The bill, put forward by independent Irish Senator Frances
Black, seeks to ban the import or sale of goods produced by settlements
in the occupied West Bank
It was then passed on to the Dail, the lower house of the Irish parliament, by Senator Niall Collins from the largest opposition party, the Fianna Fail.
On Thursday Jan 24,2019, the Dail overwhelmingly backed the bill by a vote of 78-45
The bill would still go through several more stages of review and amendment before it is signed into a law, but it is backed by all of Ireland's opposition groups, including the Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein, Labour, the Green Party, the independents, and the Socialist Democrats.
If passed, the law would make Ireland the first European Union country to criminalise commercial activity in the settlements.
It was then passed on to the Dail, the lower house of the Irish parliament, by Senator Niall Collins from the largest opposition party, the Fianna Fail.
On Thursday Jan 24,2019, the Dail overwhelmingly backed the bill by a vote of 78-45
The bill would still go through several more stages of review and amendment before it is signed into a law, but it is backed by all of Ireland's opposition groups, including the Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein, Labour, the Green Party, the independents, and the Socialist Democrats.
If passed, the law would make Ireland the first European Union country to criminalise commercial activity in the settlements.
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