Opposition calls for Ireland to expel Israeli ambassador
Senior Government figures have raised fresh concern over Israel’s actions in Gaza, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar saying it “resembles something more approaching revenge” and Tánaiste Micheál Martin questioning the “proportionality” of the Israeli response to last month’s attack by Hamas.
“But what I’m seeing unfolding at the moment isn’t just self-defence. It looks, it resembles something more approaching revenge. That’s not where we should be, and I don’t think that’s how Israel will guarantee its future freedom and its future security.
The embassy added: “Calls for Hamas to immediately release all 242 Israeli and international hostages held in Gaza must be heeded” and ”it is important to remember that Hamas bears responsibility for creating this situation and for the ongoing and constant rockets being launched at Israel every day since the October 7th massacre in southern Israel”.
She also said the position of Israeli ambassador to Ireland, Dana Erlich, is “now untenable”, saying “the ambassador should no longer enjoy diplomatic status in Ireland while Israel refuses the imperative for ceasefires and as the suffering and death toll grow”.
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