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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes the news that, more than a decade after winning the tender for the construction and operation of the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) which serves illegal Israeli colonial settlements in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem, Veolia’s subsidiary, Transdev, has divested itself from the Israeli market. As the website of the Israeli anti-occupation group Who Profits notes: “The approval of the deal by the Israeli authorities and the completion of the ownership transfer, earlier this month, mark an end to Veolia’s operations in the Israeli market in general and to its involvement in the controversial JLR project in … Continue reading →
Posted August 28, 2015 in BDS, BNC, Divestment, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Statements, Veolia, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is excited and honoured to host a speaking tour featuring Riya Hassan, the European coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee in Palestine. The tour marks ten years since the BDS call was issued from Palestine by a huge coalition of civil society, trade union, faith and political organisations.
Posted September 16, 2015 in Apartheid, BDS, Belfast, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, Cork, Day of Action, Divestment, Dublin, Economic Boycott, Ennis, Event, Galway, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, National Tour, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Public Meeting, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Speaking Tour, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has distributed the following important and informative new briefing paper to members of the Oireachtas, members of the European Parliament and members of local Irish councils. Titled Israel 2015: A government of extremists in charge of an-out-of control military, the paper is an in-depth investigation the extremist nature of the new Israeli government, the shocking views of its leading members, and the appalling recent record of the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. Finally the document makes a series of recommendations that we believe the Irish government must take to help ensure that Israel is held to … Continue reading →
Posted May 26, 2015 in Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Bedouin, BNC, Boycott, Breaking the Silence, Briefing Paper, Campaigns, Child deaths, Defence for Children International, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, EU Guidelines, Euro Med, Factsheet, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, Statehood, UN, War Crimes, West Bank.
Irish media continues to frequently ignore important stories emerging from Palestine-Israel, stories that are vital to context setting and framing during those times when the issue actually does hit international headlines. By ignoring such stories, which expose the true nature of Palestinian life under military occupation and apartheid, the media can only be considered to be complicit via their silence. Therefore the IPSC continues with our new weekly round up of the most important stories that you may have missed if your only source of information is the Irish mainstream media. #1. Israel pressures UN to remove it from a … Continue reading →
Posted March 25, 2015 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Academics for Palestine, Al Mezan, Analysis, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, Arms Embargo, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Culture, Dublin, Flotilla, Gaza, Human Rights, Jerusalem, Media Bias, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, The Wall, TWIP, UN, UN Report, War Crimes, Women.
Irish media continues to frequently ignore important stories emerging from Palestine-Israel, stories that are vital to context setting and framing during those times when the issue actually does hit international headlines. By ignoring such stories, which expose the true nature of Palestinian life under military occupation and apartheid, the media can only be considered to be complicit via their silence. Therefore the IPSC continues with our new weekly round up of the most important stories that you may have missed if your only source of information is the Irish mainstream media. #1. At least 2 Palestinians were among the 40 … Continue reading →
Posted March 16, 2015 in Amnesty, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Child Prisoners, Gaza, Human Rights, Media Bias, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, Siege of Gaza, The Media, TWIP, West Bank.
On Wednesday 17th December members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign handed in a petition signed by over 8,000 people calling on Irish supermarket chain Dunnes Stores to make a public commitment that their outlets will not stock goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The petition – signatures for which were collected on streets around Ireland during 2014 – was initiated to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the 1984 Dunnes Stores anti-Apartheid strike by IDATU (now called Mandate) trade union members in Dublin’s Henry Street, and calls on Dunnes to support justice for … Continue reading →
Posted December 17, 2014 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Campaigns, Demonstration, Dublin, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, EU, Event Report, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Report, Sanctions, Settlements, Trade Unions, Video, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today hailed the Irish government’s decision to award the lucrative JobPath state contract to tender applicants other than the Anglo-Danish G4S security firm. The IPSC had run a campaign calling on the government not to grant this to G4S which it says both enables and profiteers from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The IPSC, along with several other human rights organisations and concerned individuals, sent a letter to the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, under whose auspices the JobPath scheme is being operated, outlining our opposition to the inclusion of G4S in the scheme … Continue reading →
Posted October 10, 2014 in Addameer, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Campaigns, Child Prisoners, Divestment, G4S, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Statements.
Today, 12th August, is the fourth anniversary of the launch of the Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel, which now boasts more than 460 signatories from all walks of the creative and performing arts. The pledge reads as follows: “In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights.” – For the … Continue reading →
Posted August 12, 2014 in BDS, BNC, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, PACBI, Pledge, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes, West Bank.
STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COORDINATION OF COMMITTEES AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR PALESTINE (ECCP)1ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: On 9 July, 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Advisory Opinion titled Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in which it concluded that “the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime, are contrary to international law”. The court rejected the Israeli claim that the wall is merely a temporary ‘security barrier’ … Continue reading →
Posted July 5, 2014 in BNC, CRH, ECCP, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Statements, Stop the Wall, The Wall, War Crimes, West Bank.
Press Release from Academics for Palestine: Irish academic researchers collaborated in EU-funded projects with Israeli counterparts who make drones, develop high-tech weapons and engage in “counter-terror” activities with the Mossad, it was revealed today. In all, Irish universities have collaborated with Israel in 257 projects to date, seven of them listed as “security” and 13 as “aerospace”. These EU research programmes are administered by Irish Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. The information on Irish-Israeli research links was gathered through the examination of publicly available EU documents by members of Academics for Palestine (AfP), a new organisation launched today in Dublin. The group … Continue reading →
Posted February 20, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, BNC, Boycott, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
Academics for Palestine – Press Release, 14th February 2014 MORE THAN 120 Irish academics have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli institutions until Palestinian rights are respected. The number is expected to increase as more lecturers learn about the growing campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel – a campaign led by Palestinians that is gaining global support. “The conflict in Palestine has now reached its ‘South African moment’ – the point at which Israeli apartheid has been recognised as such by the international community,” Prof Haim Bresheeth, a noted London-based film-maker and academic from Israel, said today. … Continue reading →
Posted February 16, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, education, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
In open letter issued today Monday 19th August, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd urged fellow artists to respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel until it ends its occupation of Palestinian lands and complies fully with its obligations under international law. The 69-year old musical veteran and co-founder of rock legends Pink Floyd was prompted to issue the letter following the BBC’s decision to censor words supportive of Palestinian human rights spoken by violinist Nigel Kennedy during a live broadcast. In the letter, appended below, Waters addresses his “brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and … Continue reading →
Posted August 19, 2013 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Campaigns, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, The Wall, UN, War Crimes and tagged Roger Waters.
Statement from the Palestinian BNC: New European Union guidelines will prevent Israeli ministries, public bodies and businesses that operate in occupied Palestinian territory from receiving loans worth hundreds of millions of Euros each year from the European Investment Bank, it emerged today. The EU will also stop awarding grant funding to Israeli ministries, public bodies or private businesses for activities that take place in occupied Palestinian territory, even if they are headquartered inside Israel’s pre-1967 borders. . According to a leaked version of the guidelines, the EU aims to ensure that its own institutions respect the obligation to not recognize … Continue reading →
Posted July 18, 2013 in BDS, BNC, EU, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements, West Bank.
Statement by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2013: The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) condemns the racist and colonial “Prawer Plan” which was adopted by the Israeli government as official policy and recently passed by parliament (Knesset) in the first reading. This plan calls for ethnically cleansing tens of thousands of Bedouin Palestinian citizens of Israel by confiscating hundreds of thousands of dunams [1] of land that they have owned for generations in the Naqab and destroying their homes and communities to expand Jewish-only settlements in the Naqab. On today’s 8th anniversary of the Palestinian BDS … Continue reading →
Posted July 9, 2013 in Apartheid, BDS, Bedouin, BNC, Boycott, Human Rights, Inter-Parliamentary Union, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Statements.
At its Annual Congress on Thursday 4th April 2013, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) became the first academic union in Europe to endorse the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel. The motion, which refers to Israel as an “apartheid state”, calls for “all members to cease all cultural and academic collaboration with Israel, including the exchange of scientists, students and academic personalities, as well as all cooperation in research programmes” was passed by a unanimous vote during today’s morning session. The motion further calls on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to “step up its campaign for … Continue reading →
Posted April 4, 2013 in Academic Boycott, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Cultural Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, TUI, West Bank.
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