Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Alan Shatter:

The boycott or ban the Deputy is referring to is one that was agreed at European Union level by European Union states to be imposed on Russia for its aggression. There is no similarity of any description here. Deputy Smith's depiction and his focus on the occupied territories, I do not think members of this committee want to explicitly state that East Jerusalem should be judenrein, that no Jew should ever set foot in or live there, that no Jew should ever set foot in the West Bank, never mind live there, and that no Jew should ever work with Palestinians together in harmony to generate economic benefits to all.

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