American Jewish Lobby Groups Threaten Irish Prime Minister During His US Visit

March 18, 2025 BreakingNews.IE and Conor McGregor

Israel closed its embassy in Ireland in December 2024 because Ireland recognized the Palestinian state and supported South Africa’s legal action against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing the country of “genocide”.

Irish Taoiseach/Prime Minister Micheal Martin, while visiting the United States, met with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Washington, DC. The US-based Jewish lobbyists told Martin that they had grave concerns over Ireland’s “vilification of the State of Israel”. The AJC said Mr. Martin had accused Israel of committing war crimes and using “starvation as a weapon of war.” The ACJ said if such action continues, it will advocate for the US government to “take serious action in response”. The senior vice president of the ADL said, “We expect the Irish government to act swiftly and will be closely monitoring the situation.”

Mr. Martin said Ireland would soon appoint a national coordinator to oversee efforts to counter anti-Semitism as well as develop a national strategy.

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Jewish representative groups have addressed “antisemitism and vilification of Israel” in Ireland with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Mr Martin attended a meeting with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Washington DC on Friday.

The engagement came as the Taoiseach “utterly” rejected claims reportedly made by Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, that he was antisemitic.

Mr Martin said it was “absurd” to label him antisemitic and added: “I think there’s an element of deliberate undermining of Ireland’s position and distortion of Ireland’s position in respect of this.”

He said he wanted to have the meeting to present the “prism through which Ireland has looked at the Middle East”.

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