Ireland Plans Legislation to Suspend Trade with ‘Israeli’ Settlements

By Staff, Agencies

Ireland will move forward with legislation to suspend trade with "Israeli" firms based in the occupied Palestinian territories, as announced by Simon Harris, the country’s tánaiste [deputy prime minister] and minister of foreign affairs, trade, and defense.

Harris stated in an X post that the Irish government will pursue a formal decision on the legislation on Tuesday and expressed hope that the Committee on Foreign Affairs would start examining the bill in June.

Harris denounced the deliberate starvation of children and the weaponization of food during the ongoing "Israeli" blockade, which has blocked the entry of thousands of aid trucks, including those funded by Irish Aid for more than 6,000 Palestinians, into Gaza for over 80 days.

“The world has to act and the world has not done nearly enough,” Harris stated, calling on global powers to bolster efforts to establish a ceasefire, release the captives, and allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

Harris welcomed the European Union’s recent decision to review the EU-"Israel" Association Agreement, a move strongly backed by Ireland but argued that the review alone is inadequate.

“In my view, in the view of Ireland, it needs to be more than reviewed, it needs to be suspended because it cannot be business as usual whilst this is being carried out in Gaza.”