Ireland’s government is seeking to introduce a bill restricting trade with the occupied Palestinian territories after it said a UN court decision freed Dublin to make trade decisions independently of the European Union. The Occupied Territories Bill was first tabled in 2018 by an independent lawmaker and despite receiving broad support in Ireland’s parliament, the government said it could not bring it forward because the European Union, not member nations, is responsible for the bloc’s trade policy. However, Foreign Minister Michael Martin said on Tuesday that an advisory opinion by the United…