{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/689b1345ba9d64856b4565d7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Complete Trade Embargo with Israel is Now Needed, Says Professor John O’Brennan - 12/08/2025","description":"<p>The Occupied Territories Bill is winding its way through the Oireachtas.</p><p><br></p><p>Tabled originally in 2018, the bill would ban trade with the illegal settlements in the West Bank.</p><p><br></p><p>But, considering the ongoing actions of the Israeli government in Gaza, should Ireland consider a complete trade embargo on Israel?</p><p><br></p><p>John O'Brennan, Professor of European Politics at Maynooth University, has been writing about this in the Irish Examiner.</p><p><br></p><p>In his piece Professor O’Brennan said: “ the only appropriate response to Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians should be a complete trade embargo”.</p><p><br></p><p>Professor O'Brennan spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}