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With the full backing of the US, and a virtual silence of the EU, from 1st of July, Apartheid Israel says it will begin the process of annexing some 30% of the Palestinian land it occupies, in total violation of international law. As this illegal annexation of large parts of Palestine looms, we’re asking people to mobilize to put pressure on politicians for real and meaningful action, not hollow platitudes, in defence of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination and freedom! Sign & Share the Avaaz petition First, we ask you to please sign and share this very … Continue reading →
Posted June 29, 2020 in Action Item, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Campaigns, Day of Action, Email Campaign, EU, Euro Med, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed news in the Israeli press that Ireland is one of eight EU countries demanding compensation from Israel for the destruction and theft of EU-funded humanitarian infrastructure in occupied Palestine. A report in Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz noted that: “Eight European Union countries wrote an official protest letter to Israel, demanding over €30,000 ($35,400) in compensation for confiscating and demolishing structures and infrastructure which the countries had built in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control … Belgium was leading the move. The other countries involved in drafting the … Continue reading →
Posted October 19, 2017 in Apartheid, Bedouin, EU, Euro Med, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, Press releases, Sanctions, War Crimes.
Last week, one of the most prominent legal journals in the world, The European Journal of International Law, published an article on its website affirming that the European Union and its member states have a legal obligation to stop all trade with illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. This indicates that opposition to trade with Israeli settlements is growing and becoming increasingly mainstream. As the EJIL article explains, Israel’s ongoing construction of illegal settlements on Palestinian land violates cardinal rules of international law like prohibit seizing of territory by force, forbid apartheid and population transfer as well as … Continue reading →
Posted April 10, 2017 in Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, ECCP, EU, EU Guidelines, Euro Med, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements.
Introductory note: The following statement, issued on 20th February 2017, outlines the position of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign towards the reported upcoming motion in Dáil Eireann concerning Irish recognition of a Palestinian state. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) fully supports the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination as guaranteed by UN General Assembly Resolution 3236. This right is the foremost and most fundamental human right of the Palestinian people and it is the basis of the Palestinian national liberation movement. It is an inalienable right of all Palestinians – those in the Occupied Territories, Palestinian citizens of Israel and … Continue reading →
Posted February 20, 2017 in Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is asking our members and supporters to make Justice for Palestine an issue in the 2016 Irish General Election. To make it easier for people, we have produced a short handout with three important questions to ask canvassers on the doorsteps, and have initiated a campaign asking the candidates to take the #PalestinePledges in support of the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality. The handout contains questions and important information related to a) the Irish arms trade with Israel, b) the EuroMed Agreement between the EU and Israel, and c) the call for a … Continue reading →
Posted February 9, 2016 in Arms Embargo, BDS, Campaigns, Email Campaign, Euro Med, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements.
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.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed An Taoiseach [Irish Prime Minister] Enda Kenny’s statement that shocking anti-Palestinian statements by members of the new Israeli cabinet are “not part of a philosophy of a democratic government working to bring about peace”. However, the IPSC remains disappointed; despite this recognition of the true character of the Netanyahu administration, the Irish government continues to refuse to implement any meaningful sanctions on Israel thereby allowing it to continue acting with impunity towards Palestinians. By not implementing sanctions our government is tacitly permitting Israel’s commission of human rights and international law violations. Responding to … Continue reading →
Posted June 10, 2015 in Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Campaigns, CRH, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Euro Med, G4S, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Video, War Crimes, West Bank.
Mass murdering war criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu, the butcher of Gaza, has emerged victorious in the Israeli general election, foisted to victory on the back of racist campaigning and a pledge for the permanent occupation of Palestine . As the IPSC pointed out, it really didn’t matter who came out on top in the election, the net result for Palestinians would still be occupation and apartheid – but the outcome is significant nonetheless. That Netanyahu and his party topped the poll for the third time in a row, and that the Zionist right in general did so well, should serve as … Continue reading →
Posted March 19, 2015 in Action Item, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Child deaths, ECCP, Economic Boycott, Email Campaign, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, Media Bias, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, Statements, The Media, UN, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank.
The ECCP – European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine has launched http://www.freepalestine.eu/, a new online platform that encourages people to contact members of the European parliament about the EU-Israel Association Agreement – please take a minute to contact your MEPs and let them know you support Israel’s suspension from the agreement. Click here to contact your MEPs – it only takes a minute so please take action!
Posted November 4, 2014 in Action Item, BDS, ECCP, Economic Boycott, Email Campaign, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, War Crimes, West Bank.
More than 350 human rights groups, trade unions and political parties from across Europe – including 16 from Ireland – have called for the EU to hold Israel accountable for its massacre of Gaza earlier this year by suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the main treaty between the EU and Israel. (See the full list of signatories by clicking here) Note: The ECCP has launched www.freepalestine.eu, an online platform that encourages people to contact members of the European parliament about the EU-Israel Association Agreement – please take a minute to contact your MEPs and let them know you support Israel’s … Continue reading →
Posted November 4, 2014 in Action Item, ECCP, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases.
This Briefing Document, After Gaza: Israeli impunity must end – there must be justice for Palestinians, was produced by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and was submitted to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in advance of the meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli Ambassadors to Ireland held on Wednesday 3rd September This is a fully updated and expanded version of a similar document we prepared in advance of the recent Seanad recall, taking into account the developments since then. We are pleased to make it available to the public. As an organisation that has played a key … Continue reading →
Posted September 8, 2014 in Analysis, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Briefing Paper, Economic Boycott, EU, Euro Med, Factsheet, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, UN, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank.
When Seanad Eireann was recalled to discuss the issue of Gaza on July 31st, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign issued the following briefing document to all Senators, and subsequently to all TDs and MEPs. As an organisation that has played a key role in mobilising thousands of people around the country to get active on this issue, we invite everyone to read and share the document as it outlines our view of the crisis and the political steps necessary to help bring justice to the Palestine-Israel region. The document explores and addresses eleven of the most common misconceptions about the attack … Continue reading →
Posted August 11, 2014 in Analysis, BDS, Briefing Paper, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, National Rights, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
Dear supporters, following on from the Seanad recall debate on Gaza on Thursday 31st July, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan made it clear that Ireland would not support any meaningful concrete action aimed at ending either the Israeli onslaught on Gaza or Israeli impunity in general. We find this very disappointing, as Ireland has supported sanctions on other countries in the past. We are asking those of you who find this situation unacceptable – especially after the Irish abstention in the vote at the UN Human Rights Council – to write to the following people. Below we provide … Continue reading →
Posted August 1, 2014 in Action Item, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Child deaths, Economic Boycott, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, Israeli Embassy, Political Rights, Press releases, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed Dublin City Council’s unanimous passing of a motion calling for an end to both the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza in which at least 184 Palestinian have been killed and the Israeli-imposed illegal siege of the coastal strip, as well as calling upon the Irish government to push for an arms embargo and trade sanctions on Israel. The motion also condemned the use of Administrative Detention, a form of internment without trial, by the Israeli state. The full text of the motion is below. At the start of the meeting, councillors observed a … Continue reading →
Posted July 15, 2014 in Addameer, Administrative Detention, Amnesty, Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Campaigns, Dublin, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, Internment, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written to the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, asking him to call for sanctions to be imposed on Israel as a result of its latest assault on Gaza. The letter, asking Minister Flanagan to try to safeguard innocent Palestinian civilians and take action to end Israeli impunity, was sent as the death toll from Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ rose to 172. Human rights organisations, including the internationally respected Palestinian Center for Human Rights, report that civilians have borne the brunt of this assault; 137 of the fatalities are civilians, including at least … Continue reading →
Posted July 14, 2014 in BDS, Campaigns, EU, Euro Med, Gaza, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Open Letter, Political Rights, Press releases, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
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