A bill to impose sanctions on the state of Israel has been moved to a second stage in the Dáil.
A broader debate on the 'Sanctions against the State of Israel Bill 2025' will now take place.
People before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett moved the bill and called for a complete boycott on "all economic relations with the State of Israel".
He said the bill is in line "with our moral obligations" and "our legal obligations" under international law.
Mr Boyd Barrett called for a complete boycott of "all economic relations with the State of Israel".
"The time for treating Israel as a normal state has to end," he said.
"They must be isolated from the international community as we did with apartheid South Africa."
He said a full boycott would be a response to the "crimes of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, genocide and the ongoing persecution and oppression of the Palestinian people".
Mr Boyd Barrett said there is a "narrative" that "Israel's only crimes are illegal settlements on the West Bank.
"The truth is Israel is not now, or never has been, a normal state," said Mr Boyd Barrett.
Israel is a "death machine" thats "sole purpose" is the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, he said.
It is the "failure" of the world not to acknowledge the "genocidal nature" of the Israeli regime and "the fact that it is based on apartheid and ethnic cleansing", he said.
People Before Profit–Solidarity TD Paul Murphy said Irish sanctions on Israel would "make a real difference".
Mr Murphy said the bill is "the minimum" Ireland should be doing "and it should be done now ".
