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Jackie Goodall

Jackie Goodall is the founder and Executive Director of the Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA), a Dublin-based NGO formed in 2018.

The Ireland Israel Alliance engages with supporters and organizations from both secular and religious backgrounds and across the political spectrum.

Jackie is listed as one of the Top 40 Global Advocates for Israel by JNS, where she was described as “having no fear in standing up for Israel and countering the BDS Movement”.

Born and raised in Dublin and educated at a Catholic school, she holds a first-class honors degree in English Literature.

Demonstrators in support of Palestinians stand outside the Israeli embassy after Ireland has announced it will recognise a Palestinian state, in Dublin, Ireland, May 22, 2024

Irish government rewards Palestinian terrorism with a state – opinion

The Israel-Ireland Alliance, as well as the majority of the Jewish community in Ireland, opposes the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.

MAY 23, 2024
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators walk past the Houses of Parliament in London, during a protest in response to the Israeli air strikes on Gaza

Irish charity gets ‘reminder’ from charities regulator over its anti-Israel activity

In recent years, Irish people have been referring to Trócaire charity as a political organization, funding highly politicized and problematic NGOs active in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

JUNE 12, 2022
Simon Coveney, Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister for Ireland

Ireland's hostility toward Israel rooted in its top leadership - opinion

A look at Ireland's "obsessive demonization of Israel."

NOVEMBER 18, 2021