Madam, – We should not allow the almost certain misuse of Irish passports by Mossad to cloud our memories of Israel’s more heinous crimes of state terror. Let us not forget that Israel unashamedly killed almost 1,400 people, including over 300 children, in its military onslaught on Gaza last year.
The latest Israeli action is only part of its continued subjugation of the Palestinian people and its colonisation of their lands which makes more unlikely the possibility of a future contiguous Palestinian state.
The passport issue, however, is further proof of the need for the international community to now isolate and boycott, economically and diplomatically, the rogue Israeli state. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin should lead the way in censuring Israel. There is only one thing he should give to the Israeli ambassador: a one-way airline ticket to Tel Aviv. – Yours, etc,