President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has accused the Israeli embassy of leaking a letter he sent to the new president of Iran. Higgins said the letter, which emphasized peace in the Middle East and the importance of diplomacy, was standard courtesy correspondence and criticized the leak as an attempt to damage his reputation.
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has accused the Israel i embassy of leaking a letter in which he sent his "best wishes" to the new president of Iran .
The Israeli embassy in Dublin criticised the letter to Mr Pezeshkian at the time, saying it sent "the wrong message to the people of Iran living in fear under this brutal regime". When asked about the letter by the Irish Independent, Mr Higgins said: "Why don't you ask where it came from? ...When pushed on the matter, Mr Higgins said: "It was circulated from the Israeli embassy."
Ms Erlich has not returned to Ireland since, a decision which the Israeli embassy said followed "the troubling rise in anti-Israel discourse in Ireland" and claimed that accusations against Israel "crossed the line into vilification, incitement and libels". In a statement, the Israeli embassy in Dublin said: “Unfortunately in Ireland, since the October 7 invasion by Hamas and massacre in Israel, which triggered this awful war, Israel has been subjected to a high level of malicious statements and accusations that have often manifested as incitement to hatred.
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