Boycott
The BDS campaign to expose the trade in Israeli blood diamonds is claiming victory following the removal of an article published by the Israeli Diamond Exchange (IDE) on Sunday 12th May announcing that the chair of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), Peter Meeus, had agreed to organise a delegation of diamond buyers from Dubai to attend a diamond fair in Israel in August. Following emails to authorities in the United Arab Emirates, Henriette Svensen, PR and Corporate Communications Manager for the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, which hosts the Dubai Diamond Exchange, emailed me today (Wed. 14th) stating that the announcement … Continue reading →
Posted May 16, 2013 in BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Diamonds, Press releases.
Professor Haim Bresheeth, a renowned Israeli-born academic and documentary film-maker, will be speaking in colleges in Dublin and Cork next week in support of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) and its conference resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel. At its Annual Congress on Thursday 4th April 2013, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) became the first academic union in Europe to endorse the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel. The motion, which refers to Israel as an “apartheid state”, requests “all members to cease all cultural and academic collaboration with Israel”. The TUI’s vote has prompted … Continue reading →
Posted April 19, 2013 in Academic Boycott, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Cork, Cultural Boycott, Dublin, Event, Human Rights, National Rights, National Tour, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Speaking Tour, Tour.
UPDATE 11/04/2013: We know many of you have already taken the time to thank the TUI for their principled stance, but their has been a lot of negative messages from the usual sources too. If you have not done so, please take two minutes to send a short message of support; showing our solidarity with the TUI and the Palestinian people is really of the utmost importance right now. Thank you! At its Annual Congress last week, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) became the first academic union in Europe to endorse the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel. … Continue reading →
Posted April 8, 2013 in Academic Boycott, Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, TUI.
Occupied Palestine, 15 February 2013 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a broad coalition of the largest Palestinian civil society organizations, trade unions and NGO networks, supports the outcomes of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements[1] that calls for boycotts and sanctions as measures required to end the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise. The BNC calls upon states, members of the Human Rights Council, to adopt the report, and on all governments and business enterprises to implement its recommendations. The BNC also calls upon conscientious citizens and civic organizations worldwide to use this report as … Continue reading →
Posted February 19, 2013 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Economic Boycott, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Statements, The Wall, United Nations, West Bank.
To all IPSC members and supporters, As 2012 draws to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support for Palestinian rights throughout the past year. In 2012 Palestinians have continued the struggle for their human and political rights, whether through prisoner hunger strikes, the civil resistance campaigns in West Bank villages or the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Thanks to your help, we have continued to raise awareness and support the struggle for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people. It has not been an easy year for Palestine. In December, Israel … Continue reading →
Posted December 21, 2012 in Appeal, BDS, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Divestment, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip last night, leaving the current Palestinian death toll at 136, including 92 civilians. The intensification follows the scuppering of a proposed ceasefire, which was supposed to come into effect at midnight on Wednesday. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the breakdown was due to Israeli demands. Reports from Gaza confirm that 3 journalists have been killed in 2 separate airstrikes yesterday. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the killings and said that it believes that such crimes are aimed at silencing journalists. The latest figures from the Irish-Aid funded PCHR confirm that … Continue reading →
Posted November 21, 2012 in Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
All opposition parties in the Dail have called on Tainiste and Minster for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, to take action to secure a ceasefire in the Israeli assault on Gaza which has now left 105 Palestinians dead, including 70 civilians, and over 800 injured since Israeli sabotaged an Egyptian brokered ceasefire last Wendesday. The latest figures from the Irish-Aid funded Palestinian Centre for Human Rights confirm that of the 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces, 23 are children and 12 are women and that civilians make up two thirds of the casualties. Of the 805 injuries, 786 are civilians, … Continue reading →
Posted November 20, 2012 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Diamonds, Divestment, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
Israel is bombarding Gaza from air and sea. There is a rising death toll and fears that Israel is preparing to launch a ground invasion. The latest attack on Gaza, called ‘Operation Pillar of Cloud’ comes four years after the devastating ‘Operation Cast Lead’, in which Israel massacred over 1400 Palestinians. We can’t let it happen again! Here are five very simple things you can do to help stop the Israeli assault on Gaza. 1. Email your public representatives and ask them to demand the Irish Government take action to end to the Israeli attacks. (Takes 1 minute) 2. Email or … Continue reading →
Posted November 17, 2012 in Action Item, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Diamonds, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
On Friday 9th November, the AGM of the Dublin Colleges Branch of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) passed a number of motions recognising Israel as an Apartheid state and in full support of the international campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). Three motions in support of Palestinian human rights and BDS were tabled at the 2012 AGM, and all were passed unanimously. These motions add to the many trade union and Trades Council motions supporting BDS that have been passed in Ireland over the past number of years by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), IMPACT, SIPTU, … Continue reading →
Posted November 13, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Boycott, Divestment, Dublin, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Sanctions, TUI, War Crimes.
Update (30/09/2012) The Irish NGO Trocaire has also launched a campaign on this issue aimed at TDs, please take the time to mail your local TDS using the form on Trocaire’s website by clicking here. — On Wednesday 19th September the Irish Times newspaper reported that an the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade was “to write to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamonn Gilmore, calling for a national ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements”, following a full briefing from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign supports this limited … Continue reading →
Posted September 25, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Economic Boycott, EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Settler Violence.
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