Analysis
This Briefing Document, After Gaza: Israeli impunity must end – there must be justice for Palestinians, was produced by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and was submitted to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in advance of the meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors to Ireland held on Wednesday 3rd September This is a fully updated and expanded version of a similar document we prepared in advance of the recent Seanad recall, taking into account the developments since then. We are pleased to make it available to the public. As an organisation that has played a key … Continue reading →
Posted September 8, 2014 in Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Briefing Paper, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Factsheet, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, UN, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank.
When Seanad Eireann was recalled to discuss the issue of Gaza on July 31st, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign issued the following briefing document to all Senators, and subsequently to all TDs and MEPs. As an organisation that has played a key role in mobilising thousands of people around the country to get active on this issue, we invite everyone to read and share the document as it outlines our view of the crisis and the political steps necessary to help bring justice to the Palestine-Israel region. The document explores and addresses eleven of the most common misconceptions about the attack … Continue reading →
Posted August 11, 2014 in Analysis, BDS, Briefing Paper, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, National Rights, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
Kevin Squires, National Coordinator of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has a written an article for the Irish magazine Rabble which looks at the Irish media and its shameful lack of coverage of the cold-blooded murder of two unarmed Palestinian teenagers last week, even though the killings were caught on video. Below is an excerpt [I]t seems the heavily edited Reuters piece wasn’t deemed newsworthy enough for the Irish Times website, where perhaps an expanded report could have been published, and the videos even embedded for readers to see for themselves. On the other hand, a fluff piece – with accompanying … Continue reading →
Posted May 22, 2014 in Analysis, Apartheid, Child deaths, Defence for Children International, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Irish Times, Media Bias, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Refugees, Right of Return, RTE, Settlements, Video, War Crimes, West Bank, Yesh Din.
Statement by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, 21/01/2014: In November of last year, the UN General Assembly designated 2014 as the UN International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Just three weeks into 2014, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has again shown that it represents an increasingly effective form of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. In early January, high profile Norwegian singer Moddi announced that he was cancelling his performance in Tel Aviv out of respect for the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and following appeals from activists in … Continue reading →
Posted January 23, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Analysis, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Cultural Boycott, Divestment, Human Rights, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Sanctions, War Crimes.
Dr. David Landy of Academics for Palestine and the IPSC looks at the latest Times HES survey of world university rankings which reveals some surprising truths about the state of the Israeli academy. One reason we are always told that we can never ever boycott Israel is because of its sterling academic reputation. Israel, we have heard on countless occasions, is a paragon of science, medicine and humanities. If we boycott Israel we’ll be boycotting the cutting-edgiest of high-tech, the most miraculous research in medicine, the inventors of… well, just about everything Well, it seems that such talk of Israeli … Continue reading →
Posted October 4, 2013 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Analysis, BDS, Boycott, education, Hasbara, PACBI, Press releases.
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