Email from Zionist Organization of America   ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE ZOA Condemns Ireland’s Jew-Hating Actions/Policies - Boycott and Don’t Visit Ireland The Zionist Organization of America supports and praises the Israeli government and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar for taking the extremely rare step of closing an Embassy – in this case in Ireland – in response to the Irish government’s and people’s continuing anti-Jewish and anti-Israel activities. “We applaud Foreign Minister Sa’ar for his strong action following a pattern of official anti-Israel activity by Ireland’s government,” said Zionist Organization of America National President Morton A. Klein. “This is a dramatic move by Israel though Ireland brought this on itself by its actions since the Hamas-led Palestinian Arab massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023,” Klein said. Klein lambasted Ireland’s government for lying about Israel on the world stage, including falsely accusing Israel of “genocide;” covering up Palestinian Arab crimes against humanity; and rewarding decades of Palestinian Arab murder and terrorism by recognizing a Palestinian Arab state on the one hand, as well as for fostering a climate of Jew-hatred in the nation. Last May, Ireland formally recognized a “Palestinian” state – seven months after the Oct. 7 massacre. Ireland won’t be paying the consequences of a Palestinian terror state on Israel’s longest border - Israel will! “What the Irish government is doing is unconscionable,” Klein asserted. “Falsely accusing Israel of slaughtering civilians and starving children in the Gaza Strip is a blood libel – especially when there is powerful evidence that the opposite is true and in this climate of unbridled anti-Jewish attacks,” Klein asserted. “Israel is both risking the lives of its soldiers and risking the escape of Palestinian Arab murderers and terrorists when Israel alerts populated areas that it plans to target a specific area. Israel’s army is among the most humane in the world. In addition, Israel has allowed into Gaza countless tons of food and other aid including medication and anti-polio vaccines.” Ireland earlier this month formally joined a case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip – and Ireland asked the court to expand its definition of what constitutes “genocide” so as to include actions allegedly committed by Israelis. Klein noted that “The government of Ireland is working vigorously to make an already corrupt and viciously anti-Jewish International Court of Justice even worse – trying to get the ICJ to change the definition of what it considers is ‘genocide’ in order to include Israel’s alleged actions in Gaza in a defensive war in response to the Oct. 7 attack against Israelis.” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said to Arutz Sheva: “Yesterday, I announced my decision to close Israel’s embassy in Ireland. We do not have a problem with criticism, we’re even used to it. But there is a difference between criticism on one hand, and unilateral hostility and persecution on the other hand. There is a difference between criticism - and antisemitism based on the delegitimization and dehumanization of Israel and double standards towards Israel as opposed to other countries. This is how Ireland allowed itself to behave towards Israel." CONTINUE READING   Share This Email Share This Email   DONATE     Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2024, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave 31 B | New York, NY 10017 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice