Ireland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July
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Ireland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ireland-ban-goods-israeli-settlements-110752611.html?ncid=redditnewsus
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**From Reuters:**
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.
Ireland’s government, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, first promised to sanction Israeli settlements in October 2024. The legislation has since been held up by pressure from opposition politicians who aimed to extend the ban also to services trade, on one side, and international company lobbyists seeking to scrap the bill, on the other.
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Hopefully this will be the start of a bigger international push to denounce these settlements. The world shouldn’t stand idly by while terrorist “settlers” run amoc in the West Bank with the support of the IDF and the Israeli government
Any brands we should be aware of?
I wonder what kind of goods are even manufactured in those West bank settlements. It doesn’t seem like there is meaningful infrastructure there. What are we talking about here, canned pickles and cookie trays?
Boycotting Jews like it’s the 1930s again, nice
The Government are stuck between a bit of a rock and a hard place here, to be fair.
Most people here want them to go further and ban services too, but that would have more far-reaching consequences, especially for many multinationals based in Ireland. The U.S. administration has hinted at retaliatory measures if Ireland takes this action.
lol how are they even going to check?
That’s reasonable. The settlements should absolutely be denounced and ostracised by the international community.
Good. The settlements are an abomination and absolutely should be banned. Similarly Israel should be further sanctioned for supporting the settlements.
More. Ban trade with Israel. We all need to stop funding their war machine!
I have said this in different sub. I have a company that is a systems integrator for IT secuirty software. I think most people are aware that Israel is at the cutting edge of this tech. A large number of solutions i offer are from Israeli companies or companies that have massive footprints in Israel.
I also work will considerable markets and organisations that are fundementally muslim, infact several islamic banks are my customers. So i deal with a lot of muslim executives. All these buggers have social media post demonising israel left right and center. However, none these guys have ever thought twice about buying israeli technology, whilst knowing full well that this stuff comes from Israel. Sactions and boycotts fall apart very quickly the moment it comes across operational and economic realities.
So brave