By Sami Abou Shehadeh In an opinion piece published on the 24 June in the Jerusalem Post, a right-wing Israeli newspaper, the Irish ambassador to Israel, Kyle O’Sullivan, claimed that Israel is a country based “on the rule of law, on democracy, and on respect for human rights and human dignity”. If that were the case Palestinian rights would have been fulfilled a long time ago. But clearly it is not the case and the piece not only disregards the Palestinian people but sends a strong message of support to those who are conducting Israel’s illegal policies and crimes of colonial settl...