U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee publicly condemned Ireland as its Parliament debated legislation to ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, labeling it an act of "diplomatic intoxication."

Ireland appears closer to passing a bill that will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territories in the West Bank, sparking sharp criticism from US officials who have signaled the move could harm Dublin’s relationship with Washington.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says her party is pushing to toughen the historic bill for a halt to trade with illegal Israeli settlements - Anadolu Ajansı

Slovenia declared two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, persona non grata on Thursday, the first European Union country to do so, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said.

Foreign minister says Slovenia acted after EU foreign ministers failed to agree on joint action against Israel.

A ban on trade between Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements will prompt other countries to follow suit, a committee has heard. Irish-Palestinian woman Fatin Al Tamimi, who is vice-chairwoman of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said Ireland passing the Bill would give Palestinians hope.

JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Thursday became the first top American diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank as the State Department ...

Israeli settlements range from small outposts and villages to cities with tens of thousands of residents. The territories have been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War — when Israel, ...

Israel’s Security Cabinet on Thursday unanimously approved the construction of a new settlement in the West Bank, according to a message from the Prime Minister’s office, marking the state’s ...

In Cairo this month, President Obama urged Israel to stop settlement construction in the occupied territories. “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements ...

Roughly two-dozen mostly Republican members of Congress have published posts on X expressing their opposition to legislation making its way through Irish parliament that would ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.