Ireland to push for EU ban on Israeli products

Ireland will push for a ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories in the autumn if building is not stopped, said Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.

His threat followed an unusually strident warning from the EU that the illegal constructions were jeopardising the possibility of a two-state solution.

This follows the formation of a new coalition government in Israel by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the issue of a joint statement by him and the Palestinian Authority saying they are both committed to peace.