'Bloody Hell, what have the Jews ever done to us?'

A great column by Carol Hunt in Sunday's Irish Independent tries to figure out why Ireland is so down on Israel.

But see, I'm confused. If encouraging greater trade and academic ties
and "person to person" interaction is so great for forging human rights
dialogue, then why is Israel, seemingly alone of all countries in the
world, singled out for no-holds-barred censure and boycott?

If