Micheál Martin, the tanaiste, has said he has “no issue” with Dana Erlich, the Israeli ambassador, returning to her role in Ireland.
Erlich was summoned back to Jerusalem last week for discussions on how to respond to Ireland’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine. In retaliation, Israel summoned the Irish ambassador, Sonya McGuinness, to show her videos of hostages held by Hamas as part of a diplomatic reprimand.
Canvassing in Wexford yesterday, Martin said that the government was “not going to be sucked into any sort of escalation of this”, adding: “We do not want to sever in any shape or form diplomatic relations with Israel.”
Martin said he had “no issue” with Erlich returning to Dublin as ambassador, noting diplomatic ties had not been cut with Russia or Iran.
Separately, the Fianna Fail leader criticised Twitter/X after it refused to remove a post by the US-based organisation Stop Anti Semitism, which included a picture of Martin with his family and made false claims about his daughter. The social media company said the post did not violate its rules. The tanaiste called it “completely unacceptable”, and said: “It is time legislators tackle these issues.”
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The office of Simon Harris, the taoiseach, also contacted X about a similar post made about his daughter. A government source said they had received no response from X.
