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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#35 – Gideon Levy on ‘From the Two-State Solution to the One-State Solution’ [2019-11-21] – (Download here) INFO: On Thursday 21st November 2019, acclaimed anti-Zionist Israeli journalist Gideon Levy spoke in Trinity College Dublin. The subject of this talk was the prospects and practicalities of the two-state and one-state models for ending colonialism and apartheid in the Palestine-Israel region. The talk also … Continue reading →
Posted January 8, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Gaza, Hasbara, History, Human Rights, Impunity, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Public Meeting, Statehood, War Crimes, West Bank.
Around the world the space for standing up for Palestinian freedom and rights is being shut down by those that oppose our shared values. They are using false claims of antisemitism to deny the Palestinian reality of living under Israel’s colonial system of Apartheid, occupation, oppression and dispossession. We are now reaching a critical point. Attacks are moving from smear campaigns that fuel fear and hate to political and legal initiatives that are restricting freedom of speech and the right to hold those committing injustice accountable. This is happening in the US, Germany, France, UK and elsewhere in Europe – as … Continue reading →
Posted July 1, 2019 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Petition, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Video.
On Saturday 29th June 2019 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) participated in the first ‘Pride Alternative’ event in Dublin. The event was established in protest at the increasing corporatisation of the Dublin Pride parade, and the associated pinkwashing of deeply problematic companies and institutions. IPSC Chairperson Fatin Al Tamimi delivered a speech at the rally about the reasons the IPSC was supporting the event, and about Israel’s cynical use of pinkwashing to mask it’s oppression of the Palestinian people. Below is a video and the text of that speech. In solidarity with our friends in Queer Action Ireland, who have … Continue reading →
Posted July 1, 2019 in BDS, Culture, Demonstration, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Sanctions.
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.
The Irish Campaign to Boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel has learned the shocking news that the Israeli state broadcaster KAN, which is hosting the Eurovision song contest in May, will reserve 500 rehearsal tickets for Israeli soldiers. This despite the competition being billed by the EBU and RTÉ as “a non-political music event”. Furthermore, in an example showing just how political and propagandistic Israel’s hosting of Eurovision is, it was revealed that the locations on the “visual postcards” which RTÉ will broadcast between acts will feature the occupied Golan Heights among other places, likely including the Old City in Palestinian … Continue reading →
Posted February 22, 2019 in BDS, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Right of Return, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes, West Bank.
Although long suspected, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) yesterday learned via news reports that the organisation is one of 20 human rights advocacy groups on an official Israeli state blacklist, meaning that its members are banned from entering Israel, and thus, from entering Israeli-occupied Palestine. The Israeli apartheid regime fears solidarity so much it seeks to stop us from visiting our friends and colleagues in the Palestine-Israel region. Although appalling, saddening and manifestly anti-democratic, the IPSC views its appearance on this list as a badge of honour and a vindication of our work in solidarity with the people of Palestine … Continue reading →
Posted January 8, 2018 in Academic Boycott, Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cultural Boycott, ECCP, Economic Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Artists' Pledge to Boycott Israel, Irish Government, Jerusalem, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements, UN, War Crimes, West Bank.
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.
The below statement was issued by the The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), of which the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is a member. The IPSC fully supports the statement and stands in solidarity with Omar Barghouti against this scurrilous Israeli attack on both himself and the wider Palestinian BDS movement. === ECCP Statement of Solidarity With Omar Barghouti The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP) – a network of 42 European committees, organizations, NGOs, unions and international solidarity movements from 19 European countries – expresses its support and solidarity for human rights defender and … Continue reading →
Posted April 10, 2017 in BDS, Hasbara, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Statements.
On March 30th the ‘Protocol Committee’ of Dublin City Council voted unanimously to fly the Palestinian flag from Dublin’s City Hall between 15 May and early June 2017, in what Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) Chairperson Fatin Al Tamimi called “a heartening gesture of solidarity“. This historic decision was greeted with joy and appreciation by Palestinians in Ireland, in Palestine and in the diaspora. However, the decision has still to be ratified at the next full meeting of Dublin City Council which will be held on Monday 8th May – it is not a sure thing, and your help is needed! … Continue reading →
Posted April 10, 2017 in Action Item, Apartheid, BADIL, Commemoration, Culture, Dublin, Email Campaign, Ethnic Cleansing, Free Speech, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Israeli Embassy, Jerusalem, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Statehood, West Bank.
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.
Today’s decision by Listowel Writers’ Week Festival to refuse funding from the Israeli Embassy in Ireland has been welcomed by artists, human rights campaigners and Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland, and is being hailed as victory for the growing Palestinian-led global Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement. The festival’s courageous and principled decision came after festival orgainsers were informed that the acceptance of any such funding would be in breach of the Palestinian civil society call for a cultural boycott of Israel, and after being contacted by concerned members of the public, several of them artists who are due to … Continue reading →
Posted May 24, 2016 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Hasbara, History, Human Rights, Irish Artists' Pledge to Boycott Israel, National Rights, PACBI, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Poetry, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
Irish media continues to frequently ignore important stories emerging from Palestine-Israel, stories that are vital to context setting and framing during those times when the issue actually does hit international headlines. By ignoring such stories, which expose the true nature of Palestinian life under military occupation and apartheid, the media can only be considered to be complicit via their silence. Therefore the IPSC continues with our new weekly round up of the most important stories that you may have missed if your only source of information is the Irish mainstream media. #1. A Palestinian fisherman was shot dead by the … Continue reading →
Posted March 9, 2015 in Addameer, Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Child Prisoners, Factsheet, Gaza, Hasbara, Human Rights, International Women's Day, Irish Government, Media Bias, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, PCHR, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, The Media, TWIP, UNRWA, War Crimes, West Bank, 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.
Scarlett Johansson has today 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. Rafeef Ziadah, a spokesperson with the Palestinian BDS National Committee, the coalition of Palestinian trade unions, campaigns, NGOs and political parties that works to lead and support the BDS movement, said: “Scarlett Johansson has abandoned her reputation as a progressive celebrity in exchange for the money that accompanies becoming the new face of Israeli apartheid. Just like the few … Continue reading →
Posted January 30, 2014 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Ethnic Cleansing, Hasbara, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, SodaStream, War Crimes.
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