[8] On 15 November 2023 a Social Democrats motion proposing the expulsion of Ambassador Erlich was defeated in Dáil Éireann following a government counter-motion.
[11] On 11 April 2024, in an opinion piece for the Irish Times, Erlich reported that her invitation to attend the Fine Gael Ard Fheis had been withdrawn linking this to what she described as a "contagion" of anti-Israel sentiment.
[12] The following day she claimed Israel was being discriminated against by Ireland following an announcement by Fianna Fáil that they would not be inviting the Israeli or Russian ambassadors to their Ard Fheis.
[14] In May 2024, Erlich responded to the deselection of Social Democrats local election candidate, Orli Degani, a Jewish Israeli citizen born in Germany, saying that she "appears to have been discriminated against because of her nationality".
[15] She described Delgani as one of a "growing number" of Jewish and Israeli people in Ireland who feel increasingly targeted by an atmosphere of anti-Israeli sentiment.
The statement was rejected by Social Democrats leader, Holly Cairns, who described the claims as "scurrilous and false" and an attempt to deflect from the "bigger, and much more important issue of the more than 34,000 people now killed in Gaza by the Israeli Government".
[18] Erlich described the recognition as a "prize for terrorism", noting that Hamas had welcomed the announcement as a result of the "brave resistance" of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
This decision came a week after the Irish government decided to formally intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
[30][31] In the midst of this confusion, Erlich continued to give media interviews and make public statements,[32] alleging that President Higgins' attendance at the 2025 National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in Dublin, "politicised" the event.