Seanad vote on settlements goods from Israel postponed; Israel summon Irish ambassador

The Seanad last night postponed a vote on a bill that proposed a ban on the import and sale of products from Israeli settlements as well as the services originating from the occupied territories.

Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, who attended the second reading of Frances Black’s Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 welcomed the presence of the Palestinian ambassador Ahmad Abdelrazek in the public gallery but said that the Government opposed the Bill.