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Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin — who’s extensively anticipated to succeed Harris as prime minister as soon as post-election negotiations on forming a brand new coalition authorities conclude — mentioned Ireland would preserve its personal embassy in Israel to make sure that diplomatic channels keep open.
“The continuation of the struggle in Gaza and the lack of harmless lives is just unacceptable and contravenes worldwide legislation. It represents the collective punishment of the Palestinian individuals in Gaza,” Martin mentioned.
Israel’s transfer follows a gentle downward spiral in relations with Ireland, which has a historical past of expressing sympathy for the Palestinian trigger.
Ireland was the final member of the European Union to open an embassy in Israel, in 1996, the identical 12 months that Israel opened its embassy in Dublin.
Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, Dana Erlich, left the nation in May after the Irish joined Norway and Spain in formally recognizing Palestine as a state. Last month, the Palestinian Authority’s mission in Dublin acquired full embassy standing as Ireland appointed its first ambassador to Palestine.
Tensions even have risen over Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon as a part of its assault on Hezbollah, an operation that has threatened United Nations peacekeepers there, amongst them an Irish military battalion.
