BRUSSELS — Ireland won’t wait for the rest of Europe to restrict trade with Israel over the occupation of the Palestinian territories and expects to receive legal advice next week on whether it can impose its own curbs, its taoiseach said on Wednesday.

Ireland “will not wait for everybody in Europe to move on the issue of trade in the occupied Palestinian territories,” Taoiseach Simon Harris told reporters on his way into a summit of EU and Gulf leaders.

“Next week, my government will receive formal advices from our own Attorney General as to what we may be able to do in this area,” he said, pointing to the fact that Europe “has not yet used every lever at its disposal” in order to bring a cease-fire in Gaza.