Senator hits out at ‘delay tactics’ in enacting Occupied Territories Bill

'We are legally obliged to pass this bill. The International Criminal Court have said this — every country is legally obliged to pass this bill'

Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Frances Black speaking to the media outside Leinster House on Tuesday. Picture: Gráinne Ní Aodha/PA

The Government is using “delay tactics” in relation to a proposed ban on trade from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, according to a senator.

The Government has committed to enacting its own version of the 2018 Occupied Territories Bill, which banned trade from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.