If the Iranian regime likes what you do, you should take a long hard look at yourself.

The 1904 Limerick boycott and the 2014 Galway boycott

Then: Catholic right-wing anti-semitic morons.
Now: Secular left-wing pro-Islam morons.

New era. New morons.

Fr. John Creagh's campaign to boycott the Jews of Limerick in 1904.
From the Limerick Leader, 20 Jan 1904.

The NUIG video

"Get the fuck off our campus!"
Anti-Israel extremist Joseph Loughnane and other thugs disrupt a pro-Israel meeting before the NUIG vote, March 2014.
Shocking hatred of Israel from European totalitarians.
Contempt for free speech. Contempt for debate. Contempt for the idea of a university.

• This video is under censorship threat. Copies on YouTube and YouTube and Vimeo and Facebook were deleted.
• Since this video is under censorship threat, it needs to be copied and spread widely. You can embed and download it below.
• Copies survive here:
  • YouTube
  • Facebook

• The pro-Israel speaker facing down the thugs is Alan Johnson (see twitter and old twitter) of Edge Hill University, Lancashire, England.

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Joseph Loughnane

• Loughnane did volunteer work for the radical Islamic group Cageprisoners in London.

• 2008 NUIG debate on Israel:
  • I have hesitated to link to the minutes of an Israel debate at NUIG in 2008, since it only paraphrases Loughnane rather than was written by him.
  • However it was widely reported and discussed in 2014 and he has not denied speaking as quoted here. It has been online for years without him complaining.
  • It quotes him as uttering some revolting opinions on Israel and the Jews: "Our final speaker of the night was Joseph Loughnane. He said how Israel was created as a Western outpost in a region un-brainwashed by American interests. He told us how ultimately it was the Jews that stole the land, and so they are to blame. Joseph also said how the Jews run the American media and push their agenda, and that ultimately, the West uses and controls Israel as a tool for keeping the Middle East in line."

Joseph Loughnane says he is "half-Pakistani, half-Irish" and "a born Muslim".
He describes himself on Twitter now as a "Gramscian Socialist".
He supports right-wing Islamic groups (see below).

Joseph Loughnane admits it is him in the video and wants it taken down.
From here.

• Any student who does this to a visiting lecturer should be disciplined by NUIG.
• NUIG have declared that Loughnane's behaviour will be investigated. NUIG statement: "The behaviour portrayed is unacceptable and has no place at any forum of discussion or debate."
• NUIG are declining to comment further. Whether NUIG are really bothered or not remains to be seen.

The long-time anti-Israel activist Tommy Donnellan posted a video of the event to facebook.
Joseph Loughnane in the message above is actually asking Tommy Donnellan to remove the clip of him.
Donnellan helped out by removing the video, but another clip existed and went viral.

Tommy Donnellan identifies the person in the video as "a fiery Joseph Loughnane".

Loughnane, April 2016, libels the speaker Alan Johnson and says he "referred to Palestinians as rats".
He libels me as a "racist".
He claims he was threatened and "racially abused" at the meeting and called a "paki".
It's two years later and he has never presented any evidence of these extraordinary claims.

• Alan Johnson replies to Joe Loughnane's libel, Apr 2016. "I had hoped never to think about the strange man again, but he is now telling people .. that I called Palestinians 'rats'."

Joseph Loughnane on Facebook

In 2019, Loughnane stood as a local election candidate for Galway City Central for the fanatic left-wing group PBP.
This is a parody election leaflet. Genius.
See full size. Posted here.
See real leaflet. From here.
See results.