The Israeli Settlements Prohibition of Importation of Goods Bill “must include services to be effective”, the former Senator who pioneered the legislation has argued. Previously known as the Occupied Territories Bill, the legislation was introduced into the Oireachtas in 2018 by independent Senator Frances Black. If passed, it would ban trade between Ireland and Israel's occupied territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Advertisement In the Programme for Government, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael promised to “progress” the bill and today it comes before Cabinet for approval. On Newstalk Breakfast, Ms Black described the bill as a “really important...