Apartheid
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#32 – Ben White on ‘Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’ [2019-02-28] – (Download here) INFO: As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2019, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Academics for Palestine were proud to host acclaimed journalist and author Ben White for an evening of discussion about his latest book Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel (Pluto, 2018). … Continue reading →
Posted March 25, 2019 in Apartheid, Book Launch, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting.
On 12th and 23th May 2018, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Trade Union Friends of Palestine and BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights were honoured to host an inspiring and action-focused weekend of talks from important voices in the Palestinian struggle for Freedom, Justice and Equality. Speakers over the course of two days included Omar Barghouti, Haneen Zoabi, Ali Abunimah, John Reynolds, Sahar Francis, Lubnah Shomali, Shir Hever, Mona El Farra, Jamal Juma’, Eitan Bronstein Aparicio, Fatin Al Tamimi and Eamon McMahon. Now we are pleased to present the … Continue reading →
Posted February 12, 2019 in Academic Boycott, Addameer, Al-HAq, Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BADIL, BDS, Boycott, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cultural Boycott, Dublin, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Event Report, Gaza, History, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Internment, Irish Government, Media Bias, Multimedia, Nakba, National Rights, PACBI, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Public Meeting, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, Uncategorized, United Nations, UNRWA, Video, War Crimes, West Bank, Women.
The 15th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week will take place in Ireland between 23rd February and 6th March 2019. IAW is an international series of events that seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people and build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. It now takes place in over 200 cities across the world, where events such as lectures, film screenings, direct action, cultural performances, postering, among many more help in grassroots organizing for effective solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle. Below you can find the events taking place in Ireland. Saturday 23rd … Continue reading →
Posted February 14, 2019 in Apartheid, Event, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, National Rights, Palestinian Cinema, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting.
The Irish Campaign to Boycott the Eurovision in 2019 in Israel welcomes the motion passed by the Dublin Broadcasting Branch of the NUJ on 29th January whereby it states it “will support any member, working in RTÉ or elsewhere, who chooses to exercise a conscientious objection towards involvement in coverage of the song contest.” The motion was passed by a large majority and represents a recognition that the Eurovision contest in Israel presents serious ethical issues for anyone who cares about human rights. We welcome this support for workers choosing not to participate in coverage of the contest, either in … Continue reading →
Posted February 5, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, RTE, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The following letter was sent to the Office of the Taoiseach in December 2018. Subject: Double Standards and Ireland’s human rights obligations re: Palestine and Israel On 13th November 2018 Richard Boyd Barrett TD asked Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to condemn Israeli acts of aggression in Gaza. These acts led to the deaths of 14 people – 12 of them at the hands of Israeli forces. Amongst widespread Israeli bombing, a TV station was destroyed, a university building and human rights centre damaged. Clear attacks on civilian infrastructure against the laws of war. Unfortunately, instead of condemning these acts, the Taoiseach … Continue reading →
Posted December 11, 2018 in Apartheid, Briefing Paper, Human Rights, Irish Government, Jerusalem, National Rights, Open Letter, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, UN, United Nations, 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#31 – Aida Touma-Sliman on ‘Israel’s New Apartheid Law’ [2018-11-15] – (Download here) INFO: On Thursday 15th November the IPSC hosted Aida Touma-Sliman MK, a Palestinian member of the Israel parliament. Ms. Touma-Sliman discussed the passage of Israel’s new apartheid ‘Nation State’ law in the context of the growth of rightwing extremism in Israel’s domestic and foreign policy, and the efforts to … Continue reading →
Posted December 4, 2018 in Apartheid, Dublin, Human Rights, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases.
In a letter published today in the Irish Times newspaper, Minister of State Finian McGrath and fifty other Irish TDs and Senators have called for an arms embargo to be placed on Israel, and for “an end to the bi-lateral arms trade between Ireland and the apartheid state”. In addition to independent Minister McGrath, the signatories include members of Sinn Féin, Solidarity-People Before Profit, Labour, the Green Party, Independents 4 Change and other independent members of the Oireachtas, who condemn “the shooting dead of some 205 [Palestinian] protestors, including 40 children, and wounding of more than 5,000 people by live … Continue reading →
Posted October 29, 2018 in Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Irish Times, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Sanctions, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Irish Campaign to boycott the Eurovision in Israel 2019, has secured the support of a further 20 public figures including actor Stephen Rea, and musical artists Mary Coughlan, Luka Bloom and the members of Kíla , have called on RTÉ not to participate and for musicians not to make submissions to the contest. The news comes just days after the Irish National Broadcaster RTÉ announced its call for entrants for the song contest. The other new endorsers include singers and musicians Grainne Holland, Tiona McSherry, and the members of FreeSpeakingMonkey, veteran LGBTQ campaigner Cathal Kerrigan, former Lord Mayor of … Continue reading →
Posted October 10, 2018 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Eurovision, Human Rights, Press releases.
Mike Murphy, Mary Black, Christy Moore, Charlie McGettigan, Mary Coughlan, Luka Bloom and Robert Ballagh are among 141 international artists who signed a letter supporting the Palestinian call for a boycott of Eurovision 2019 due to be hosted in Israel. Also among the signatories to the letter are Brian Eno, The Knife, Wolf Alice, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Moddi, Alia Shawkat, Roger Waters, Alexi Sayle, Julie Christie, AL Kennedy and Nick Seymour of Crowded House. In an open letter published in The Guardian this evening, they write: “Until Palestinians can enjoy freedom, justice and equal rights to all humans, there … Continue reading →
Posted September 7, 2018 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Eurovision, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases.
Dublin City Council votes to support Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement aimed at pressuring Israel to end occupation and obey international law DCC commits to discontinue contracts with HP and DXC, and calls for expulsion of Israeli Ambassador Press Release, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Monday 9th April 2018 UPDATE 2: Israel has reacted to the news of Dublin City Council’s vote by banning the Lord Mayor of Dublin Mícheál Mac Donncha from entry into Palestine and Israel, though due to an embarrassing clerical error by Apartheid Israel’s officials, the Mayor was indeed able to travel to Palestine this week. … Continue reading →
Posted April 9, 2018 in Apartheid, BDS, Dublin, HP, Human Rights, Irish Government, Israeli Embassy, Nakba, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, West Bank.
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