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Ireland–Israel Relations
Ireland–Israel relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Israel. Relations between the two countries have been complex and generally strained due to their conflicting positions on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Relations between the two countries soured during the Gaza war. In late 2024, Israel closed its embassy in Dublin, citing Ireland's "anti-Israel" stance. In January 2025, Ireland announced it would join South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice. History 20th century Since 25 January 1996, Ireland has an embassy in Tel Aviv and Israel had an embassy in Dublin until its closure in 2024. The Israeli ambassador to Ireland is Dana Erlich, who took over the role from Lironne Bar-Sadeh in August 2023, and the Irish ambassador to Israel is Sonya McGuinness. Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. Ireland only extended ''de jure'' recognition to Israel in 1963, and both countries establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuven Rivlin At A Working Meeting With Simon Coveney, July 2017 (9838)
Reuben or Reuven (, Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Standard ''Rəʾūven'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Rŭʾūḇēn'') was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's oldest son), according to the Book of Genesis. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Reuben. Etymology The text of the Torah gives two different etymology, etymologies for the name of ''Reuben'', which textual criticism, textual scholars attribute to various sources: one to the Yahwist and the other to the Elohist; the first explanation given by the Bible is that the name refers to Yahweh having witnessed Leah's misery, concerning her status as the less-favourite of Jacob's wives, implying that the etymology of ''Reuben'' derives from ; the second explanation is that the name refers to Leah's hope that Reuben's birth will make Jacob love her, and thus his name means "He will love me". Another Hebrew phrase to which ''Reuben'' is particularly close is "Behold, a son!", which is how classical ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
