Christian Aid and Labour question if Government’s position has changed following legal submission to ICJ case
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has reiterated the Government’s insistence that a proposed law aimed at banning imports from illegal Israel i settlements in occupied Palestinian territories would breach European Union legislation.
In the Government’s February submission to the ICJ, Attorney General Rossa Fanning said: “States are obliged not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s breach of its obligation to respect the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. Christian Aid’s head of policy Conor O’Neill highlighted this sector of Mr Fanning’s statement to the Labour Party. He argued that Mr Fanning’s statement means the Government is saying there is “a conflict between international law obligations and EU law obligations , and Ireland is picking EU law”.Mr O’Neill told The Irish Times: “We would be within our rights to pass this bill” and “then let the question on EU law be ventilated and decided by the EU courts”.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said Tánaiste Micheál Martin addressed the issue in the Dáil, pointing to a written response from a question by Ms Bacik. Mr Martin added that “competence for external trade policy lies exclusively with the European Union”. He said the EU already “applies a policy of differentiation to distinguish trade with Israel from trade with the settlements”.
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