Pink Floyd Leader Supports Black's Bill on Partial Prohibition of Israeli Products

Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters has asked for support for a Seanad motion to ban the sale of goods from the territories occupied by Israel.

Frances Black received support from an unusual source

3Arena of Dublin last week, called on the public and politicians to support the bill on territories occupied by independent Senator Frances Black, to vote next week.

The proposals would not prohibit all Israeli goods. The government condemns.

The debate on the bill was postponed until January when Tánaiste Simon Coveney asked for time to advance diplomatic efforts and move ahead of the expected American peace plan. Since then, US President Donald Trump has moved the US Embbady to Jerusalem and Israeli soldiers have killed dozens in Gaza.

The publication of the bill was also criticized by the Israeli government. the law is absolutely clear that settlements are illegal, so the products that they produce are the proceeds of crime. We must face this – we can not continue to support gross violations of international law and war crimes. "19659008" While the government criticizes the "incessant progress" of settlement expansion, empty rhetoric simply did not work. Palestinian homes are still being demolished and land confiscated. Ireland needs to show leadership and act, and this bill is a real chance to do it. "

Waters raised Black's campaign during her concert in Dublin and put a video online, urging people to support him, saying that illegal settlements were a" war crime "and that There were several hundred thousand Israeli settlers on these lands.

Ms. Black's office said that, if applied, the small volume ban, including the cosmetic products produced in the occupied Dead Sea region and the vegetables or fruits of the colonies