Hardline right-wing MKs Ben-Gvir, Smotrich banned from travel to Ireland🤬
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were banned from traveling to Ireland, Irish media reported on Friday.
Reports cited Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, who told reporters that he had heard from Ireland’s Justice Ministry that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich had been banned.
“Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan, [it] is my understanding, has instructed his officials to prohibit any travel into Ireland [for] both minister Ben-Gvir and minister Smotrich,” said Martin.
Reports further cited a spokesperson for O’Callaghan as concurring with Martin’s statements, noting that Martin described the Israeli MKs’ behavior as amounting to a “desire to see the elimination of Palestinians from Palestine.”
“In my view, their behavior justifies sanctions at the EU level as well, and that’s something that we will raise,” added Martin. “Now, whether we can get sufficient support across the European Union is a different matter.”
