Relations between Israel and Ireland are near freezing point

There is no ceasefire in sight in the rhetorical exchange between Ireland and Israel. After the announced closure of the Israeli embassy, ​​Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris spoke of a “diplomacy of distraction” and accused Israel of “devastating war crimes in Gaza.” Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar immediately insulted the Irish Prime Minister as an anti-Semite. Parliament, which meets again on Wednesday for the first time since the November election, plans to soon pass a law that would ban trade with Israel’s occupied territories in the West Bank and the Golan Heights.