Woman fired from Israeli tech firm's Dublin office after posting Palestine comments

Palestinians look for survivors of an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp on Tuesday. Photo: AP/Hatem Moussa

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says that it is “unacceptable” that a Dublin women was fired from her job with Israeli tech firm Wix after she posted comments in support of Palestine.

Courtney Carey was fired from the website building site on Monday after four-and-a-half years following a backlash to comments she posted which included "Israel is a terrorist state" and that she "condemned all forms of terrorism". Company president Nir Zohar said Wix had “decided to part ways” with Ms Carey.