Ambassador says ‘Zionist has become a dirty word’ in Ireland and this is ’modernisation of anti-Semitism’
Israel using embassy closure as ploy to distract from thousands of children killed in Gaza - Taoiseach
Speaking about her time in Ireland, she said: “Time after time we saw an anti-Israel obsession that doesn’t really help peace or coexistence. There was competition who could make the most extreme anti-Israel statements and there were no voices from the opposition or the media with a different view.” “For many years we’ve been considering our presence in Ireland and the presence of the embassy had turned into a source of incitement,” she said during Monday’s interview.
She added: “As diplomats we stand on the front line, not just in Ireland but in other difficult countries. But what we see in Ireland is disproportionate, double standards and one-sided and we must decide as a country where to invest our diplomatic resources. We don’t have embassies in every country but our work with Ireland will continue, as will our responsibilities to the Jewish community and the Israelis living there.
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