A Complete Trade Embargo with Israel is Now Needed, Says Professor John O’Brennan - 12/08/2025
The Occupied Territories Bill is winding its way through the Oireachtas.Tabled originally in 2018, the bill would ban trade with the illegal settlements in the West Bank.But, considering the ongoing actions of the Israeli government in Gaza, should Ireland consider a complete trade embargo on Israel?John O'Brennan, Professor of European Politics at Maynooth University, has been writing about this in the Irish Examiner.In his piece Professor O’Brennan said: “ the only appropriate response to Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians should be a complete trade embargo”.Professor O'Brennan spoke…
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