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Born in Dublin, I have been writing from Tel Aviv about Israel's horrific assault on Gaza. But when I write about sheltering from Iranian missiles, or the grim rise in Irish antisemitism, my relatives fall silent and my editors ghost me
The gruesome images of protesting Iranians being shot by the Islamic regime in Tehran, and the seemingly ambiguous response in Ireland – especially among those who have been loudly marching against Israel for the past two years – did not surprise me. If anything, as a Dublin-born resident of Tel Aviv, it subtly reinforced my sense of Israeliness.
