Removing the name "Herzog" from a park in Ireland sparks outrage from the occupation.

The Dublin City Council intends to vote on Monday on a proposal to remove the name of former occupation president Chaim Herzog, the father of the current president, Isaac Herzog, from a public park in the Rathgar area south of the city, a move that has sparked outrage from the occupation.

The park was named after him in 1995, as he was born in Belfast and spent his childhood in Dublin while his father served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland.

The renaming committee of the council decided a few days ago to remove Herzog's name from the park and submitted the decision to the council for a vote to be officially adopted.

If approved by the council, it will be tasked with finding another name for the park and returning to the council again for approval.

The proposal calls for the removal of Herzog's name and proceeding with consultations to choose an alternative name. In June 2024, a proposal was made to name it after the girl Hind Rajab, who was martyred along with six family members by occupation forces on January 29, 2024.

Dublin City Council member Conor Reidy announced that over 2,700 people support renaming the park to "Hind Rajab Park."

However, the Dublin municipal regulations of 2017 stipulate that the new name must belong to a person who died less than 20 years ago or was born more than 100 years ago, making Rajab's name ineligible under the laws.

Other proposed names include "Free Palestine Park," "Gaza Park," and "Palestine Park."

This move has provoked anger from the occupation, and statements attacking the city council have been issued. Isaac Herzog's office stated that removing the name would be "shameful and disgraceful," considering that naming the park in 1995 represented an appreciation of his father's legacy and "the friendship between the Irish and Jewish peoples, but the relationship has deteriorated in recent years."

For its part, the Jewish Representative Council in Ireland warned that removing Herzog's name "will be widely understood as an attempt to erase the history of Irish Jews."

In an interview with the "Irish Times," Chief Rabbi Yoni Weider stated that "the Jewish story in Ireland deserves to be preserved, not whitewashed or erased," explaining that Herzog was known during his time in Dublin as the "Shin Fein Rabbi," referring to the Irish independence slogan.

From the occupation's side, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar launched a scathing attack on Dublin, describing it as "the capital of anti-Semitism in the world."

In contrast, Dublin's Deputy Mayor John Stevens welcomed the discussion of the proposal, considering it right for discussions to be "open and transparent," while council member Rory Hogan stated that changing the name "will reflect the horror of the genocide of the Palestinian people" and that "the current name is inappropriate."

During the genocide in Gaza, Dublin and Ireland witnessed numerous events supporting Gaza and calling for accountability for the occupation's crimes against Palestinians in the sector.