Israeli Deputy Ambassador calls some Irish protesters an ‘ignorant, anti-Semitic mob’
Israel's deputy ambassador in Ireland has launched a scathing criticism of certain Irish protesters as an ‘ignorant, anti-Semitic mob’. Nurit Tinari-Modai was speaking recently on Israeli military radio Galei Tzahal, where she was asked to describe Irish public opinion of Israel’s actions in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Tinari-Modai responded by saying there were three groups. The first two consisted of those who defend Israel, and the silent majority who have no opinion on the conflict. The top diplomat, however, described the third group as anti-Israel activists who are “ignorant
[and] anti-Semitic, with an intensely rooted hatred of Jews
.” Tinari-Modai accused this faction of burning Israeli flags and vandalising shops that sell Israeli goods, adding: “This is the mob standing behind the call for boycotting Israeli goods
.”