Israel’s Foreign Ministry summons the Irish ambassador, Alison Kelly, to protest the visit of Dublin’s mayor Mícheál Mac Donncha to Ramallah via Israel despite a ban on his entering the country.
The Foreign Ministry says the conference in Ramallah was “anti-Israel,” and noted two recent decisions by the Dublin city council that were “hostile to Israel,” including a decision to formally support a boycott of Israel.
The conference featured banners promoting the grand mufti of Jerusalem during World War II, who allied himself with the Nazis and backed the extermination of the Jews.
“The government of Israel expects a public and official Irish response to the behavior of its capital’s city council, and of its mayor, who are leading a campaign of discrimination and incitement against Israel,” the ministry says in a statement.
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