‘BUTCHER BIDEN, IRELAND DISOWNS YOU’ - CLARE DALY

Clare Daly created a nickname for the US president, calling him ‘Butcher Biden’ for enabling Israel’s devastating attacks on Gaza that have killed more than 24,000 Palestinians since 7 October.

In a fiery speech on 16 January at the European Parliament, Daly also ordered Joe Biden to desist from invoking his Irish roots, reportedly on his mother’s side. In April 2023, Biden took a much-heralded tour of Ireland.

Ireland has suffered under British colonialism for about 800 years, with part of its island under British control to this day. That is why the Irish support Palestine in its struggle against Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies. No wonder Israel’s heritage minister, Amichai Eliyahu, told Palestinians to ‘go to Ireland or the desert.’

Israel has said its operations are only meant to root out H*m*s from Gaza. However, while Washington has come under pressure to use its power and influence to implement an immediate ceasefire, the Biden administration has stayed put in its support of Tel Aviv’s relentless attacks, which have been described as a genocide in the making by the South African legal team at the International Court of Justice.