Apartheid Wall
The announcement of 200 new jobs in an economically deprived area of West Belfast has been widely welcomed. Unfortunately the company providing these jobs, Caterpillar, has a record that is not something to celebrate. Caterpillar is the subject of an international divestment campaign because its equipment has been routinely used by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes and destroy farmland. It is also used in the building of illegal settlements and wall in the occupied Palestinian territories. Furthermore, Caterpillar bulldozers have also killed several people, including the crushing to death of US human rights activist Rachel Corrie ten years ago next … Continue reading →
Posted February 18, 2013 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Belfast, Caterpillar, Divestment, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, Press releases, Settlements, The Wall, War Crimes, West Bank.
A “thought for Christmas”, posted by the Israeli Embassy in Dublin on its official Facebook page this week, said that if Jesus Christ and his mother Mary were alive today they would “probably end up being lynched in Bethlehem by hostile Palestinians”. After an outcry and backlash at the racism on display, the post in question was removed and replaced with a mealy-mouthed apology. Subsequently, the entire ‘Israel in Ireland’ Facebook page was removed, at least temporarily. However, for those familiar with Israeli policy and public statements by official Israeli spokespeople and politicians, such derogatory words and overt displays of … Continue reading →
Posted December 19, 2012 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Bethlehem, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Press releases, Prisoners, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, The Wall, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank and tagged Bethlehem.
Below are some recently issued reports on the Palestinian issue that will be of interest to our supporters. 1. Caabu – The Council for British-Arab Understanding: “Palestinian Prisoners: No Security in Injustice” (September 2012) 2. B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: “Arrested Development: The Long Term Impact of Israel’s Separation Barrier in the West Bank” (October 2012) 3. Addameer – Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association: “Eyes on Israeli Military Court: A Collection of Impressions” (October 2012) 4. Gideon Levy in Haaretz: “Survey: Most Israelis support an apartheid regime in Israel” (October 2012) … Continue reading →
Posted November 5, 2012 in Adalah, Addameer, Al-HAq, Alternative Information Center, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, B'Tselem, CAABU, Child Prisoners, Christian Aid, Crisis Action, Divestment, Economic Boycott, EU, Factsheet, Human Rights, Israel Democracy Institute, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Report, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, The Wall, Trocaire, UN Report, United Nations, West Bank.
As a Palestinian organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq has, for the past ten years, witnessed with growing concern Israel’s continued construction of what Professor John Dugard, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967, has termed “the Annexation Wall.” Since the outset, the construction of the Wall in the OPT has faced international condemnation on the basis of its illegality under international law. In 2004, the International Court of Justice called on Israel to cease construction of the … Continue reading →
Posted June 19, 2012 in Al-HAq, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, Campaigns, Email Campaign, Human Rights, Irish Government, Multimedia, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, The Wall, West Bank.
Graffiti artists in Palestine have made it clear to Irish cement multinational CRH what they think of the activities of their Israeli subsidiary Mashav. Mashav, in which CRH holds a 25% stake, own Nesher cement – Israel’s sole cement manufacturing company. Nesher cement is used in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, Israeli settlements and related infrastructure, all declared illegal by the International Court of Justice in its 2004 ruling. CRH is aiding and abetting, and literally concretising, Israel’s apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. For more about CRH’s involvement, please see this section of our website. On Saturday 7th … Continue reading →
Posted April 10, 2012 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Campaigns, CRH, Divestment, Event Report, Human Rights, Multimedia, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, The Wall, West Bank.
PLEASE SIGN THIS IMPORTANT PETITION BY CLICKING HERE. We are asking the Ireland based company, CRH plc, to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people by divesting their 25% share of Israel’s sole cement producer, Nesher Cement Enterprises . This cement is being extensively used in the construction of the illegal West Bank wall and the massive expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine. These activities are illegal under international law. In order to make way for these construction projects Palestinian homes are being demolished and their farms are being destroyed daily. Life for the Palestinian … Continue reading →
Posted March 29, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Campaigns, CRH, Divestment, Human Rights, Petition, Press releases, The Wall, West Bank.
People walking into Wexford town’s iconic Bullring on Saturday 24th March 2012 found themselves face to face with sirens, soldiers manning a menacing checkpoint, and a scale model of Israel’s illegal West Bank wall. Luckily it was just part of a street theatre event organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) to highlight awareness of the day to day horrors being endured by the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation, and highlighting the role Irish cement multinational CRH plays in the building of Israel’s Apartheid Wall and illegal Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank. To sign the IPSC’s petition calling … Continue reading →
Posted March 28, 2012 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Divestment, Event Report, Human Rights, Multimedia, National Rights, Petition, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, Street Theatre, The Wall, Video, West Bank.
On Saturday March 10th the IPSC’s ‘CRH and the Israeli Apartheid Wall Roadshow’ came to Limerick for a street theatre event. Members of the Limerick branch of the IPSC, as well as colleagues from the Dublin branch and friends from Clare and Galway, participated in the colourful event which attracted much attention from Limerick people. The street theatre event was designed to raise awareness of Irish company Cement Roadstone Holdings’ complicity in the building of the apartheid wall, declared illegal by the International Court of Justice in 2004. Hundreds of people signed a petition calling on: “CRH plc, to respect the … Continue reading →
Posted March 13, 2012 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Divestment, education, Event Report, Human Rights, Multimedia, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Video.
Hi friends. The Monthly Palestine Street Awareness Campaign and march for Boycotting Israeli products is happening this coming Saturday 31st March, Daunt Square, Cork City at 1pm. Also, we will be distributing sponsorship cards on Saturday for our upcoming Hill Walk in the Galtee Mountains on the 15th of April if you would like to join the walk or know of anyone else who might be interested. Also, the following month on Saturday the 28th April, we will have the CRH Apartheid Wall Road Show in Cork. We will be looking for as many volunteers as possible to inform the … Continue reading →
Posted March 29, 2012 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Demonstration, Divestment, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, Event, Gaza, Human Rights, Marks & Spencer, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Tesco, The Wall, West Bank.
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