For a decade, Irish NGOs have been advocating for the “Occupied Territories Bill,” which would criminalize economic ties with Israel, alongside other intense demonization and BDS initiatives.
Trócaire claims to work "in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel." Its description of the region claims a population of 4.1 million (see below). The population of the West Bank and Gaza is appoximately 4 million, while that of Israel is over 8 million. Trócaire thus seems to serve only the population in the West Bank and Gaza, although it claims to work in Israel as well.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) has taken part in several anti-Israel “lawfare” and BDS (boycotts, divestments and sanctions) campaigns.
Leader of anti-Israel “lawfare” campaigns, exploiting courts in democratic countries in order to harass Israeli officials with civil lawsuits and criminal investigations.
Five years after failing to enact anti-Israel BDS into law, the Irish Parliament is again considering enacting BDS legislation.
On April 27, 2020, Al-Haq and Global Legal Action Network (GLAN, Ireland) published, “Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: A Guidance for Upholding Human Rights" that attempted to mainstream BDS against Israel in a UN framework
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