Israel has announced that it will close its embassy in Ireland. Israel explained the decision to close the embassy with Ireland's "extreme anti-Israeli policy", The Associated Press agency reports.
In May, Israel recalled its ambassador from Dublin after Ireland, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, announced the recognition of the state of Palestine. in implementing.
Israel denies this. Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has stated that "Ireland has crossed all the red lines in its relations with Israel." Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris called the decision to close the embassy "extremely regrettable". "I completely reject the claim that Ireland is against Israel. Ireland is for peace, human rights and international law," Harris wrote in X.