Statements
A five member cross-party working group from the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, led by Emer Costello, conducted a visit to the occupied State of Palestine (East Jerusalem and the West Bank) from 27 April to 2 May, taking in the “Freedom and Dignity” Conference in Ramallah on the subject of Palestinian prisoners and the Palestinian people. The European Parliament passed a resolution on 14 March 2013 expressing concern about the conditions under which Palestinian prisoners are being held in Israeli prisons and called for a fact-finding mission to “assess the current situation”. The debates … Continue reading →
Posted May 2, 2013 in EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Report, Settlements, Settler Violence, Statements, West Bank and tagged Emer Costello.
Occupied Palestine, 27 February 2013 — The BDS National Committee (BNC) mourns the tragic loss of our comrade, partner, and dear friend Stephane Hessel. A thoughtful and principled supporter of the global, Palestinian civil society-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Stephane Hessel exuded hope and inspiration. As a co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he deeply appreciated the necessity of advocating for equal rights for all humans, regardless of identity. This and the fact that he is a Holocaust survivor were crucial factors behind his endorsement of BDS despite the high price he had to pay. He … Continue reading →
Posted February 27, 2013 in BNC, Press releases, Russell Tribunal on Palestine, Statements.
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.
We would like to express our wholehearted support for the University of California Irvine student government’s stand for human rights and justice, in the form of its November 2012 divestment resolution. This resolution is a firm, clear sighted statement based on a commitment to justice and an understanding of the importance of ensuring that international companies comply with human rights and international law. The companies mentioned in the resolution all have an ongoing record of complicity in illegal Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories. They are all engaged in well-documented and flagrant breaches of basic human rights norms, and … Continue reading →
Posted February 4, 2013 in Apartheid, BDS, CRH, Divestment, Human Rights, Jerusalem, Open Letter, Press releases, Statements, The Wall, West Bank.
Over the past week Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk Refugee Camp on the outskirts of Damascus have been attacked by Syrian government forces. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) condemns these attacks, calls for their immediate cessation, and calls upon both sides in the Syrian conflict to respect the internationally protected status of the Palestinian refugees and the refugee camps. It now appears that many refugees are fleeing the camp, becoming refugees for a second or third time. Concerned that the situation for Palestinian refugees may deteriorate further, the IPSC calls upon both the government of Syria and rebel forces to … Continue reading →
Posted December 20, 2012 in Human Rights, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Statements.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is extremely disappointed by today’s statement from An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, on the situation in Gaza[1]. The Tánaiste’s statement accepts uncritically the official Israeli narrative of events leading up to the beginning of the Israeli attack. Several timeline analyses have shown that it was Israel that broke one lull in violence by killing a 13-year-old child playing football on 8th November, and again on Wednesday 14th violated an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire by extra-judicially assassinating a leading member of Hamas and bombing 20 areas in Gaza in an action it … Continue reading →
Posted November 16, 2012 in Al Mezan, Al-HAq, BDS, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, Statements, War Crimes.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has warned of a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip in light of Israel’s military escalation, and it has called upon the international community to urgently convene a Special Session of the Human Rights Council in order to address the situation. Israeli airstrikes continue today despite the presence of Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil in Gaza. We have received reports from Al Haq, a human rights organisation with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, that a civilian male and a 4-year-old boy have been killed by … Continue reading →
Posted November 16, 2012 in Al-HAq, BDS, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Siege of Gaza, Statements, War Crimes.
On November 14th Israel launched ‘Operation Pillar of Cloud’ on the population of Gaza. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has confirmed that 13 people have been killed including 2 children and a pregnant woman and a further 115 have been injured since yesterday. The bombardment has taken the form of airstrikes, mortars from land and shelling from the sea. There have been over 150 strikes in total. In reality this is just the continuation of a week of military assaults on Gaza which in total have already left at least 19 people dead, including 5 children, and scores wounded. … Continue reading →
Posted November 15, 2012 in BDS, Demonstration, Economic Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Statements, War Crimes.
On October 23rd the European Parliament adopted the EU-Israel ACAA trade agreement by 379 votes to 230, with 41 abstentions despite the escalation of Israel’s illegal settlement policies and the entrenchment of its occupation of Palestinian lands. The vote was prompted by last month’s decision of the International Trade committee which, by a single vote, decided to oppose a further suspension of the agreement. MEPs who voted in favor of the agreement send a dangerous signal to the Israeli government: continued settlement construction, denial of the basic rights of the Palestinian people, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners and the … Continue reading →
Posted October 31, 2012 in Apartheid, BDS, ECCP, Email Campaign, EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements, War Crimes and tagged ACAA.
The IPSC has learned of the decease on 16th September, in South Africa, of Ali Halimeh, who was Delegate General of Palestine in Ireland from 2001-2005. He encouraged the setting-up of the IPSC and spoke eloquently at our founding meeting in Trinity College, Dublin, on 29th November 2001. He maintained close links to the organisation and arranged for many prominent Palestinians to speak at our public meetings. A Lebanese-born protégé of Yasser Arafat’s, he passionately espoused the politics of the Palestinian Authority. Nonetheless, he accepted that the IPSC’s allegiance was to the Palestinian people and not to any faction, and … Continue reading →
Posted September 30, 2012 in Obituary, Press releases, Statements.
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