Israel’s closure of its embassy in Ireland plumbs the nadir between the two erstwhile outposts of the British Empire. The Jewish state ascribes the shuttering to ​​“the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government.” The final straw was Dublin’s decision last week to join South Africa’s inquisition against Israel at the Hague. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, declares that “Ireland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel.”