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Huckabee Demands Ireland ‘Sober Up’ Over Bill to Ban Settlement Imports

Dublin’s parliament has begun debating a first-in-EU measure to criminalize trade with Israeli settlements, prompting warnings of diplomatic fallout and US penalties.

Shipping containers and trucks are seen at Ireland's Dublin Port in April.
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee holds a note given to him from U.S. President Donald Trump to be placed in the cracks of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray, during Huckabee's visit to the holy site in the old city of Jerusalem on April 18, 2025.
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin said enacting a trade ban with the occupied Palestinian territories would be "largely symbolic."
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Overview

  • U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee took to X to accuse Ireland of “diplomatic intoxication” and demanded an apology to Israel.
  • The Oireachtas is debating legislation that would criminalize imports from West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements deemed illegal under international law.
  • Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described the bill as largely symbolic pressure on Israel to halt the Gaza war and address humanitarian concerns.
  • Republican Senator Lindsay Graham and groups such as the National Jewish Advocacy Center warn that Irish firms complying with the ban could face U.S. sanctions and exclusion from American markets.
  • Pro-Palestinian lawmakers and a dozen Israeli public figures have praised the initiative as a defense of international law; Israel’s government and sections of the Jewish community have sharply criticized it.