Ireland to press ahead with trade ban on areas it claims are Israeli-occupied
As Ireland does very little trade with the settlements, the ban is a "symbolic move," following the country's official recognition last year of Palestine as a state.
PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer. (photo credit: CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated:
