A town council’s decision to rip out a page from a guest book signed by the Israeli ambassador was criticised by the Foreign Minister Micheál Martin today.

THE diplomatic rift between Ireland and Israel worsened yesterday when the Irish ambassador to Israel admitted the use of fake Irish passports in the assassination of a top Palestinian commander, has not helped relations between the two countries.

THE secret service hit squad blamed for assassinating a Hamas commander were carrying a total of five Irish passports, it emerged last night.

The secret service hit squad blamed for assassinating a Hamas commander were carrying a total of five Irish passports, it emerged tonight.

ON November 20 you published a letter from Zion Evrony replying to an article regarding Benjamin Netanyahu’s Shannon stopover.

WHILE the Israeli ambassador makes clear his indignation at your report of a protest against his prime minister at Shannon, his letter (November 20) still requires some interpretation.

AN impassioned Fianna Fáil deputy broke ranks with TDs yesterday, publicly declaring Israel a “rogue state” and demanding that the Israeli ambassador be expelled from Ireland.

A senior Sinn Féin politician today compared Ireland’s only Jewish TD and the Israeli ambassador to a notorious Nazi propagandist.

AN emergency meeting of the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee has been organised to quiz Israeli and Palestinian delegations on the war in Gaza.

The Israeli and Palestinian envoys in Ireland will come face-to-face at an emergency Oireachtas Committee meeting next week over the ongoing attacks in the Gaza Strip.