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:

Since I have started working and researching these issues, which was in 2004 or 2005, Palestinian organisations and human rights organisations in Europe have been calling for what is happening now - this discussion about suspending the association agreement and other measures. It is more than 20 years of inaction. Even the report that the EU circulated found Israel to be in breach, but it still has not decided on taking action yet. Clearly, there is grounds to say there has been a failure to act.