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2025-10-26 Europe
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Far-left candidate who called Israel ‘terrorist state’ elected president of Ireland
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Time for Ireland’s last Jews to leave. Their homeland has become dangerously unserious. [IsraelTimes] Catherine Connolly wins in landslide; once said Hamas ‘part of the fabric of the Palestinian people,’ then ‘utterly condemned’ terror group’s actions; accused Israel of ‘genocide’
Catherine Connolly, a veteran politician on the far left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday.
Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland.
At least she has no power. But she does have influence. She won 63 percent of first-preference votes once ineligible votes were excluded, compared to 29% for her rival Heather Humphreys, of the center-right party Fine Gael.
She has drawn criticism for her views on the Hamas
 ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
terror group, which she said in September was "part of the fabric of the Paleostinian people." Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin criticized those comments.
Connolly later maintained that she "utterly condemned" Hamas’s actions and that its October 7, 2023, onslaught against Israel, which launched the war, was "absolutely unacceptable."
But she criticized Israel for carrying out what she said was a "genocide" in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
, an accusation Israel adamantly rejects. She has also accused Israel of being a "terrorist state."
"If we in this Dáil can’t recognize that Israel is a terrorist state, then we’re in serious trouble," she said in a video shared on her campaign’s Facebook page in June, referring to the lower house of the Irish legislature where she served. She went on to criticize Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, its military conduct in Gaza, and other Israeli policies.
Connolly, 68, is a long-time critic of the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
in overwhelmingly pro-EU Ireland. She was backed by the left-dominated opposition, was not a household name, and was underestimated by many at the start of the campaign.
An independent candidate, she built momentum as the campaign progressed, and enthused younger voters.
"I will be a president who listens, who reflects and who speaks when it’s necessary. Together we can shape a new republic that values everybody," Connolly said in a speech at Dublin Castle.
Ireland’s president is largely a figurehead, with seldom-used powers to test the constitutionality of legislation, but often speaks on the global stage and welcomes other heads of state to the country.
Many of Connolly’s views — from denouncing the EU’s plans to boost military spending to questioning the trustworthiness of the United States, Britannia and La Belle France over their stance on the war in Gaza — are well to the left of many of the parties backing her, as well as outspoken incumbent Michael Higgins, himself a critic of Israel.
Higgins has been president since 2011, having served the maximum two seven-year terms.
Connolly will be Ireland’s 10th president and the third woman to hold the post. She is a former clinical psychologist and barrister.
Although she served as deputy speaker of Ireland’s lower house after being first elected in 2016, her win was widely viewed as continuing the recent trend of choosing a more independent president based on the candidate’s values. It amounted to a stinging rebuke to the recently re-elected center-right coalition.
She also benefited from dire campaigns from the two governing parties. Humphreys was not Fine Gael’s first choice. Fianna Fail’s pick, former Gaelic football coach Jim Gavin, abandoned his bid due to a financial scandal.
A record 13% of voters also spoiled their votes, partly due to a planned protest by supporters of a conservative campaigner who failed to secure the required support from elected representatives to make the ballot.
Martin said the government was open to reforming the nomination process.
On Saturday, Martin congratulated Connolly on her "very comprehensive election victory." He said he was looking forward to working with the new president as "Ireland continues to play a significant role on the global stage, and as we look forward to hosting the EU presidency in the second half of 2026."
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