Micheál Martin: Plan to rename park over Israel links is divisive

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : It was renamed Herzog Park in 1995 in honour of the man who was president of Israel from 1983 to 1993.
56% : We hope that the legacy of a figure at the forefront of establishing the relations between Israel and Ireland, and the fight against antisemitism and tyranny, will still get the respect it deserves today."
55% : His son, Isaac, is the current president of Israel.
43% : " Helen McEntee, the foreign affairs minister, said, while it was fair to criticise Israel for its actions in Gaza, "renaming a Dublin park in this way -- to remove the name of an Irish Jewish man -- has nothing to do with this and has no place in our inclusive republic".
42% : Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's minister for foreign affairs, said it vindicated his closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin last year.
41% : " The move was greeted by fury in Israel.
36% : "You can't equate criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism," he said.

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