Martin not likely to get answers on passports

FOREIGN Minister Micheál Martin will tackle his Israeli counterpart in Brussels this morning over the fake Irish passports used by the hit squad who killed a senior Hamas commander in Dubai – but is unlikely to get any answers.

Mr Martin will seek answers from Avigdor Lieberman on the fringes of aEuropean Union foreign ministers’ meeting, where the Israeli minister is also likely to be questioned by British Foreign Secretary David Milliband.

Israel has remained tight-lipped on the issue, and has not confirmed that Mossad was involved in the assassination of Palestinian Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel on January 19.