Economic Boycott
Between 1st and 8th March, Ireland took part in the 10th annual Israeli Apartheid Week with a series of events including meetings and protests organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). On Saturday 1st March, the Dublin IPSC branch of the kicked off IAW with a Boycott Israeli Goods day of action. We visited four city centre supermarkets, making consumers aware of their presence, the connection between these products and the occupation of Palestine and asking people to boycott them. We also handed in letters of protest to the management of each store, asking them to cease sticking Israeli goods. … Continue reading →
Posted March 19, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Addameer, Apartheid, Audio, BDS, Cork, Day of Action, Demonstration, Dublin, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Event Report, Factsheet, Galway, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, Israeli Embassy, Lidl, Limerick, Marks & Spencer, Multimedia, National Rights, National Tour, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Public Meeting, Sanctions, Speaking Tour, Tour, Trade Unions, War Crimes, Women.
On Saturday 1st March, the Dublin branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign kicked off Israeli Apartheid Week 2014 with a Boycott Israeli Goods day of action. We visited four city centre supermarkets, making consumers aware of their presence, the connection between these products and the occupation of Palestine and asking people to boycott them. We also handed in letters of protest to the management of each store, asking them to cease sticking Israeli goods. Departing from Dublin’s Spire with our ‘Boycott Israeli Apartheid’ banner, and the ‘Dustin of History’ asking people to ‘Bin Apartheid, It’s Rubbish’, our first stop was … Continue reading →
Posted March 2, 2014 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Day of Action, Dublin, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, Event Report, Gaza, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, Tesco, War Crimes, West Bank.
On February 4th 2014 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign made a 14-page submission to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s ‘Review of Ireland’s Foreign Policy and External Relations’. You can read the IPSC submission ‘A review of Ireland’s foreign policy approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’ by clicking here. Background In Decemeber 2013 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: “invited [people] to have your say on what our foreign policy priorities and goals should be” [and that] “submissions can address any issue related to Ireland’s foreign policy which they consider to be of relevance“ As the Department also … Continue reading →
Posted February 6, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Briefing Paper, Campaigns, Divestment, Economic Boycott, EU, EU Guidelines, Euro Med, Gaza, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Irish government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is soliciting individual contributions for a “review of Ireland’s Foreign Policy and External Relations”. Note: The CLOSING DATE is 5pm on Tuesday 4th February. According to the Department website: “you are invited to have your say on what our foreign policy priorities and goals should be”. Further, it states that “Individuals making a submission can address any issue related to Ireland’s foreign policy which they consider to be of relevance, including any not explicitly raised in this document“ As the Department also believes that “respect for and the promotion of human … Continue reading →
Posted January 30, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Action Item, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, Arms Embargo, BDS, Bedouin, Boycott, Child Prisoners, CRH, Divestment, Economic Boycott, EU, EU Guidelines, Euro Med, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, The Wall, UN, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank.
UPDATE (30/01/2014): Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam role following public outcry Scarlett Johansson has announced that she is resigning her role as Oxfam ambassador following a huge outcry over her role as the public face of a ad campaign by SodaStream, an Israeli company that based in an illegal Israeli settlement. Read more here. Note: Below you can also still sign the petition calling on Ms. Johannson to drop her endorsement of occupation profiteers SodaStream. ==== On January 10, 2014, occupation profiteer SodaStream announced that Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson had become their first-ever Global Brand Ambassador and will be starring in SodaStream’s Super … Continue reading →
Posted January 28, 2014 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Economic Boycott, Email Campaign, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign tentatively welcomed the EU decision reported yesterday that from 2014 any future agreements between Israel and the European Union will have to “unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967”. Furthermore, according to an Israeli official quoted in Haaretz, such agreements will be consequent on Israel recognising “in writing that the West Bank [and East Jerusalem] settlements are not part of Israel”. IPSC Chairperson Martin O’Quigley said, that “after an initial reading of the guidelines, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign tentatively welcomes this decision. We sincerely hope, and will push for, … Continue reading →
Posted July 17, 2013 in Apartheid, Bedouin, Boycott, Campaigns, Divestment, ECCP, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, Statements, War Crimes, West Bank.
Occupied Palestine, 15 February 2013 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a broad coalition of the largest Palestinian civil society organizations, trade unions and NGO networks, supports the outcomes of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements[1] that calls for boycotts and sanctions as measures required to end the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise. The BNC calls upon states, members of the Human Rights Council, to adopt the report, and on all governments and business enterprises to implement its recommendations. The BNC also calls upon conscientious citizens and civic organizations worldwide to use this report as … Continue reading →
Posted February 19, 2013 in Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Economic Boycott, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Statements, The Wall, United Nations, West Bank.
All opposition parties in the Dail have called on Tainiste and Minster for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, to take action to secure a ceasefire in the Israeli assault on Gaza which has now left 105 Palestinians dead, including 70 civilians, and over 800 injured since Israeli sabotaged an Egyptian brokered ceasefire last Wendesday. The latest figures from the Irish-Aid funded Palestinian Centre for Human Rights confirm that of the 105 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces, 23 are children and 12 are women and that civilians make up two thirds of the casualties. Of the 805 injuries, 786 are civilians, … Continue reading →
Posted November 20, 2012 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Diamonds, Divestment, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
Israel is bombarding Gaza from air and sea. There is a rising death toll and fears that Israel is preparing to launch a ground invasion. The latest attack on Gaza, called ‘Operation Pillar of Cloud’ comes four years after the devastating ‘Operation Cast Lead’, in which Israel massacred over 1400 Palestinians. We can’t let it happen again! Here are five very simple things you can do to help stop the Israeli assault on Gaza. 1. Email your public representatives and ask them to demand the Irish Government take action to end to the Israeli attacks. (Takes 1 minute) 2. Email or … Continue reading →
Posted November 17, 2012 in Action Item, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Diamonds, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
On November 14th Israel launched ‘Operation Pillar of Cloud’ on the population of Gaza. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has confirmed that 13 people have been killed including 2 children and a pregnant woman and a further 115 have been injured since yesterday. The bombardment has taken the form of airstrikes, mortars from land and shelling from the sea. There have been over 150 strikes in total. In reality this is just the continuation of a week of military assaults on Gaza which in total have already left at least 19 people dead, including 5 children, and scores wounded. … Continue reading →
Posted November 15, 2012 in BDS, Demonstration, Economic Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Statements, War Crimes.
Israel is again attacking the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip with extreme and indiscriminate violence. We ask you to send the below letter (or one of your own composition), which calls on the Irish Government to immediately demand that Israel cease these attacks and comply with international law, to An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore. You can email the Tánaiste at eamon.gilmore@oir.ie or call (01) 4082000 and leave a message. It will only take two minutes! ========== Sample Letter Dear Minister, I am contacting you as I am very concerned about the recent Israeli … Continue reading →
Posted November 16, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, Economic Boycott, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Pillar of Cloud, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes.
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.
Update (30/09/2012) The Irish NGO Trocaire has also launched a campaign on this issue aimed at TDs, please take the time to mail your local TDS using the form on Trocaire’s website by clicking here. — On Wednesday 19th September the Irish Times newspaper reported that an the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade was “to write to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamonn Gilmore, calling for a national ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements”, following a full briefing from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign supports this limited … Continue reading →
Posted September 25, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Economic Boycott, EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Settler Violence.
UPDATE (23/10/2012): Sadly, the ACAA vote passed this evening by 379 votes to 230. The IPSC would like to thank everyone who mobilised on this issue and all the MEPs who voted against rewarding Israeli Apartheid and war crimes. It is shameful to see the EU, the recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, vote to improve trade relations with a serial human rights abusing state like Israel. ==== Last month, organisations and activists across Europe took action together to persuade the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament to block a new trade protocol with Israel. Thousands of people … Continue reading →
Posted October 17, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, Economic Boycott, EU, Human Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
On September 18 the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament is set to vote on a new trade agreement with Israel. If passed, the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) would remove barriers to trade between Israel and member states in industrial products, especially pharmaceuticals. Such an agreement would strengthen EU-Israel relations and would reward Israel for its continued violations of international law. The European Union claims to implement a policy of “positive engagement” with Israel. This policy has failed: despite numerous EU condemnations, Israel has continued its gross infringements of universal human rights with … Continue reading →
Posted September 11, 2012 in Action Item, Apartheid, Appeal, BDS, BNC, Economic Boycott, EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, War Crimes.
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