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.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 days ago

    In this the Republic Of Ireland is a shinny example of Humanitarianism and shames most of the rest of Europe (I know I’m ashamed of the government of my own country).

    Unlike the Republic Of Ireland not that many European countries will be able to say in the Future when people talk about the XXI century version of the Nazis that they were on the right side of History.

  • NeuronautML@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    9 days ago

    Man, it’s days like this i feel bad for not paying my taxes in Ireland. What an exemplary attitude. I wish Israel left my country too. Europe should all be making Israel unwelcome, not cozy up to them.

    We’ve had enough genocidal, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, racist regimes.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    9 days ago

    So are they accepting American refugees with Irish heritage yet? I’ve got a STEM degree if it helps. Please?

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
    132·
    10 days ago

    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)

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      10 days ago

      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.