Barrage of criticism hits Irish U-turn on anti-Semitism resolution in UN

IRELAND’S U-turn, in the face of Arab pressure, on efforts to condemn anti-Semitism at the United Nations is drawing increasing criticism from Jewish groups worldwide.

Two weeks ago Ireland introduced a draft motion to the UN General Assembly on anti-Semitism.

The resolution condemned "all manifestations of anti-Semitism wherever they occur,", attacks on "synagogues and other religious places, sites and shrines," and all ethnically or religiously motivated "intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence."