Child Prisoners
The Irish Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation John Halligan is on an official visit to the Palestine-Israel region at the moment. We are informed that as part of his itinerary he is due to meet Naftali Bennett, the Israeli Minster for Education, to discuss “innovation and education”. Bennett is one of the most reprehensible and racist figures in the current Israeli government, which itself is widely considered to be the most extremist in Israel’s history. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) believes that such a meeting should not take place, and furthermore, that there should be no cooperation … Continue reading →
Posted November 8, 2016 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Academics for Palestine, Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Defence for Children International, education, Email Campaign, Hasbara, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Open Letter, PACBI, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Sanctions.
As part of the annual Felie An Phobail, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) present two days of events in solidarity with the Palestinian people. All events are FREE and there will be stalls and exhibitions throughout the day. Palestine Day #1: Israel’s War on Palestinian Children Thursday 4th August 2016 St. Mary’s University College, Falls Road, Belfast. Schedule: 12-2 pm Palestinian Lunch. A selection of delicious homemade Palestinian food. There will be a small charge to cover costs. 2.00 pm Film: Small Hands in Handcuffs Anrai Carroll, 2014, 40 mins In October 2013, 16-year-old Anrai Carroll from Ireland travelled … Continue reading →
Posted July 28, 2016 in BDS, Belfast, Boycott, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Culture, Film, Film Premiere, Film Screening, Gaza, Human Rights, Internment, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Sanctions.
Today’s decision by Listowel Writers’ Week Festival to refuse funding from the Israeli Embassy in Ireland has been welcomed by artists, human rights campaigners and Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland, and is being hailed as victory for the growing Palestinian-led global Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement. The festival’s courageous and principled decision came after festival orgainsers were informed that the acceptance of any such funding would be in breach of the Palestinian civil society call for a cultural boycott of Israel, and after being contacted by concerned members of the public, several of them artists who are due to … Continue reading →
Posted May 24, 2016 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Hasbara, History, Human Rights, Irish Artists' Pledge to Boycott Israel, National Rights, PACBI, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Poetry, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
Today, April 17th, is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Yesterday IPSC branches in Dublin and Portadown hosted information stalls dedicated to the issue of political prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s jails – where torture and other physical and psychological ill treatment, denial of visitation rights, terrible food and appalling conditions are routine. Since 1967 Israeli has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinians – around 1/4 of the male population in the OPT – and currently holds over 7,640 political prisoners, including 700 internees, 68 women and 420 children, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl. All are treated with the same callousness regardless of age or … Continue reading →
Posted April 17, 2016 in Addameer, Child Prisoners, Event Report, G4S, Human Rights, Infographic, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Stop G4S, Women.
To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2016 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present Palestinian-Israeli lawyer Aouda Zbidat from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Her talk will be a first-hand account on the key human rights violations facing Palestinian Political Prisoners in occupied Palestine. Ms. Zbidat will speak in the following locations: LIMERICK: Mon 18 April, 7.30pm – Pery’s Hotel, Glentworth St CORK: Tuesday 19 April, 8pm – The Imperial Hotel, South Mall DUBLIN: Wed 20 April, 7pm – The Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place Some of the issues that Ms Zbidat will address in … Continue reading →
Posted April 5, 2016 in Addameer, Child Prisoners, Human Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Speaking Tour, Tour, Women.
As a strong supporter of the work of the Lajee Center in Aida refugee camp in occupied Palestine, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is happy to publish below a report back from the centre’s latest summer volunteer work camp from an Irishman who took part. The author would like to return to Aida in the future, therefore to reduce the risk of being denied re-entry by Israeli official, we have published this piece anonymously. The 15th Lajee Center International Summer Camp The Lajee Center’s 15th international summer camp brought over thirty volunteers to the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem between the … Continue reading →
Posted August 28, 2015 in BDS, Bethlehem, Child Prisoners, Culture, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Report, Yesh Din and tagged Aida, Aida Refugee Camp, Lajee Center.
On Thursday 16th April the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a solidarity action for Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails at the top of Grafton Street. For an hour members and supporters, including many from the Palestinian community stood with placards, banners and flags in very effective visual display to get the message out to the public about the appalling plight of the Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is April 17 every year, however due to this falling on a Friday this year, we are staged our event on April 16th to reach as many people on the late shopping … Continue reading →
Posted April 17, 2015 in Addameer, Amnesty, Apartheid, Child Prisoners, Commemoration, Demonstration, Dublin, Event, Event Report, G4S, Human Rights, Marwan Barghouthi, National Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Stop G4S, Women.
According to Addameer, the Palestinian prisoner support and human rights association, as of 1st February 2015 (the latest date for which figures are available) there were 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Of these, 454 were held under Administrative Detention (indefinitely renewable internment without charge or trial), 163 were minors, and 25 were female. Here’s our infographic of how that information looks. For more information, please see the Addameer factsheet here.
Posted April 17, 2015 in Addameer, Administrative Detention, Apartheid, Child Prisoners, Factsheet, Gaza, Human Rights, Infographic, Internment, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, West Bank, 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. 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.
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