Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Boaz Modai
The Israeli embassy claims that the President’s office failed to organise a customary final meeting with Ambassador Boaz Modai before he leaves his post in Dublin today.
Mr [Boaz] Modai’s officials claimed that they followed the usual protocol in formally notifying the Department of Foreign Affairs of his impending departure more than two months ago, with the expectation that a farewell meeting would be arranged.
However, the President’s office last night said it had never received a request from the department and insisted that Mr Higgins would have met with the Israeli Ambassador if it had.
President in diplomatic row with Israel envoy (Irish Independent)
Update:
John Fogarty writes:
Your article about the Israeli Ambassador is a little pathetic considering yesterday after a large campaign by Irish4Israel the Aras contacted the Embassy and requested a meeting which took place this morning.
Higgins didn’t want egg on his face, so although he was on holidays down in Galway he came back to Dublin to meet the Ambassador.
The Israeli Ambassador was the only one he had not met and it was a deviation from diplomatic protocol .Ambassadors do not invite themselves to the Aras. The Aras lied and was caught out lying, they then had no choice but to try repair the damage and invite the Ambassador….
Previously: A Message From Israel’s Deputy Ambassador To Ireland
Cheerio. Don’t let the door blow your arses off on the way out.
And you can leave those Irish papers on my desk.
And the rest…
Never Happy…
Whinging victim syndrome.
Your embassy is not welcome. Get the message.
The embassy is welcome. Any racists who work there, are not.
Would you accept an ambassador from Pol Pot, apartheid South Africa or the Taliban? You cannot give these war mongers the dignity of international diplomacy until they stop murdering thousands of innocent civilians.
You can’t get them to stop genocide by ignoring their existence. Not all Israelis are Zionist monsters.
…the trouble is Bob, they keep voting ‘zionist monsters’ into power…
Israel – Do the war cime do the time….
…well Baz…I won’t say good riddance because I’d say your successor will be worse if anything. That your pariah state is permitted to have a presence here is a shame on all of us.
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Hahahahahahahaha, the feckin’ mullagh didn’t follow protocol himself !
Those stupid Israelis, the goofy bastadrs !
I dunno lads. We have an embassy from, let’s see…. Iran, China, USA etc
Funnily enough, Iran is the only one that can’t really be accused of Genocide in the past half century or so.. go figure..
Get up the yard, smella Benjy Netanyahu off ya.
loving the anti Jewish bias here as ever, enemies of your enemies are friends still uh.
Wasting your time looking for deviation from the Hamas playbook round these parts. This place has the worst case of Jew Panic! in Ireland.
Typical genocide-apologist comment. Straight from the Israeli astro turfing social media handbook no doubt.
+1
Hey man, I’d love some of that Israeli astro-turf cash if there’s any going ’round but they’re too tight to pay me. You see what I did there?
…$ollars or $hekels
To claim that it is anti-Jewish to not support the actions of Israel is what gives that country the power in the international community to commit war crimes and genocidal actions.
Israel is not Judaism, Israel is a country.
And it is a terrible country at that.
Anti-Jewish bias?
no, anti-zionist bias.
im not anti-jewish, dont think anyone here is .. probably more likely to be ant-war crimes tho .. which israel are guilty of, and of which the guy in the atricle is for. but you continue stickin your fingers in your ears there, shouting ‘anti-semite’
I’m not anti Jewish in the slightest. I’m very much against the war crimes commited by Isreal. Some of the behaviour of Ambassador Boaz Modai and his Mrs in relation to this have been disgraceful.
Pathetic Don. The mask slips again.
Nice try but this is nothing to do with Jewish people and their religion. In fact claiming that these comments are anti-Jewish is to be dis-honest about real anti-semitism and it only undermines Jewish people’s fight against it.
They’re looking for your guidance over on TheJournal
theyre so childish in that embassy … shut the place down, send them all home, particularly their social media guy. clown extraordinaire
Is that not his wife? So I’d hope she’d be gone too and they get someone in with a modicum of self-control.
was it the missus runnin their cringey social media campaign? jaybs .. wouldnt like to be invited to a dinner party to that house. ill never forget the photoshopped pics of dublin gettin RPG’d to bits .. hilarious.
is this the same guy who failed to remove sunglasses when meeting Mary McAlease when she was president?
Ahhh would he ever relax, it not like someone started building a house in his back garden ….
Dear Phil,
That was amazing.
Regards,
Zizu
We shouldn’t be doing business with war criminals. They shouldn’t be in our country.
I would have said in travel terms they are only a stones throw from Galway but we all know what they do to stone throwers….
pariah state
the social media aggression was frightening
Who is John Fogarty and what is the basis for his assertion that the Aras lied?
Well if you ever spent some time Down on The Corner you might be a Proud Mary to know that John Fogarty was Born on the Bayou and spent a lot of time Looking Out his Back Door at the Bad Moon Rising over the Cotton Fields wondering if Suzie Q and her Fortunate Son have Ever Seen The Rain.
+revival
That comment underneath the post on the Facebook page is ridiculous, they’re talking about the president ffs, have some ounce of respect.
Seriously what is with the dullards calling for Israel not to have an embassy here.
You might not like them but they are a country. You want the US embassy gone too?
Pariah state. Didn’t you get the memo? *full body shrug* Hasbara invoked in 5-4-3-2…
I would happily see the US embassy suspended anyway. If Israel is a rogue state, surely the US also is.
A transcript has just arrived of THAT MEETING this morning
Squee: Good morning Ambassador.
Amb: [coming up steps] Good morning President, thank you for your gracious invite
Squee: You are welcome. So I hear you are leaving us
Amb: Yes, I …
Squee: So when is your flight
Amb: …. uh, oh, 7pm NextDay
Squee: [Mrs Browne voice] Thaaaats nice.
Squee: Have a nice flight. Don’t take any of our passports with you. Bye now, I’m going back to Galway.
Squee: [slams door from inside]
Amb – tumbles backwards down steps towards car
Ambassadors might not have to invite themselves to meet the President on their departure, but I think they would have to make the initial contact and let them know they’re off…? I doubt the Aras rings round all the embassies to ask if anyone is heading off soon, might seem a little rude…
In short, I think John Fogarty is being a little disingenuous.
Nurit Tinari Modai – his wife – is hot.
all is forgiven so
Yawn.