Ireland’s Boycott-Israel Bill Could Have a Serious Impact—on Ireland’s Own Economy
Companies like Google will be forced to choose between Irish and U.S. law.
January 24, 2019
Companies like Google will be forced to choose between Irish and U.S. law.
A bill currently before the lower house of the Irish parliament would make it a crime to import or sell items produced by Israeli businesses in territory acquired by Israel in the Six-Day War. Such legislation, unprecedented for any Western country, might have very real consequences. But, writes Eli Lake, those consequences could harm Ireland more than they harm Israel:
Companies like Google will be forced to choose between Irish and U.S. law.
Financial and military pressure to counter ethnic and religious cleansing.
Calling them “anti-imperialism” and “anti-Zionism.”
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A bill currently before the lower house of the Irish parliament would make it a crime to import or sell items produced by Israeli businesses in territory acquired by Israel in the Six-Day War. Such legislation, unprecedented for any Western country, might have very real consequences. But, writes Eli Lake, those consequences could harm Ireland more than they harm Israel:
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