'Israel not welcomed here': Ireland hits back over embassy row
'Israel not welcomed here': Ireland hits back over embassy row
Sinn Féin and pro-Palestine activists claim Israel is using accusations of antisemitism to silence the government’s upcoming Occupied Territories Bill
Irish politicians and campaigners have accused Israel of a deliberate attempt to "smear Ireland" and trying to silence the government's legislative agenda aimed at protecting Palestinian lives.
On Sunday, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced the closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin, claiming the decision was due to Ireland’s "extreme anti-Israel policies" and "antisemitic rhetoric".
Lynn Boylan, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Sinn Féin, has dismissed Israel's accusations and believes the move is a tactic to dissuade Ireland from enacting the upcoming Occupied Territories Bill, which would criminalise trade with illegal settlements.
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Ireland is more likely to face sanctions within the EU than even Putinist Hungary (due to Germany’s historic obligations to Israel and Ireland not having veto buddies, as Hungary has in Slovakia and Italy)
Spain will side with them.
Also the biggest losers in a tit-for-tat "veto war" would be Germany as the EU is still mainly a Mercantilist organization and they're the ones who gain the most from it.