#herzogpark — Public Fediverse posts

The #HerzogPark row in #Rathgar, #Dublin is using a lot of #iepol bandwidth. Even #SimonHarris and #MicheálMartin have weighed in, both looking ill-briefed.

The best account iI have seen is this thread on #Twitter / #X by #GarySpedding: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1994994293606375643.html

Spedding rightly notes that this small suburban park is getting way too much attention and was an odd fight to pick. But he is on top of the long backstory. He notes how this a well-reasoned campaign, and definitely not #antisemitism.

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The proposal to rename #HerzogPark after #HindRajab is an understandable response to the calculated horror of her extraordinarily determined murder, aged only five. But it is mistaken. #Dublin certainly should have a memorial to Hind Rajab, but it should not replace this memorial in #Rathgar to Dublin's Jewish community.

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But the proposed renaming of #HerzogPark has been badly mishandled.

#DublinCityCouncil #DCC officials misread the law, which has not yet been fully implemented. Some politicians wanted a Palestinian name for the park. #Taoiseach and #Tanaiste conceded to Israeli bullying.

Ireland’s Jewish community must not be erased. Rathgar has a long Jewish history, and the park's new name should reflect that Jewish heritage.

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In 1995, a small park in #Rathgar, #Dublin, was renamed in honour of #ChaimHerzog. The Orwell Quarry Park became #HerzogPark.

But in 2025, Irish public opinion has now turned heavily against this #roguestate and its #ethnicCleansing and ongoing #genocide. A public memorial to a prominent #zionist is no longer tolerable in Ireland.

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