Irish Foreign Minister: legislation on sanctions against settlements should be adopted in the coming weeks

Ireland is one of the most hostile countries in Europe to Israel. The initiative to adopt the law was put forward back in 2024. The first EU state to approve such a bill was Spain. McEntee said she hopes Belgium, the Netherlands and possibly Slovenia will follow suit.

“We are supporters of a peaceful solution. But the actions of the Israeli government, and in particular the escalation of settler violence in the West Bank and violence in Lebanon, indicate that they do not intend to follow this path,” the head of the foreign policy department said.

Many deputies are calling for sanctions to be extended not only to goods, but also to services. At the same time, the business community warns that this will create unacceptable conditions for international corporations who have located their European headquarters in Dublin. A few days ago, the head of government, Michal Martin, said that such an expansion of the law would be unfeasible and unrealistic.

The volume of exports of goods produced in Judea and Samaria to Ireland is about 200,000 euros. First of all, we are talking about agricultural products.