Micheal Martin’s comments come as Sinn Fein say ambassador Dana Erlich’s position in Dublin has become untenable.
Expelling Israel’s ambassador to Ireland would undermine efforts to get Irish citizens out of Gaza, the country’s deputy premier has insisted.
Tanaiste Micheal Martin said that expelling the Israeli ambassador from Ireland would be no help to the Irish citizens still in Gaza “Logic escapes me as to how we are to meaningfully seek to get our Irish citizens out of Gaza if one of the countries that we’re working with, we break off relations with,” he said.
“Sinn Fein called for this in a press release which was headed ‘Ireland should use every diplomatic means available to bring an end to the conflict’. But how do you do that if you break off relations with one of the main actors in the conflict?” he asked. On Friday, Irish premier Leo Varadkar said that some of Israel’s actions in Gaza were not just self-defence and resembled “something more approaching revenge”.
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