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

Dr. John Reynolds:

I mentioned earlier some of the longer term trends and figures since the 1990s. The reporting and evidence are freely available. There have been record-breaking levels of settlement construction going on in recent times. Since 2009 and the first iteration of this series of Netanyahu governments, the acceleration of settlements has continued to ramp up. In East Jerusalem alone recently, there are plans for nine new settlements with over 20,000 housing units. The UN documentation reports are all there.

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