its not about "left-wing causes". you sound a bit terminally online, not everything is a 21st century culture war. ireland has always empathised with palestine even back when it was the mandate. the parallel is not exactly hard to detect. obviously in norn iron it plays out along sectarian lines for the same reason. balfour was previously the irish secretary, opposed home rule and ordered the "mitchelstown massacre" in cork. you should also know that the black and tans were sent to palestine as well as ireland. a putative israel was from time to time referred to in official documents as "a jewish ulster".
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