Tánaiste Simon Harris will ask the Cabinet to give the green light to draft a bill to prohibit the importation of goods from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
It will then go before an Oireachtas committee next month for pre-legislative scrutiny.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs will say that Israel’s humanitarian blockade and renewed bombardment of Gaza have resulted in a situation of unprecedented gravity.
While Ireland does minimal trade with the occupied Palestinian territory, he will tell colleagues that the Government has been resolute in its determination to use every lever available to end the war in the Middle East.
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