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| Ireland's Senate Approves Bill to Boycott Israel Goods |
| 2018-07-13 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna The Irish Senate has voted to approve a bill that would see the country boycott goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, paving the way for the country to become the first EU nation to enforce a boycott. The bill passed yesterday with 25 lawmakers voting in its favour, with 20 against it and 14 others abstaining. The legislation would bar "the import and sales of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied territories", but still needs to pass in both houses of parliament before becoming law. At Israel’s urging, the Irish government requested in January that the vote be postponed, and sought to soften the language of the bill, but was unable to come to a compromise. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Irish Ambassador Alison Kelly in response, arguing that a bill to boycott settlement produce could easily expand into support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Yesterday’s bill passed primarily due to votes from opposition and independent legislators. It had originally been proposed by independent Senator Frances Black who spoke before the vote and brought Palestinian farmers to be present in the Seanad for the occasion. I've a dream. In that dream anyone boycotting Israel gets everything invented by the Jews taken away from them and replaced by things invented by Arabs. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 And Israeli medical devices too, garth. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-07-13 19:24 |
| #3 I think the way products are made and labeled and the way this is worded it would only apply to agricultural products and maybe some specialty consumer devices. Gromgoru has a good idea. The bill should be amended to forbid use of any product that uses Israeli technology. That way the Irish could say goodbye to their cell phone and tablets among other things. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-07-13 16:58 |
| #2 A prim Muslim man in Passaic, Disdaining creations Hebraic, Detects in his Book A particular look. Shattered shards of a scattered mosaic! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-07-13 11:24 |
| #1 Bad Paddy! No potato! |
| Posted by: Sholusing Omomotch1366 2018-07-13 07:28 |