Stunning reversal for Occupied Territories Bill | Ireland Israel Alliance | Ireland Israel Alliance

With Frances Black’s Occupied Territories Bill languishing in the Dáil after being blocked on foot of legal advice that the Bill exceeded Ireland’s trade competence under EU regulations, the IPSC and others launched an EU Citizens Initiative in 2021 designed to gather support for an EU-wide ban on “both importing products originating in illegal settlements in occupied territories and exporting to such territories”.