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Ireland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July
The draft would make importing settlement goods an offence and excludes services as Ireland seeks broader European Union action.
- On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Helen McEntee brought the Israeli Settlements Bill to the Irish Cabinet, seeking approval to ban imports from settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
- The Bill faced eight years of delays since 2018 due to disputes over whether to include services alongside goods, with opposition parties pushing for broader coverage while business groups opposed the scope.
- Taoiseach Micheal Martin defended excluding services on 'strong legal advice,' while McEntee emphasized alignment with a 2024 International Court of Justice opinion; Ireland's Central Statistics Office found the ban affects just €200,000 in annual imports, mainly fruit.
- Ireland plans to pass the law by mid-July, coordinating with Belgium, Netherlands, and possibly Slovenia on similar restrictions while aiming for enactment before the Dáil's summer recess.
- Last week the EU agreed its first-ever sanctions on West Bank settlements, signaling shifting momentum, though U.S. lawmakers previously warned the bill could damage relations given U.S.-owned multinationals employ around 11% of Irish workers.
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Ireland plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July
The bill is limited to goods only, which will impact just a handful of products imported from the West Bank such as fruit that are worth just 200,000 euros ($234,660) a year; PM: widening the scope to services is neither 'implementable' nor 'viable'
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Ireland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July
Ireland aims to pass a law curbing goods trade with settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank by mid-July with Israel, some U.S. lawmakers and business groups opposing the move, Foreign Minister Helen McEntee said on Tuesday.
·United Kingdom
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