The coalition committed to passing a ban on goods from illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories in its programme for government completed in January.

The Trading with Illegal Settlements report, published on Monday, said the Government should also include services in that legislation.

It follows a similar recommendation from a cross-party Oireachtas committee in July as well as repeated calls from activists and opposition parties.

Monday’s report expands on that recommendation and calls for an EU-wide end of trade with goods and services originating from the settlements.

It says such trade directly contributes to the dispossession and impoverishment of Palestinians in the region.

The report is signed by more than 80 humanitarian and faith-based organisations, including

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