President Higgins’ claim that Israel leaked his letter to the Iranian Government plays into “...
President Higgins’ claim that Israel leaked his letter to the Iran ian Government plays into “one of the oldest antisemitic tropes” around, Holocaust Awareness Ireland has said.
When questioned about the letter yesterday at the United Nations in New York, President Higgins accused Israel of leaking its contents.When asked how the Embassy could do that, he replied, “I have no idea, I have no idea and I’m afraid is not in residence at the moment.”Awareness Ireland founder Oliver Sears said the claim was “so easy to disprove”.
“I find it deeply disturbing because it feeds into a very old conspiracy theory that Jews are somehow perfidious and villainous - it’s one of the oldest antisemitic tropes.”Taoiseach Simon Harris, who is also in New York at the UN, has given his backing to President Higgins in his dispute with the Israeli Embassy.
“You’d like to think Israel would be more concerned with the fact that 14,000 children in Gaza are dead and at least 20,000 are missing - many presumed dead.Mr Sears said he was disappointed that the Irish Government has no interest in building better relations with Israel.
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