Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world

Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world Enlarge this image toggle caption Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR DUBLIN — When Fatin Al Tamimi immigrated to Ireland in 1988, she felt like hers was the only hijab on the streets of Dublin. Sponsor Message Many Irish people Enlarge this image toggle caption Michel Laurent/AP Michel Laurent/AP "When we see what happens in Palestine — people shot dead while waving white flags — that's an immediate cultural memory," Chambers says. Enlarge this image toggle caption Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR Mac Siacais calls his song an "analysis of Ireland and Palestine and their anti-colonial struggles." Enlarge this image toggle caption Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR Paulo Nunes dos Santos for NPR Sending support from Dublin to Gaza Since the start of the war in October, Al Tamimi, the Palestinian activist and educator in Dublin, has been in constant fear for her sister, who's trapped in Gaza — internally displaced several times. Enlarge this image toggle caption Molly Keane for NPR Molly Keane for NPR In an NPR interview in front of Dublin's General Post Office — a 19th century neoclassical building still pockmarked with bullet holes from 1916, when it was at the center of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland — Al Tamimi says she's had a "beautiful reception" in Ireland.