Michael D. Higgins

Irish pres. attacks Netanyahu over Gaza war during Pope Francis's funeral

It is not wrong to "criticise a prime minister who is strengthening an army that is in breach of international humanitarian law," President Higgins told the press.

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Irish President Michael D. Higgins before a soccer match.
IRISH PRESIDENT Michael D. Higgins delivers the keynote address at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Dublin on Sunday. In recent years, Ireland has emerged as one of the most aggressively anti-Israel countries in the world, the writer argues.

Ireland must reevaluate its approach to Israel and Jews - opinion

While much of the world united to defeat the genocidal Nazi regime, Ireland remained officially neutral, a stance that some argue was tantamount to moral abdication.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Irish President Michael D. Higgins before a soccer match.

Cheapening the Holocaust: Irish president’s remarks equate Nazi and Gaza conflicts – editorial

Irish President Michael Higgins grossly distorted Holocaust Remembrance Day with a speech that equated the Holocaust and the Israel-Hamas War.

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President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins addresses the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2024.

President Higgins's Holocaust speech questioned by Irish Jews after 'neglecting antisemitism'

Irish Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder warned that Higgins' speech may "ring hollow for many Irish Jews" after he had "neglected even to acknowledge the scourge of contemporary antisemitism in Ireland."

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Irish president accuses Israel of 'deep slander' over antisemitism allegations

Higgins claimed that Netanyahu's characterization of Ireland as being antisemitic was part of a larger trend to damage Ireland.

DECEMBER 18, 2024ByCORINNE BAUM
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins arrives to address the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2024.