Israel will shutter its embassy in Dublin, the country’s foreign minister disclosed yesterday, after Ireland said it would file an intervention in support of South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a charge Israel vehemently rejects.
“Ireland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel,” Gideon Saar, the Israeli foreign minister, stated in a statement.
The relationship has been rocky for months. Israel recalled its ambassador to Ireland in May, as well as its ambassadors to Spain and Norway, after each of the three countries recognized a Palestinian state.
Israeli officials said that closing the embassy did not mean Israel was severing diplomatic relations with Ireland. Officials from both countries noted that Ireland’s embassy in Tel Aviv would continue to function.
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