Occupied Territories Bill
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Sep 30, 2026
John ConnollyGUEST
We were the first country to recognise the state of Palestine.
John ConnollyGUEST
We've introduced the Occupied Territories Bill.
John ConnollyGUEST
As Padraig said, the Taoiseach made a speech last week, the United Nations on the issue.
John ConnollyGUEST
We are continuing to lead on the political level as is appropriate for the government.
Philip O'ConnorGUEST
Obviously, it's going to be a short-term pain, but there would be a tremendous amount of support from the Irish people.
Philip O'ConnorGUEST
The Irish government could no longer turn a blind eye the way they have been doing by blocking the Occupied Territories Bill.
Philip O'ConnorGUEST
They would have to row in because if they didn't, they would be gone in the morning.
Philip O'ConnorGUEST
and that then you would start the snowball rolling down the hill and that honestly could have led to a situation where israel was told get your house in order or you're out we didn't do that we have one more opportunity to do that on sunday will we do it probably not because we've already shown that we don't have the courage to stick our head above the parapet and stick up for what's right
Gavan ReillyHOST
table.
Megan O'BrienPANELIST
But for me, it echoes a lot back to the Occupied Territories Bill.
Megan O'BrienPANELIST
And I think that was such, you know, an emotive issue.
Megan O'BrienPANELIST
It immobilised huge crowds.
Megan O'BrienPANELIST
But I think people, the common person views it similarly, that the FAI conceded here to money or whoever's involved conceded to money rather than taking the moral stand.
Megan O'BrienPANELIST
And I think that the government would be quite happy to keep their hands away from that.
Gavan ReillyHOST
So there might be a perception then that if there was political support for the concept of an occupied territories bill and not having anything to do economically or culturally or whatever with occupied territory, that if the Israeli FA includes some organisations in occupied territories, that it's kind of hypocritical for the government to want to boycott and not to give effect to it.
Aidan ReganPANELIST
Well, I mean, this is the point, Olivia.
Nick DelehantyHOST
Look, in Ireland, we are just so anti-Israel, pro-Palestine, that we are one of the most loud countries in the world.
Nick DelehantyHOST
We were the first country, I think, to pass this Occupied Territories Bill.
Nick DelehantyHOST
And to the credit of the people that passed it and pushed it, other countries, as reported in the Financial Times this weekend, are now looking to copy us.
Nick DelehantyHOST
France, Italy, the UK have come out and done some things.
Nick DelehantyHOST
Look, in Ireland, we are just so anti-Israel, pro-Palestine, that we are one of the most loud countries in the world.
Nick DelehantyHOST
We were the first country, I think, to pass this Occupied Territories Bill.
Nick DelehantyHOST
And to the credit of the people that passed it and pushed it, other countries, as reported in the Financial Times this weekend, are now looking to copy us.
Nick DelehantyHOST
France, Italy, the UK have come out and done some things.
Shane MooreGUEST
He's not the backtrack in terms of what he says, but in terms of what he does.
Shane MooreGUEST
wouldn't really say so much, even in terms of the Occupied Territories Bill.
Shane MooreGUEST
So there was an Occupied Territories Bill that was written a number of years ago, and really should have been passed years ago, where Israel's trade with Ireland would have been suspended due to them existing on occupied lands.
Shane MooreGUEST
However, that should have included goods and services.
Shane MooreGUEST
However, the bill has been passed recently, but it only tiny fraction of the trade that Ireland does with Israel.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
Like most recently, we had the very prominent example of...
Ellen CoynePANELIST
the UK leading on this suggestion of sanctions on basically their version of the Occupied Territories Bill, the fact that the US is starting to become the black sheep of NATO, that it doesn't seem to be aligned with the rest of those countries, even things like the coalition of the willing.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
is interesting, the fact that the US is kind of peripheral to that as well.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
And that's probably why Donald Trump was so pissed off about it this week.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
Like most recently, we had the very prominent example of...
Ellen CoynePANELIST
the UK leading on this suggestion of sanctions on basically their version of the Occupied Territories Bill, the fact that the US is starting to become the black sheep of NATO, that it doesn't seem to be aligned with the rest of those countries, even things like the coalition of the willing.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
is interesting, the fact that the US is kind of peripheral to that as well.
Ellen CoynePANELIST
And that's probably why Donald Trump was so pissed off about it this week.
Dan MulhallGUEST
He didn't go after the amount of U.S. investment in Ireland, the amount of tax that U.S. companies pay here.
Dan MulhallGUEST
He didn't go after it on the Occupied Territories Bill, which many had feared.
Dan MulhallGUEST
And then there was a sort of a last 18-hole ego when he announced the elimination of tariffs on Irish whiskey.
Dan MulhallGUEST
So I think good news all round.
Hugh LinehanHOST
Now, you're welcome back.
Hugh LinehanHOST
The Occupied Territories Bill still lurks in the background of Irish politics.
Hugh LinehanHOST
This week, Andy Burnham, the British Prime Minister, and his, his Foreign Minister, uh, Ed Miliband, announced significant sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Hugh LinehanHOST
Harry, is that the same thing as is proposed in the Occupied Territories Bill?
Harry McGeePANELIST
Much the same thing.
Harry McGeePANELIST
I think it's to do with trade rather than services as well.
Harry McGeePANELIST
But you do see that there is a momentum within Europe, but the problem is that you just can't get consensus.
Hugh LinehanHOST
You're not gonna get consensus, but, you know, there are countries, including EU countries, Pat, now, that have signed up to these particular sanctions.
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