A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell — sending him home to die of what was once known as ‘Cork fever,’ an old name for malaria.
The Irish view Cromwell the way Palestinians view Netanyahu. The English treatment of Ireland under Cromwell is a lot like the modern treatment of Palestine by Israel, which is why Irish people are so pro-Palestine.
One thing that often surprises English people who move here is just how much we hate Cromwell.
Well as far as I’m concerned the Irish standing against Israel it says a lot to their character, and I have nothing but respect for them.
Common history, so we know conquest and colonialism when we see it.