Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney has said the Israeli ambassador's comments accusing President Michael D Higgins of misinformation were not helpful.
Dana Erlich told the Sunday Independent that she was frustrated at what she said was"misinformation" shared by President Higgins in relation to whether Israel had breached international law."Israel is abiding by international law," she said.Ms Erlich said"there is a strong feeling in Israel that there is an unconscious bias against Israel in Ireland."
"But we are also deeply concerned about what continues to unfold in terms of human suffering in Gaza. "I don't believe that when you disagree with a country, that you are quick to call for the expulsion of ambassadors. I just don't think that's how international diplomacy should work." "It may not have been meant to have malevolent consequences but certainly we need a better performance in relation to European Union diplomacy and practice," Mr Higgins said.Asked about the European Union's varying response to the latest cycle of violence between Israel and Hamas militants, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said the EU has become more unified in the past week.
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