One Struggle

"Many Unionists identify with Israel
as an isolated community, surrounded
by hostile forces and lacking international support.

Their pro-Israeli sentiments also are a reaction
to Irish Republican support for the Palestinian cause.
In the 1980s, a mural in a nationalist area of Belfast
depicted armed Irish Republican Army (IRA) and PLO members
under the slogan: "IRA-PLO one struggle."

Despite peace, these cleavages still run deep:
In response to the Second Intifada, northern
Protestant areas flew the Israeli flag,
and Catholic areas raised the Palestinian national colors."

Mural by the  Irish Republican Youth Movement

Northern Ireland, Belfast, Falls Road, 1982

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