“This legislation is unhelpful virtue-signaling,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson told JNS. “It does not serve the cause of peace in the Middle East.”
A bill to ban goods and services from Judea and Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem, advanced in the Irish parliament on Wednesday.
The Irish government stood down on the so-called Occupied Territories Bill, as opposition parties supported a motion in parliament calling on the government to pass the measure before the end of the year.
American officials have signaled that the legislation could have dire consequences for American businesses operating in Ireland, due to laws in the United States penalizing boycotts of Israel, including Israeli-controlled territory outside internationally recognized borders.