The Irish foreign minister has said that calling for accountability and cease-fire cannot be seen as “hostile acts towards Israel”, Anadolu reports.

“Any action that the Irish government has taken in respect to the Middle Eastern issues, and particularly in terms of the war in Gaza, has not been motivated than anything other than respect for international humanitarian law, respect for human rights,” Micheal Martin said in his doorstep speech ahead of the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.

His remarks came in response to comments by Ireland’s Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder, who said Israel’s decision to close its embassy to Ireland was the result of the government’s “extreme hostility” to Israel.

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