A spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Dublin suggested to the Irish Mirror that “Israel has been subjected to a high level of malicious statements and accusations that have often manifested as incitement to hatred”
Áras an Uachtaráin has denied suggestions that President Michael D Higgins accused the Israel i Embassy of “leaking” his letter to the Iranian President.
One journalist then asked Mr Higgins if he had “suspicions about it leaking out”. Mr Higgins asked him to repeat the question and the journalist then stated that the President had “alluded to some suspicions about how the letter became public”. “The exchange of letters upon the coming to office of a new Head of State is standard diplomatic practice for countries which share diplomatic relations,” the spokesman said.
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