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Paul James Kearns

Paul James Kearns

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Ireland’s Antisemitic Blindspot ‘Wearing the Green Jersey’

Ireland’s Antisemitic Blindspot “Wearing the Green Jersey” With the grim stories of alleged Israeli abuse of the Irish Flotilla activists...

02.06.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

What’s Another Year? Ireland’s obsession with Israel and the Eurovision

The 2026 Eurovision is finally over, but the political controversy rumbles on. Despite calls for a boycott and a months-long campaign to try to have...

17.05.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

Hasbara, Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening, Does anybody care?

Who’s Talking? Who’s Listening I write this as a political journalist, an Irishman born in Dublin, now an Israeli living in Tel Aviv. Perhaps most...

16.05.2026 80

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Paul James Kearns

Another Antisemitic Controversy in Ireland

What happens when one of Ireland’s greatest institutions—The Late Late Show (a popular chat show, on air since 1962), one of its most recognizable...

08.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

The Recent Problematic Podcast by Ezra Klein – A Case of Omission?

Let me first state that I greatly admire Ezra Klein’s podcast at the New York Times; I rarely miss an episode. Klein has deftly threaded the...

24.04.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

The Fog of War – Bomb Shelters and the Fake Destruction of Tel Aviv

A war of necessity or a war of choice, preemptive or defensive, militarily savvy or strategically and diplomatically reckless – Israel’s war on...

15.03.2026 90

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

It’s finally official, Ireland has an antisemitic problem

It’s finally official. Ireland has an antisemitic problem. With the distraction of war and missiles raining down on Tel Aviv, you may have missed...

13.03.2026 80

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Paul James Kearns

How Ireland's Visceral Hatred of Israel Made Me More Israeli

22.01.2026 100

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Paul James Kearns