US politicians lobby Trump to penalise Ireland if it passes Occupied Territories Bill

Congresswoman claims Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions measures are anti-Israel, despite Irish Government saying the UN and ICJ have provided the legal basis for the law

Irish politicians and campaigners, including the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign, have long called for a ban on trade with Israeli settlements set up illegally on Palestinian land. File picture: Martin Shiel

Members of the US Congress have written to the Trump administration asking that Ireland faces penalties if the Occupied Territories Bill boycotting Israel passes through the Oireachtas. 

The bill will ban the trade of goods with illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.