The Taoiseach has described an accusation that he is antisemitic as “just absurd”. Today in Washington, Micheál Martin met the American Jewish Committee (AJC) which has grave concerns about “pervasive” anti-Jewish racism in Ireland. In the meeting, AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs Rabbi Andrew Baker raised Ireland’s “vilification” of Israel, President Higgins’ “attacks” on Israel and the Taoiseach’s “deeply problematic remarks”. Advertisement “The Prime Minister has accused Israel of committing war crimes, pursuing ‘collective punishment of the Palestinian people,’ as well as using ‘starvation as a weapon of war,’” the AJC said in a statement afterwards. “Baker explained that...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
