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
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
Ms Hausdorff focused to an extent on US law and the idea that this is a boycott of Israel. However, the Taoiseach has clarified that this not a boycott of Israel and, indeed, that the Bill does not affect Israeli goods. It only affects the settlements. Does Ms Hausdorff accept that the settlements built in the West Bank are illegal settlements and illegally occupied territory or does she believe they are just part of Israel? These boycott laws relate to Israeli goods. I would also like clarity on that key question from the other witnesses. Do they accept, as the ICJ, the EU, the UN and others do, that these settlements in the West Bank are illegal settlements and that they are on territory that is illegally occupied?
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