A feeling of victorious jubilation spread fast among Palestinian solidarity activists and on opposition benches on Monday morning as news spread that the Central Bank would not be approving the new prospectus for Israel’s bond programme.  Under EU rules, any third country that wants to offer bonds to the public or trade on a regulated market in the bloc must choose a home member state and have its securities prospectus  — essentially an investment brochure — approved by a competent authority there.  Ireland was chosen as the home member state by Israel in 2021, when this role was transferred over…

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