Israel‘s foreign minister has claimed Micheál Martin’s administration and Irish institutions have an “anti-Semitic nature” in fractious exchanges over the Herzog Park row with Ireland’s ambassador to Tel Aviv. The footage appears to show Ms McGuinness telling Mr Saar he is “ill-informed” about the issue. A commemorative plaque at Herzog Park in Rathgar, Dublin. “And only then your foreign minister and your prime minister and everyone woke up? “It is not easy to publicly challenge a foreign minister in a room where most people probably shared his view, but it needed to be done,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times December 04, 2025 13:43 UTC