Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Ireland’s government will this week present plans to ban trade in goods with Israeli businesses in occupied Palestinian territories, becoming the first EU country to take such a step. Simon Harris, foreign and trade minister, said the planned legislation came in response to an escalation in what he called the country’s ‘war crimes’ in Gaza. Harris will on Tuesday launch the process of drafting legislation, days after a majority of EU states voted to review the bloc’s trade deal with Israel. The move comes amid legal debate over whether trade in services such as Airbnb can be included in the bill.” (05/26/25)