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Publication Instance Details #2629

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Genocide HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Holocaust
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Mharaigh na hIosraelaigh 1,400 Pailistíneach sa bhliain 2009. Mharaigh na hIosraelaigh 2,000 Pailistíneach i samhradh 2014. Mharaigh... Mharaigh... Maróidh...? 'Israeli troops massacred 386 Palestinians in the refugee camps of Khan Younis and Rafah. Moshe Dayan, then southern commander of the Israeli army, ordered the massacre, in which men over the age of 15 were lined up and shot in the head. 'There's no choice' - Dayan said. Fifty-eight years later Israel still claims it has no choice but to continue the policies of ethnic cleansing, dispossession and extermination that started with the foundation of the state of Israel.' - Lara Marlowe, 'Fear and Loathing: Palestinians pay the price of history'. (Irish Times, dé Sathairn, Meán Fómhair 13, 2014)
Notes	The substantial paratext given with this poem provides valuable context to the understanding of the themes of the poem. The speaker of this poem describes the actions of Israeli state against the Palestinian people over the years. The speaker controversially argues that the experience of Jewish people during the Holocaust has only fuelled their understanding of how to oppress the Palestinian people. The people of Israel can count on the majority of the Western World to stand aside - French, Ireland, America - and even assist them in their quest to appropriate Palestinian territories. The speaker's rage at the treatment of the Palestinian people is palpable in this poem. Also referenced towards the end of the poem is the 'belief' of the Jewish people that they are superior to other races, including the Palestinians. This is presented as their ticket to act with impunity in solidifying their position in the Middle East.