Sir, – Oliver Sears is right to draw attention to the reality of anti-Semitic incidents in Ireland (“My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we’ll know when it’s time to leave Ireland”, Opinion, March 9th). Any harassment, intimidation or abuse directed at Jewish people because they are Jewish is racism and must be condemned clearly and confronted seriously by society and Government alike. Jewish citizens should feel safe and fully at home in Ireland. However, Sears risks blurring an important distinction when he states that many people have “demonised Israelis, Zionism, Jews and Judaism”. Opposition to Zionism, a...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
