Israel’s embassy in Dublin is accustomed to controversy.
Fourteen years have elapsed since “diplomats” stationed there forged passports used by a hit team with the spy agency Mossad so that it could travel to Dubai and assassinate Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Hamas representative.
The episode is among countless reasons why Ireland should have expelled Israel’s ambassador long ago. Yet the Dublin government has repeatedly refused to do so.
Israel has now taken matters into its own hands by deciding to close the embassy. While that is good news, both the Israeli announcement and Ireland’s response present a false picture.
The embassy is allegedly being closed because Ireland has been pursuing “extreme anti-Israel policies.” Unfortunately, that is inaccurate. ….more