THREAD: In the 1930s, Irish-born #ChaimHerzog emigrated to Palestine, where he joined Jewish terror group the #Haganah. Three decades later, Herzog became the first Israeli military governor of the illegally occupied #WestBank and #eastJerusalem.
Herzog was the (mostly ceremonial) #PresidentOfIsrael from 1983 to 1993, when the illegal occupation of #Gaza and the #WestBank continued. Illegal settlements on the West Bank grew rapidly.
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In 1995, a small park in #Rathgar, #Dublin, was renamed in honour of #ChaimHerzog. The Orwell Quarry Park became #HerzogPark.
But in 2025, Irish public opinion has now turned heavily against this #roguestate and its #ethnicCleansing and ongoing #genocide. A public memorial to a prominent #zionist is no longer tolerable in Ireland.
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But the proposed renaming of #HerzogPark has been badly mishandled.
#DublinCityCouncil #DCC officials misread the law, which has not yet been fully implemented. Some politicians wanted a Palestinian name for the park. #Taoiseach and #Tanaiste conceded to Israeli bullying.
Ireland’s Jewish community must not be erased. Rathgar has a long Jewish history, and the park's new name should reflect that Jewish heritage.
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When #DCC's Commemorations & Naming Ctte proposed the renaming, it supported Jewish involvement https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/1130/1546574-herzog-park/
The list at http://bit.ly/4plD2CM includes many other eminent #IrishJews who can be celebrated without endorsing Israel, including:
lawyer Max Abrahamson;
16th-century mayor William Annyas;
judge Henry Barron;
educationist Elaine Feldman;
painter Harry Kernoff;
director Louis Lentin;
journalist June Levine;
cabinet minister Mervyn Taylor;
artist Estella Solomons.
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Claire McNab