Monday, December 23, 2024
Irish comments on Israel leave Scottish Jews terrified as 'identity' comes under attack
Last week, Israel's Foreign Minister announced that its Embassy in Ireland would be closing "in light of the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government". The timing of Jerusalem's decision comes just a few days after Ireland's Foreign Minister, Micheál Martin, announced Ireland's plan to intervene in the proceedings against Israel, brought by South Africa to the International Court of Justice.
Announcing Ireland's intervention, Martin wrote that "Ireland will be asking the ICJ to broaden its interpretation of what constitutes the commission of genocide". If there was ever an admission that Israel is absolutely not committing genocide in Gaza it would be this.
Micheál Martin, on behalf of the Irish government, has essentially acknowledged that genocide is not being committed by Israel in Gaza and, unsatisfied by this, is asking the Court to change the definition of genocide so that the world's only Jewish state can be found guilty of the ultimate crime. It beggars belief.
Israel is completely justified in its decision to close its Embassy in Dublin. It seems to me that repeated Irish governments have a fundamental prejudice against Israel and so there is little that could be gained from having an embassy in Dublin.
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