The way forward for Ireland is clear: we must now revise the Occupied Territories Bill to include a full ban on services, and we must use all of our diplomatic efforts to push for an EU wide trade ban with Israeli settlements.
“Today’s developments are long overdue but very welcome. The UK, France, Canada and other major trading partners of Israel have taken the principled step of putting economic pressure on Israel over its appalling human rights record in Palestine.
The UK will now actually go further than Ireland in its action on trade with Israeli settlements. While the Irish government disappointingly left out the trade of services in its Occupied Territories Bill, the UK will forge ahead and ban not only the trade in goods with illegal Israeli settlements, but also the advertising of tourism services, and the financing of settlements."
"The way forward for Ireland is clear: we must now revise the Occupied Territories Bill to include a full ban on services, and we must use all of our diplomatic efforts to push for an EU wide trade ban with Israeli settlements. With twelve Western countries today making their joint announcement on trade with settlements, this growing momentum could turn into a snowball effect.
With Ireland’s remaining months of its EU presidency, we have a unique opportunity to push not only for a ban on trade with the illegal settlements, but for a suspension of Israel’s trading privileges with the EU under the EU-Israel Association Agreement."
"The people of Palestine deserve action, they deserve justice. The very least we can do is to try to uphold international law.”
"The way forward for Ireland is clear: we must now revise the Occupied Territories Bill to include a full ban on services, and we must use all of our diplomatic efforts to push for an EU wide trade ban with Israeli settlements. With twelve Western countries today making their joint announcement on trade with settlements, this growing momentum could turn into a snowball effect.
