Israel will close its embassy in Dublin over "the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government", its foreign minister has said. Gideon Saar said the Republic of Ireland had crossed "every red line".
Ireland's Jewish Representative Council chairperson is "deeply concerned" by the deterioration in the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and Israel. Chairperson Maurice Cohen said that the closure of Israel's embassy in Ireland has caused distress for Israeli people in Ireland.
Ireland and Israel are now locked in a zero-sum war of reputation destruction. On Sunday, Israel announced it was closing its Dublin embassy because of the “extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government”.
The closure of Israel's embassy in Dublin was an "unusual, if not unprecedented" move, a DUP peer has said – but one which was "not surprising" given the level of Irish "hostility" towards the state.
Israel slammed Ireland as "antisemitic" while announcing the closure of its Embassy in Dublin, kicking off a charged back and forth between the two countries.
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Mr Harris has rejected the claims and accused Israel of “distracting” away from the deaths of children in the conflict. On Monday he told Mr Abbas of “the solidarity and unbreakable support” of the people of Ireland to the people of Palestine.
Amid mounting international criticism of its military conduct in Gaza, Israel says it will deepen ties with countries it considers friendly toward it.
Israel's foreign minister has further intensified the country's diplomatic fallout with the Republic of Ireland by calling the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris "antisemitic".
Israel will close its embassy in Dublin over "the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government", its foreign minister has said. Gideon Saar said the Republic of Ireland had crossed "every ...
Ireland's government swiftly responded to the Israeli decision. Prime Minister Harris called the closure "deeply regrettable," stressing that Ireland was not anti-Israel. "Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights, and pro-international law,"