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Earlier today, SumOfUs published the report “AXA: Financing War Crimes” which shows that the French insurance giant AXA invests over $91 million in Israel’s largest private security and military company, Elbit Systems, and Israel’s five main banks, which operate in and serve Israel’s illegal settlements. Elbit Systems, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot, First International Bank of Israel and Israel Discount Bank all support Israel’s illegal settlements and associated infrastructure, in addition to the unlawful use of armed force against Palestinians. This makes AXA complicit in serious violations of international law. It also violates AXA’s own responsible investment policies. Send … Continue reading →
Posted July 8, 2019 in Action Item, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, AXA, BDS, Boycott, Divestment, Email Campaign, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Settlements, War Crimes.
Around the world the space for standing up for Palestinian freedom and rights is being shut down by those that oppose our shared values. They are using false claims of antisemitism to deny the Palestinian reality of living under Israel’s colonial system of Apartheid, occupation, oppression and dispossession. We are now reaching a critical point. Attacks are moving from smear campaigns that fuel fear and hate to political and legal initiatives that are restricting freedom of speech and the right to hold those committing injustice accountable. This is happening in the US, Germany, France, UK and elsewhere in Europe – as … Continue reading →
Posted July 1, 2019 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Video.
Between 13th and 20th July branches of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign around the country will be taking part in the Boycott HP global week of action, calling on HP to end its profiteering from Apartheid Israel’s colonial occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people. We will be on the streets asking people to boycott Hewlett Packard (HP) and highlighting their complicity and facilitation of Israel’s crimes against the people of Palestine. We will also collect signatures on our ‘Boycott HP Pledge’. We’ll be hitting the streets in the following locations: Saturday 13th July Dublin: 12.30pm – 4pm, Henry St, Dublin … Continue reading →
Posted July 4, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Belfast, BNC, Boycott, Derry, Divestment, Dublin, Ennis, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, HP, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
Fatin Al Tamimi, Chairperson of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) spoke at the #StopTrump demonstration in Dublin on 6th June 2019. You can watch the video here, or read the full text below. A contingent of people from the IPSC also took part in the protest march, and there are some pictures of the demo following the speech. Speech by Fatin Al Tamimi, 6th June 2019: In my life I wear many hats – I am a woman, an immigrant, an exile, an Arab, a Muslim, an anti-war and anti-apartheid activist, a mother, and I am a Palestinian. These are some … Continue reading →
Posted June 7, 2019 in Apartheid, Audio, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Human Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Right of Return, Right to BDS, USA, Video, War Crimes.
With US President Donald Trump set to visit Ireland and be feted by our government next week, there will be protests around the country against this warmonger and viciously anti-Palestinian racist. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) encourages all our members and supporters to attend these protests to let Trump and our government know that bigoted, misogynistic warmongers are not welcome on our shores. In particular we ask supporters based in or near Dublin to join the Palestine bloc on the Dublin protest on Thursday 6th June, and those based near Shannon to join the ongoing protest there. The Trump-Netanyahu Axis … Continue reading →
Posted May 30, 2019 in Apartheid, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, Galway, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Shannonwatch, War Crimes.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK – BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR TODAY The Trump-Netanyahu Axis of Racism is an ongoing disaster for the Palestinian people. The Trump administration has enacted a series of harsh policies, including recognising occupied Jerusalem as the capital of apartheid Israel, recognising the illegal annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights, threatening the International Criminal Court, and cutting all funding to UNRWA, the agency responsible for providing education and healthcare to millions of Palestinian refugees. Meanwhile, attempts continue to brutally suppress Palestinian resistance, with almost 200 unarmed protesters deliberately shot dead and thousands wounded in Gaza, and thousands of prisoners … Continue reading →
Posted April 23, 2019 in Apartheid, Appeal, BDS, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Sanctions, War Crimes.
It’s that time of year again, when politicians come knocking on doors looking for your vote. This May there will be European and Local elections in Ireland north and south. While domestic issues are, as always, likely to dominate the discussions, we believe it is vitally important that the issue of Palestine is kept firmly in the minds and mouths of all our politicians. The very essence of the Palestine solidarity movement is to ‘think globally, act locally’ – and we have seen impressive local support for Palestinian freedom by many local councils over the past decade. We need to … Continue reading →
Posted April 29, 2019 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, Elections, EU, Free Speech, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Pledge, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Sanctions, War Crimes.
A petition signed by over 7,000 people which asks Ireland’s Eurovision entrant Sarah McTernan to pull out of the song contest in Apartheid Israel this week has been delivered to the singer ahead of her scheduled appearance in this Thursday’s semi-final. The signatures were collected online and on the streets over the past two months. The delivery comes a day after Galway City Council passed a motion supporting calls for a boycott of the controversial contest, noting that “it will be openly used for political and militaristic propaganda purposes”. Galway is the third local council to make such a call, … Continue reading →
Posted May 14, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Galway, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, Jerusalem, Nakba, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, RTE, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
Airbnb just did the worst thing. After announcing they’d ban vacation rentals in illegal Israeli settlements from their platform, Airbnb did a complete reversal and will continue to allow rental suites on the ruins of Palestinian lives and land. This is Palestinian land that Palestinians are not allowed to enter, but Airbnb has decided they’re ok helping everyone else going to this stolen land for their vacations. This is a despicable decision, and we’re going to show them what we think of this with a Deactivate Airbnb day of action. We’ll take action on May 15th, Nakba Day – a day … Continue reading →
Posted May 9, 2019 in Action Item, AirBNB, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, International Law, Nakba, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Right of Return, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
In an Open Letter published in today’s Irish Times, 32 veterans of the Irish movement against South African apartheid have called for an Irish boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest due to be held in Israel next week, comparing Israel to Apartheid-era South Africa. It is the latest move in the Irish Campaign to Boycott Eurovision 2019 in Apartheid Israel. The signatories to the letter include renowned Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers Mary Manning and Karen Gearon, former Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement (IAAM) Gary Kilgallen, Rafique Mottiar and Louise Asmal respectively. Further signatories comprise 10 former … Continue reading →
Posted May 10, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Eurovision, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
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