Irish Attorney General to address ICJ on Israel's conduct in West Bank

Speaking in the Dáil, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told People Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett that the Government is in negotiations with 'around half a dozen other countries' on a joint recognition of Palestinian statehood.

The Attorney General (AG) is to make an intervention in a case involving Israel's occupation in the Palestinian territories in The Hague today.

AG Rossa Fanning SC will address the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of Ireland in a case which is looking at the legality of Israel’s conduct over many years in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It is the first time the world’s highest court has been asked to give an advisory opinion on the issue.