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You are invited to attend one of these timely and important talks by preeminent Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin, Director of Al Haq, and a Secretary General of the FIDH, the International Federation for Human Rights, who is on a speaking tour of Ireland, facilitated by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Mr. Jabarin will speak in the following locations: Friday 14 Oct – Galway, 1pm @ Martin Ryan Annex, Galway University Monday 17 Oct – Navan, 7pm @ SIPTU Dan Shaw Centre Tuesday 18 Oct – Dublin, 7pm @ Robert Emmet Theatre, TCD Wednesday 19 Oct – Cork, 7.30pm @ … Continue reading →
Posted October 7, 2022 in Al-HAq, Apartheid, Cork, Dublin, Event, Galway, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Sanctions, Speaking Tour, War Crimes, Waterford.
Between 4th and 12th March you are invited to attend one of our nationwide special screenings of the highly acclaimed Palestinian documentary film ‘Naila and the Uprising’. All screenings of the film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film’s producer Rula Salameh. Wed 4 – DCU, Henry Grattan Building, 6pm Thur 5 – Wexford, Wexford Artist Hub, 7pm Fri 6 – Derry, Museum of Free Derry, 7pm Sat 7 – Portadown, Drumcree Community Centre, 1pm Sat 7 – Belfast, James Connolly Visitor Centre, 5pm Sun 8 – Dublin, Liberty Hall Theatre, 3pm Mon 9 – Cork, … Continue reading →
Posted February 18, 2020 in Apartheid, Belfast, Commemoration, Cork, Culture, Derry, Dublin, Event, Film, Film Screening, Galway, Human Rights, International Women's Day, Limerick, National Rights, Palestinian Cinema, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, War Crimes, Women.
With US President Donald Trump set to visit Ireland and be feted by our government next week, there will be protests around the country against this warmonger and viciously anti-Palestinian racist. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) encourages all our members and supporters to attend these protests to let Trump and our government know that bigoted, misogynistic warmongers are not welcome on our shores. In particular we ask supporters based in or near Dublin to join the Palestine bloc on the Dublin protest on Thursday 6th June, and those based near Shannon to join the ongoing protest there. The Trump-Netanyahu Axis … Continue reading →
Posted May 30, 2019 in Apartheid, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, Galway, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Shannonwatch, War Crimes.
Answering the Palestinian call for a global day of action, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups will be holding a series of actions around Ireland on the 25th and 26th October 2019. We are calling for a boycott of Puma due to their continued sponsorship of the Football Association of Apartheid Israel. The Israeli FA allows teams based in Israel’s colonial settlements in occupied Palestine to be members, despite the illegality of these settlements. Puma claims to care about human rights, but its actions prove that it doesn’t. We need to send a message to Puma that their enabling … Continue reading →
Posted October 23, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Belfast, Boycott, Campaigns, Day of Action, Derry, Dublin, Event, Galway, Human Rights, Limerick, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, Soccer, Sport, Sporting Boycott, War Crimes, Waterford.
A petition signed by over 7,000 people which asks Ireland’s Eurovision entrant Sarah McTernan to pull out of the song contest in Apartheid Israel this week has been delivered to the singer ahead of her scheduled appearance in this Thursday’s semi-final. The signatures were collected online and on the streets over the past two months. The delivery comes a day after Galway City Council passed a motion supporting calls for a boycott of the controversial contest, noting that “it will be openly used for political and militaristic propaganda purposes”. Galway is the third local council to make such a call, … Continue reading →
Posted May 14, 2019 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Galway, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, Jerusalem, Nakba, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, RTE, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
“A gut punch that gets straight to the essence of the stark reality of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation. This is how an artist resists.” – Joe Sacco “Sharp, incisive cartoons. His tenacity and courage is an inspiration for cartoonists around the world.” – Matt Wuerker “Images saturated with action and iconography… every tiny detail is pregnant with meaning.” – Marguerite Dabaie Between 27th March and 4th April the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to host a speaking and exhibition tour with acclaimed Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh. ‘Palestine in Black and White’ is an intimate and powerful portrayal of … Continue reading →
Posted March 22, 2019 in Book Launch, Culture, Dublin, Event, Exhibition, Galway, Human Rights, Limerick, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Public Meeting, Speaking Tour, Tour, Waterford and tagged Art.
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.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has learned that Galway-based Irish chef JP McMahon, who was scheduled to take part in an Israeli Foreign Ministry-sponsored event in Tel Aviv this November, has withdrawn his participation. McMahon, along with several other international chefs, was due to attend ‘AMEX Round Tables’, an elite culinary festival sponsored by American Express, Dan Hotels and others, including the Israeli Foreign Ministry which flies top chefs to Israel for the event to ‘gastro-wash’ Israel’s image – the aim being to divert attention from its colonial occupation of Palestine and the apartheid regime it forces the Palestinian people to … Continue reading →
Posted September 29, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Galway, Human Rights, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return.
To commemorate the annual International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People 2016, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is honoured to host a speaking tour featuring Ayed Abu Eqtaish from Defence For Children International in Palestine between Monday 28th November and Saturday 3rd December. Mr. Abu Eqtaish will speak in the following locations: Mon 28 – Cork: 7pm, Sample Studios, 3rd Floor Auditorium, 10-19 Sullivan’s Quay Tue 29 – Dublin: 7pm, Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place, D1 Wed 30 – Limerick: 7.30pm, Pery’s Hotel, Glentworth St Thur 1 – Galway: 7.30pm, The View, Aras na Mac Leinn, Galway University … Continue reading →
Posted October 26, 2016 in Apartheid, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cork, Defence for Children International, Derry, Dublin, Event, Galway, Gaza, History, Human Rights, Impunity, Jerusalem, Limerick, National Rights, National Tour, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Public Meeting, Settler Violence, Speaking Tour, Tour, War Crimes.
On Thursday 26th August, IPSC branches in Galway, Newbridge and Portadown organised solidarity protests against the ongoing siege and renewed bombing of Gaza, and calling for freedom for Palestinian hunger strike Bilal Kayed, who ended his fast after 71 days without food. Portadown: Ireland to Gaza – Hand in Hand to Break the Siege The Portadown branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) responded positively to a request received on Tuesday night from their contacts in Gaza asking them to show solidarity in the wake of Israeli attacks earlier this week by organising a street vigil in the town … Continue reading →
Posted August 26, 2016 in Apartheid, BDS, Day of Action, Event, Event Report, Galway, Gaza, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Sanctions, War Crimes, West Bank and tagged Newbridge.
To coincide with the visit to Ireland by Riya Hassan of the Palestinian BDS National Committee, the Ireland-Palestine Solidairty Campaign organsied a ‘Boycott Israeli Goods’ day of action on Saturday 26th September focusing on the chain retailer Tesco across the island of Ireland. There were Boycott Israeli Goods information stalls and leafletting of shoppers in a dozen Irish towns and cities including Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, Cork, Galway, Dungannon, Naas, Kildare, Newbridge, Ennis and Sligo. Tesco have been a particularly eager and egregious seller of Israeli products, especially fruit, potatoes and herbs – profits from which are funnelled back into the … Continue reading →
Posted October 1, 2015 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Cork, Dublin, Economic Boycott, Email Campaign, Ennis, Galway, Human Rights, Limerick, Lurgan, National Rights, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, War Crimes.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is excited and honoured to host a speaking tour featuring Riya Hassan, the European coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee in Palestine. The tour marks ten years since the BDS call was issued from Palestine by a huge coalition of civil society, trade union, faith and political organisations.
Posted September 16, 2015 in Apartheid, BDS, Belfast, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, Cork, Day of Action, Divestment, Dublin, Economic Boycott, Ennis, Event, Galway, Gaza, Human Rights, National Rights, National Tour, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Public Meeting, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Speaking Tour, War Crimes, West Bank.
In late March and early April the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and several other organsiations are hosting special national film screening tour featuring the award winning new documentary about the military-industrial complex in Israel which explores how it is helping to turn Palestine’s blood into Israel’s profit. This series of FREE SCREENINGS will take place in the following dates. All screenings will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director, Yotam Feldman who is on a tour of Ireland. Saturday 28 March – Lurgan: 3pm, Ashburn Hotel, Lurgan Monday 30 March – Galway: 7pm, Cairnes Theatre, National University of Ireland … Continue reading →
Posted March 18, 2015 in Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Cork, Dublin, Event, Film Premiere, Film Screening, Galway, Gaza, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, Limerick, Lurgan, National Rights, National Tour, NUIG, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Sanctions, Trinity College Dublin, Video, War Crimes.
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.
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.
