Event Report
On Saturday, 1st December, the Portadown branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was privileged to host Asad Abushark as the guest speaker at a public meeting in the Drumcree Community Centre. Asad Abushark is an official spokesperson for the Palestinian people’s Great March of Return. Since March of this year, over 200 people have been shot dead and thousands more have been shot and wounded by Israeli military forces while taking part in weekly March of Return protests. During his wide-ranging and very informative talk, Asad traced the history of the Palestinian people’s struggle for national liberation from the signing … Continue reading →
Posted December 3, 2018 in BDS, Event Report, Human Rights, Nakba, National Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Public Meeting, Refugees, Right of Return, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) Chairperson Fatin Al Tamimi was a speaker alongside the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, author Nell Regan, the indomitable community workers Rita Fegan and Fidelma Bonass at an International Women’s Day event in Dublin’s Richmond Barracks, organised by the St. Michaels Estate Family Resource Centre. Ms. Tamimi’s speech praised the role of women in the Palestinian fight for freedom, justice and equality, and located the struggle for Palestinian liberty within the broader struggle against oppression and injustice everywhere. She ended by reading a poem entitled ‘Here We Shall Stay’ by Palestinian poet Tawfiq Ziad. During … Continue reading →
Posted March 8, 2018 in BDS, Culture, Event Report, Human Rights, International Law, International Women's Day, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Culture, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Video, War Crimes, Women.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in association with Students for Justice in Palestine and United Against Racism organised a solidarity vigil to protest the imprisonment of Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian child prisoners outside the gates of the Dail (Irish Parliament) at lunchtime on Thursday 25th January 2018. The protest was well attended with many members of the Irish parliament attending including TDs Dessie Ellis, Maureen O’Sullivan, Pat Buckley, Richard Boyd Barret, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Maurice Quinlivan, John Brady and Joan Collins, and Senators David Norris, Padraig MacLochlainn, Alice Mary Higgins, Niall Ó Donnghaile and Grace O’Sullivan. … Continue reading →
Posted January 25, 2018 in Addameer, Apartheid, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Defence for Children International, Dublin, Egypt, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Sanctions, UN, UNICEF, UNOCHA, UNRWA, War Crimes.
To commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Israeli ‘Operation Cast Lead’ attack on Gaza, and to highlight Israeli’s ongoing brutality coupled with the cruel and illegal siege of Gaza, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) staged a series of solidarity vigils around Ireland on New Years’ Eve. Protesters gathered on the Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge, Sligo’s Hyde Bridge, Derry’s Peace Bridge, Thomas Street in Limerick, in Galway’s Eyre Square, and even on the Cliffs of Moher to remember the victims of the attacks on Gaza in 2008/9, 2012, 2014 and all the killings that have taken place over the past three years, … Continue reading →
Posted January 2, 2018 in Apartheid, BDS, Day of Action, Derry, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Galway, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
In protest at the Trump Administration’s decision to recognise Israeli-occupied Jerusalem as the capital of apartheid Israel and move the US Embassy there, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held an emergency lunchtime demonstration outside the US Embassy in Dublin on a bitterly cold Friday, 8th December. A large number of people gathered to denounce the move, and there were speeches from the Lord Mayor Of Dublin Micheál Mac Donncha, Dublin City Councillor John Lyons, and Martin O’Quigley from the IPSC. A letter of protest was handed in to the Embassy, reading: We are writing on behalf of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity … Continue reading →
Posted December 12, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, Event Report, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, USA.
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.
On the evening of the 29th November 2017, to mark the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) hosted an evening of Palestinian culture in the Oak Room of the Mansion House, the Mayor’s official residence. Scores of IPSC campaigners, activists from other solidarity and human rights groups, and City Councillors, Senators and TDs gathered to experience a showcase of Palestinian culture in the form of music, song, poetry, and of course, food. Although unable to make it, President Michael D. Higgins sent good wishes to all present. … Continue reading →
Posted December 1, 2017 in BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, PACBI, Poetry, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return.
On Friday 10th November, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Mícheál Mac Donncha officially launched the 2018 ‘Life in Palestine’ calendar produced by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). Also speaking were Ms. Jilan Abdalmajid, Deputy Head of the Mission of the State of Palestine to Ireland, IPSC Chairperson Ms. Fatin Al Tamimi, and Jim Bowen from the IPSC’s Cork Branch. TO BUY THE CALENDAR CLICK HERE — https://www.ipsc.ie/store The theme of this year’s calendar is ‘Life in Palestine’, and every month explores a different aspect of the lives of ordinary Palestinians, and the difficulties and injustices they face living under Israeli’s … Continue reading →
Posted November 10, 2017 in Academic Freedom, Apartheid, BDS, Bethlehem, Book Launch, Cork, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Diamonds, Divestment, Dublin, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Gaza, History, Home Demolitions, HP, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, Nakba, National Rights, Online Store, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, The Wall, Video, War Crimes, West Bank, Women.
Today the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and the Balfour Declaration Centenary Campaign (BDCC), joined by members of the Palestinian community, hosted a symbolic demonstration outside the British Embassy in Dublin to commemorate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. At the gathering, the IPSC handed in a letter calling for Britain to take action to atone for its historic and ongoing role in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people. On 2nd of November 1917, in furtherance of its imperial ambitions in the Middle East, the British Government under Lloyd George made a promise to the Zionist Federation that it would ‘establish … Continue reading →
Posted November 2, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, British Government, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes.
On Saturday 28th October 2017 members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign engaged in street theatre in Dublin’s Grafton Street shopping district. The action explored the experiences of Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season, which is underway right now. The period always sees an uptick in the number of violent attacks on Palestinian farmers and their olive groves by illegal Israeli colonial settlers, backed up by the Israeli occupation forces. Olive trees carry more than an economic significance in the lives of Palestinians. They are not just like any another trees, they are symbolic of Palestinians’ attachment to … Continue reading →
Posted October 28, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, Culture, Day of Action, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Factsheet, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Multimedia, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, Street Theatre, The Wall, Video, War Crimes.
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