Irish Taoiseach/Prime Minister Micheal Martin, while visiting the United States, met with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Washington, DC. The US-based Jewish lobbyists told Martin that they had grave concerns over Ireland's "vilification of the State of Israel". The AJC said Mr. Martin had accused Israel of committing war crimes and using "starvation as a weapon of war." The ACJ said if such action continues, it will advocate for the US government to "take serious action in response". The senior vice president of the ADL said, "We expect the Irish government to act swiftly and will be closely monitoring the situation."

Mr. Martin said Ireland would soon appoint a national coordinator to oversee efforts to counter anti-Semitism as well as develop a national strategy.

.Jewish representative groups have addressed "antisemitism and vilification of Israel" in Ireland with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Mr Martin attended a meeting with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Washington DC on Friday.

The engagement came as the Taoiseach "utterly" rejected claims reportedly made by Israel's ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, that he was antisemitic.

Mr Martin said it was "absurd" to label him antisemitic and added: "I think there's an element of deliberate undermining of Ireland's position and distortion of Ireland's position in respect of this."

He said he wanted to have the meeting to present the "prism through which Ireland has looked at the Middle East".

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Senior figures in Israeli politics have accused leaders in the Government of encouraging antisemitism, with the Israeli embassy in Dublin announcing last year that it would close.

Israeli politicians have criticised the State's decision to intervene in South Africa's case against Israel, with Dublin asking the International Court of Justice to broaden its interpretation of what constitutes genocide.

In addition, Israel foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar called Mr Martin's predecessor, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, "antisemitic".