Expelling Israeli diplomat too weak, says family

THE family of a Palestinian leader assassinated in an alleged Israeli-linked plot have criticised the Government’s move to expel an Israeli diplomat as being too weak.

Ireland should have initiated legal action against Israeli officials for the use of forged Irish passports in the killing, said the family of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner through an interpreter, the slain Hamas leader’s older brother, Hussain, said Ireland’s decision was not good enough.