A Clare native Professor of Politics says the diplomatic row sparked by the Taoiseach’s response to the release of Emily hand “doesn’t speak well about the Israeli Government”.
The 9-year-old Irish citizen was released by Hamas on Saturday after being held captive in Gaza for 50 days.
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Ireland’s Ambassador to Israel is facing a reprimand from the Israeli Government after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar referred to Emily Hand as being “lost.”
Associate Professor of Politics at DCU’s School of Law and Government, Newmarket On Fergus native Donnacha O Beacháin says no-one who read the Taoiseach’s full statement could be in any doubt about where his sympathies lay.
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