Tag Archives: Antisemitism

President Michael D. Higgins again denounced antisemitism and refused to pull out of being the keynote speaker for next week’s National Holocaust Memorial Day. In a statement given to RTÉ News, President Higgins outlined his lifelong opposition to every form of racism. It came in response to allegations by the outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Dana Erlich, who attacked the …

Israel’s foreign minister has accused Ireland’s Taoiseach, Simon Harris, of antisemitism while defending Israel’s decision to shut down its embassy in Dublin over Ireland’s policies. Gideon Saar, the Israeli Foreign Minister, differentiated between legitimate criticism of Israel and what he termed antisemitism, which he claimed involves delegitimizing and dehumanizing Israel and applying double standards to the country. Saar criticized Ireland’s …