Ireland's parliament is expected to bring to a final vote on Tuesday a law that would ban the import of products from Judea and Samaria, defining their sale as a criminal offense. In recent years, Ireland has attempted to implement this move several times, but without success. Now, against the backdrop of the war, parliament members intend to return and bring the law, which would ban the import of products manufactured in Judea and Samaria. This is a move that arouses great anger in Israel in general and in Judea and Samaria in particular.
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan sent a letter to a series of senior officials in the Trump administration and Congress, in which he expressed outrage over the law, which is the first against Jews because of their religion and place of residence since the Holocaust. He demanded that the officials impose high tariffs on Ireland in response when the law is approved. This is the first time, it should be noted, that a Western country is considering imposing a legal boycott in a state manner against Jewish products only, without any reference to Arab factories operating in the same area.
This is an "antisemitic law that discriminates only against Jews living in Judea and Samaria," Dagan wrote. He emphasizes that the law "constitutes a direct violation of human rights, morally and security-wise – and contradicts the official policy of the US under the Trump administration, which recognized in an official declaration that the Judea and Samaria area is not occupied territory and that settlement there is legal and does not contradict international law."
According to Dagan, the law "grants a prize to the terror of the Palestinian Authority and harms peace-loving residents, and it constitutes an integral part of the international boycott policy BDS – a movement that the United States itself has condemned again and again.
"If Ireland passes an official law that boycotts Jews only, it will crown itself as an antisemitic country. This will be the first time since the Holocaust that a specific law against Jews will pass in a European country. A country that becomes antisemitic, contrary to US policy, free world countries cannot overlook this. I call on the United States to impose economic tariffs on any country that supports such antisemitic boycott laws," Dagan wrote.
