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(JEWISH GROUP) Ireland U-turns on plan to change park named after Israeli politician after global backlash
Thousands gathered in Dublin over the weekend
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A plan to rename a Dublin park after an Israeli politican has been temporarily canned after global furore including US senators wading in.
Herzog Park in south Dublin was named after Chaim Herzog, a former president of Israel who was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.
A vote to rename the park was scheduled for Monday and came after a concerted campaign by pro-Palestine activists horrified by the violence in Gaza which the UN has deemed a genocide.
But on Sunday, Richard Shakespeare, the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, announced on Sunday evening that he plans to withdraw the report due to a legislative technicality.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Dublin over the weekend
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Due to a technicality, not because it was a bullshit bigoted move.
The bigotry and stupidity are mind-numbing!