Pro-Palestinian supporters, organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, rallying to support the Occupied Territories Bill earlier this year. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish TimesSpain, Slovenia and the Netherlands have all passed Bills imposing sanctions on Israel in the Occupied Territories, the Dáil has heard as it debated a joint Opposition motion on the legislation. The Government has faced pressure from the Opposition to pass the Bill and from politicians in the US, a key ally of Israel, not to proceed. They had been promised that the Bill would progress once amendments were made within six months, but 11 months had passed. Mr Byrne stressed that the Bills passed by other EU states “by and large” dealt with goods from illegal settlements.
