West Bank
Dear friends, My name is Khalil Al Halabi, the father of Mohammad Al Halabi, the former World Vision-Australia director for the West Bank and Gaza. Mohammad was arrested on false allegations in June 2016 and is held in the notorious Ramon Prison in Israel. UN experts have called for his release. I am calling on all friends of Palestine to participate in a Month of Action in January by sending the following letter to the Irish Government demanding action to secure my innocent son’s immediate release. Our family, including Mohammed’s five young children, are desperate to have him free and … Continue reading →
Posted January 21, 2021 in Campaigns, Email Campaign, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, West Bank.
Both An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are engaged in an EU research project called ROXANNE, working in collaboration with the notorious Israeli Ministry of Public Security. CLICK TO TAKE ACTION! This is the Ministry responsible for both the Israel National Police (including the Border Police) and the Israel Prison Service. It oversees routine commission of serious human rights abuses and international law violations against the Palestinian people, and racism and violence directed at minorities within Israel. These well documented violations include brutal killings, the torture and imprisonment of children, medical negligence of political prisoners, … Continue reading →
Posted November 24, 2020 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Email Campaign, EU, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Report, Right to BDS, Settlements, Settler Violence, UN, United Nations, UNOCHA, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#54 – Palestinian Museums, Museums for Palestine’ with Faisal Saleh and Salim Abuthaher [2020-11-10] – (Download here) INFO: In this episode of the Palestine Podcast we invite you to listen to a fascinating discussion on how Palestinian museums, in both Palestine and the diaspora, operate politically and culturally to open up new imaginations and social futures for Palestine and the Palestinians. The … Continue reading →
Posted November 16, 2020 in Academic Freedom, Analysis, Apartheid, Culture, Gaza, History, Human Rights, National Rights, palestine education, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, West Bank, Women.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#53 – ‘The Future of US Policy Towards Palestine’ with Hatem Bazian and Nadia Hijab [2020-11-02] – (Download here) INFO: Over the past four years, the Trump administration has enacted major long-term changes to US policy with regard to Palestine. With US elections looming, in this episode of the Palestine Podcast, we hear from Al-Shabaka analysts Hatem Bazian and Nadia Hijab who … Continue reading →
Posted November 2, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Gaza, Human Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Sanctions, Settlements, UN, United Nations, UNRWA, USA, War Crimes, West Bank.
In August 2020 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign produced its latest briefing paper ‘War Crimes in Palestine and the International Criminal Court’. Although primarily aimed at political representatives, we believe it will be of general interest to our supporters. You can read or download the whole document below. Download the full Briefing Paper here War Crimes in Palestine and the International Criminal Court Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign | Briefing Paper | August 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2015 the situation in Palestine was referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). After a preliminary examination, in December 2019 the Prosecutor of … Continue reading →
Posted August 21, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, Briefing Paper, Crime Against Humanity, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Factsheet, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank and tagged ICC.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#49 – ‘Israel’s illegal settlement economy’ with Maha Abdallah, David Kattenburg, Valentina Azarova & Giovanni Fassina [2020-08-14] – (Download here) INFO: For the Israeli state, its settlement project is not merely an ideological and political project, but an economic one. In this episode of the podcast we focus on the settlement economy, and the human rights abuses resulting from business activities with … Continue reading →
Posted August 25, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, EU Guidelines, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#48 – ‘Collective Punishment as a Tool of Israeli Domination’ with Michael Lynk, Rania Muhareb, Munir Nuseibah, Budour Hassan, Sahar Francis & Nada Awad [2020-08-14] – (Download here) INFO: In this episode of The Palestine Podcast, Israeli human rights activists Michael Sfard and Sharona Weiss speak about the findings and conclusions of a landmark legal opinion on Apartheid in Palestine, and Palestinian … Continue reading →
Posted August 17, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, UN, War Crimes, West Bank.
With the full backing of the US, and a virtual silence of the EU, from 1st of July, Apartheid Israel says it will begin the process of annexing some 30% of the Palestinian land it occupies, in total violation of international law. As this illegal annexation of large parts of Palestine looms, we’re asking people to mobilize to put pressure on politicians for real and meaningful action, not hollow platitudes, in defence of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination and freedom! Sign & Share the Avaaz petition First, we ask you to please sign and share this very … Continue reading →
Posted June 29, 2020 in Action Item, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Campaigns, Day of Action, Email Campaign, EU, Euro Med, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
In the fourth of our Palestinian Stories short video series, we hear from Mohammad, a Palestinian cartoonist, artist and former political prisoner from the West Bank. Mohammad asks us in the West to reflect on the difficulties of our lives over the past number of months in lockdown, and then to imagine how much worse life is for Palestinians, especially political prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s jails. All images © Mohammad Sabaaneh: http://www.sabaaneh.com/ Music: Karloma – The White Nile, from ‘Palestinian Sounds’ (Yabous Productions, 2001) Palestinian Stories is a new series of short videos featuring the voices and stories of Palestinians … Continue reading →
Posted July 3, 2020 in Apartheid, Child Prisoners, Culture, Free Speech, Gaza, Human Rights, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Palestinian Stories, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, West Bank.
From the first of July the government of Israel is planning to bring forth legislation to unilaterally annex Israel’s illegal settlements and the Jordan Valley region of the Palestinian West Bank. This constitutes an area of roughly 30% of the West Bank, and will be in addition to Israel’s already illegal annexations of Palestinian East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights. This is an attempt to re-partition Palestine, and represents the latest phase in the ongoing Nakba endured by the Palestinian people. The annexation plan eliminates whatever diminished prospect still exists of achieving a viable sovereign independent state. In its … Continue reading →
Posted April 30, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, Statements, UN, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#46 – ‘Systemic Racism in the US and Israel’ with Nadia Abu El-Haj, Johanna Fernández, Maha Nassar and Nahla Abdo [2020-07-14] – (Download here) INFO: In this episode of The Palestine Podcast we hear an urgent, informative and disturbing discussion between Nadia Abu El-Haj, Johanna Fernández, Maha Nassar and Nahla Abdo about racial policing, systemic racism and settler-colonial repression in the United … Continue reading →
Posted July 21, 2020 in Administrative Detention, Analysis, Apartheid, Bedouin, Gaza, History, Human Rights, International Law, Internment, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#45 – Samia Al-Botmeh, Lee James and Zita Holbourne on ‘Women Resisting Occupation and Apartheid’ [2020-06-23] – (Download here) INFO: In this episode of the Palestine Podcast we look at ways women are leading the resistance to the Israeli apartheid and occupation in Palestine, and discusses the many ways women are standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, to help achieve … Continue reading →
Posted July 14, 2020 in Apartheid, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, West Bank, Women.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#42 – Fayrouz Sharqawi & Alys Samson-Estapé on ‘Coronacrisis: Anti-Palestinian Racism and Grassroots Resistance’ [2020-06-16] – (Download here) INFO: During the coronacrisis, one thing that has not been on lockdown is Israel’s system of occupation and apartheid. On the contrary, the threat of annexation of part of the West Bank, arbitrary arrests of students and human rights activists, destruction of homes, fields … Continue reading →
Posted June 25, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#41 – Yara Harawi & Rania Muhareb on ‘Israeli Annexation: Precedents, Ramifications, and Resistance’ [2020-06-16] – (Download here) INFO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to begin annexing parts of the West Bank as soon July 2020. What are the implications of such a move, and what can be learned from Israel’s previous illegal annexations of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights? … Continue reading →
Posted June 22, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes, West Bank.
With the full backing of the US, and a virtual silence of the EU, from 1st of July, Apartheid Israel says it will begin the process of annexing some 30% of the Palestinian land it occupies, in total violation of international law. We ask you to join one of our protests taking place around Ireland this weekend to say no to this illegal action, and to call on the Irish and EU governments to TAKE ACTION to punish the Apartheid State of Israel We also ask that you please listen to the advice of our stewards during the protest.*for this … Continue reading →
Posted June 29, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Day of Action, Demonstration, Derry, Dublin, Ennis, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Event, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Limerick, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
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