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On Thursday 9th November the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) was proud to host an important public forum featuring four well-known Irish public figures who discussed their experiences of four separate fact-finding trips to Israeli-occupied Palestine. The meeting saw former-RTE broadcaster Mike Murphy, actor Neilí Conroy, and journalist and lecturer Dr. Harry Browne in conversation with Betty Purcell, TV producer and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commissioner. It took place on Thursday 9th November in Dublin. Note – there is a podcast of the event available here – the podcast includes the Q&A session with the audience, while the video does … Continue reading →
Posted November 13, 2017 in Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Dublin, Economic Boycott, education, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Event Report, Gaza, Gaza Action Ireland, Hasbara, History, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, International Law, Media Bias, Multimedia, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Click here to view all podcasts. ===== PP#24 – Mike Murphy, Neilí Conroy, Harry Browne and Betty Purcell on on ‘What We Saw In Palestine’ [2017-11-09] – (Download here) Note – there is a video of the event available here – the podcast includes the Q&A session with the audience, while the video does not. To visit Palestine see here, here, here, here and here. INFO: On Thursday 9th … Continue reading →
Posted November 13, 2017 in Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, Audio, BDS, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Divestment, Dublin, Economic Boycott, education, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Event Report, Gaza, Gaza Action Ireland, Hasbara, History, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, Media Bias, Multimedia, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, Video, War Crimes, West Bank.
Renowned Palestinian-American author and intellectual Steven Salaita will be delivering a series of free talks in Dublin and Limerick between 11th and 13th September. All events are free and everyone is welcome. Monday 11 Sept – Dublin, TCD: ‘BDS and the modern university’ Venue: Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin A free lecture organised by the TCD MPhil in Race Ethnicity and Conflict as part of their conference on ‘Freedom of Speech and Higher Education: The Case of the Academic Boycott of Israel‘. – More info Tuesday 12 Sept – Dublin: ‘Why Palestine Is Everyone’s Moral Issue’ Venue: Academy … Continue reading →
Posted August 28, 2017 in Academic Freedom, Academics for Palestine, BDS, Dublin, education, Event, History, Human Rights, National Rights, National Tour, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Speaking Tour, War Crimes.
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.
The Kildare branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) are delighted to announce a series of talks on Palestine and the Israeli occupation will take place in Naas over the next two months. The talks will take place on Monday evenings in the Town House Hotel at 8pm. The talks are free of charge though contributions will be gratefully accepted on the night. We’ve managed to put together a great line up of speakers who are all experts on the Palestinian situation. Below is the list of events, dates, and short bios of the speakers. We look forward to seeing you … Continue reading →
Posted September 28, 2016 in education, Event, Human Rights, Kildare, Naas, National Rights, Newbridge, palestine education, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting.
There has been an upsurge of violence in the Palestine-Israel region since October 1st. Settler attacks on Palestinians, which had been running at between 50 and 80 per month, have surged to over 120 attacks in the first week of October. These attacks include firebombings, shootings, burning crops and stoning houses – often under the protection of the army.[1] Israeli army and police have brutally attacked West Bank Palestinian demonstrators, with over 1,300 people injured by live and rubber-coated bullets. Against this background of widespread colonial violence against Palestinians, condemned by human rights groups like Amnesty International, there have been … Continue reading →
Posted October 13, 2015 in Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Briefing Paper, Campaigns, Demonstration, education, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Factsheet, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, Jerusalem, Media Bias, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
The following article was written by Stephen McCloskey, a member of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign who has written extensively on the occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank by Israel. Note: To download a PDF version of the article, please click here. Gaza: How far can it bend before it snaps? In December last Amnesty International warned that the Gaza Strip was ‘in the shadow of a public health catastrophe’ given the deteriorating living conditions for the region’s 1.7 million people, most of whom are refugees. Subjected to an Israeli blockade since 2007 that has devastated … Continue reading →
Posted March 27, 2014 in Apartheid, BDS, Briefing Paper, education, Egypt, Factsheet, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Siege of Gaza, Stephen McCloskey.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has welcomed the passing of motion calling on the National University of Galway (NUIG) Students’ Union to actively participate in the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel until it ends the occupation of Palestine and complies with its obligations under international law. yo The motion, which reads in full “That NUI Galway Students’ Union actively supports the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the State of Israel.” was passed by an almost 2 to 1 margin (1,954 to 1,054 votes) during a student referendum held on March 6th. NUIG Students’ Union becomes … Continue reading →
Posted March 8, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Divestment, education, Galway, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, Israeli Embassy, National Rights, NUIG, PACBI, Photos, Pledge, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Sanctions, Trade Unions, TUI, Video, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed the announcement that almost 140 Irish academics have signed up to pledge in support of an academic boycott of Israel until it complies fully with its obligations under international law. The pledge, organised by the group Academics for Palestine, and signed by 138 academics based in Ireland states: “In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for an institutional academic boycott of Israel, we pledge not to engage in any professional association with Israeli academic, research and state institutions and with those representing these institutions, until such time as Israel complies … Continue reading →
Posted February 20, 2014 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Academics for Palestine, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, education, 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.
Dr. David Landy of Academics for Palestine and the IPSC looks at the latest Times HES survey of world university rankings which reveals some surprising truths about the state of the Israeli academy. One reason we are always told that we can never ever boycott Israel is because of its sterling academic reputation. Israel, we have heard on countless occasions, is a paragon of science, medicine and humanities. If we boycott Israel we’ll be boycotting the cutting-edgiest of high-tech, the most miraculous research in medicine, the inventors of… well, just about everything Well, it seems that such talk of Israeli … Continue reading →
Posted October 4, 2013 in Academic Boycott, Academic Freedom, Analysis, BDS, Boycott, education, Hasbara, PACBI, Press releases.
On Wednesday 20th February 2013, the TCD Department of Sociology in collaboration with the Centre for Post-Conflict Justice at TCD hosted a public lecture, Surveillance, Fear and Israeli Colonialism by Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, a leading expert in the field of human rights and women’s rights in Israel/Palestine. Below is a video of what was a very interesting, challenging and often depressing presentation. Part One Part Two Video courtesy of Tommy Donnellan.
Posted February 22, 2013 in Apartheid, Dublin, education, Event Report, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Video, West Bank, Women.
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.
During the week of 20th to 27th February the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups marked the 8th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week with a series of actions and awareness raising events in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Belfast. Dublin, Thur 23: Première of ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ The IPSC was proud to present the Irish Premiere of the brand new film ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’, by film-makers Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson, a 90 minute documentary film looking at the current situation in Palestine through the lens of South African Apartheid; comparing the two regimes in a manner not flattering for … Continue reading →
Posted March 6, 2012 in Academic Boycott, Audio, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Cultural Boycott, Demonstration, Diamonds, Divestment, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, education, EU, Event, Event Report, Film Premiere, Gaza, Hate Apartheid, Human Rights, iaw2012, Irish Government, Israeli Apartheid Week, Marks & Spencer, Multimedia, National Rights, PACBI, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Public Meeting, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, Tesco, Total Produce, Trade Unions.
UPDATE: Here is the full report from Israeli Apartheid Week 2012. Israeli Apartheid Week is an annual international series of events held across the globe. The aim is to educate people about the nature of Israeli apartheid against the Palestinian people and to build the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement locally and globally. Last year, IAW took place in over 60 cities across the globe and this year the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is proud to again host a series of events in Ireland. IAW 2012 takes place following three years of incredible successes for the BDS movement on … Continue reading →
Posted February 15, 2012 in BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Cultural Boycott, Diamonds, Divestment, education, Event, Human Rights, iaw2012, Irish Government, Irish Ship To Gaza, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions.
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