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This piece accurately sums up the dilemmas created by the Occupied Territories Bill. It seems certain to pass and the priority now needs to be to explain its rationale and to relate its motivation to the worsening situation in the Occupied Territories. Foreign policy decisions #OccupiedTerritories #ForeignPolicy #Legislation #IL #PS

The Taoiseach’s decision to exclude services from the Occupied Territories Bill is unacceptable. Nearly 70% of Ireland’s trade with the occupied territories is in services. So Micheál Martin seeks to weaken the intent of the Bill. We won’t stand for it. Israel must be sanctioned. https://t.co/QWnsg3Q81N #OccupiedTerritories #Ireland #SanctionsAgainstIsrael #IE #IL #PS

In the West Bank village of Asasa, Mohammed Asasa and his family were forced to dig up the grave of his father, Hussein, just hours after his burial, as armed Jewish settlers, claiming the site was too close to their revived settlement Sa-Nur, threatened to exhume the body, an incident that highlights the escalating tensions and violence faced by Palestinians in the region. #HumanRights #IsraelPalestine #OccupiedTerritories #IL #PS

In a distressing incident in the West Bank village of Asasa, Mohammed Asasa discovered that armed settlers were attempting to excavate his deceased father's grave shortly after the burial, forcing the family to unceremoniously exhume the body while the Israeli military intervened only to confiscate the settlers' tools, highlighting the escalating tensions and violence faced by Palestinians in the region. #HumanRights #SettlerViolence #OccupiedTerritories #IL #PS