This interesting letter from this morning's Irish Times seems to put things in a nutshell
Jim Carroll

ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Sir, -
We, concerned citizens of Israel, are writing to you re?garding the Control of Econom?ic Activity (Occupied Territo?ries) Bill 2018, which was brought to our attention and which is due to be debated in Seaanad Eireann on January 30th.(Irish Senate)
We urge Ireland to support any legislation that will help en?force differentiation between Israel per se and the settlements in the occupied territories of the West Bank and East Jerusa?lem.
The Israeli occupation of the territories beyond the 1967 bor?ders, ongoing for more than 50 years with no end in sight, is not only unjust but also stands in vi?olation of numerous UN resolu?tions. UN Security Council Res?olution 2334 of December 23rd, 2016, adopted 14:1 by the Security Council (the US ab?stained), calls for the interna?tional community to differenti?ate between its relations with Is?rael per se within its 1967 bor?ders and its dealings with the Is?raeli settlements in the occu?pied territories.
We are convinced that Isra?el's ongoing occupation of the Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is morally and strategically unsus?tainable, is detrimental to peace, and poses a threat to the security of Israel itself.
It has been enabled by the le?niency of the international com?munity, whose rhetoric regard?ing the dire situation in Pales?tine has not been matched by ap?propriate action.
While Ireland, along with the rest of the EU, considers the oc?cupation illegal, it continues to economically sustain it by trad?ing with illegal Israeli settle?ments established in clear and direct violation of international law. The occupation has been correctly identified by succes?sive Irish governments as a ma?jor obstacle to peace, which we believe remains attainable should we see the termination of the occupation and the reali?sation of the two-state para?digm that would lead to the emergence of a sovereign State of Palestine alongside Israel.
It is clear to us that genuine reconciliation between Israel and Palestine, Israelis and Pal?estinians, is possible only if the paradigm of two separate and independent states prevails.
As people who care deeply for Israel's future and long for our country to live in peace with its neighbours, we urge you to
support the aforementioned Bill.-Yours, etc,

URIAVNERY, Former member of Knesset, Sheli Party;
Prof ELIE BARNAVI, Former ambassador to France;
ILAN BARUCH, former ambassador to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe;
MICHAEL BEN-YAIR, Former attorney-general of Israel; former acting supreme court justice;
ROMAN BRONFMAN, Former member of Knesset, Meretz Party;
AVRAHAM AVRUM BURG, Former speaker of the Knesset, Labor Party, Former chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel;
Prof NAOMI CHAZAN, former member of Knesset, Meretz Party, former president, New Israel Fund;
YAEL DAYAN, former member of Knesset, Labor Party, former deputy mayor of Tel Aviv;
Prof ITZHAK GALNOOR, former head of the Israeli Civil Service Commission, professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
ERELA HADAR, former ambassador to the Czech Republic;
Prof DAVID HAREL, vice-president, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, computer scientist, Israel Prize recipient (2004) and EMET Prize laureate (2010);
DANIKARAVAN, Sculptor, Israel Prize recipient (1977);
MIKIKRATSMAN, Artist, EMET Prize laureate (2011);
ALEXLEVAC, photojournalist, Israel Prize recipient (2005);
Dr ALONLIEL, former director general of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former ambassador to South Africa and Turkey; Prof YEHUDA JUDDNE'EMAN, Filmmaker, Israel Prize recipient (2009);
TZALIRESHEF, former member of Knesset, Labor Party;
Prof ZEEV STERNHELL, Political scientist, Israel Prize recipient (2008);
DAVID TARTAKOVER, Designer, Israel Prize recipient (2002).