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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.
On Saturday 10th June around 1,500 people from all over Ireland (and further afield) marched in a National Demonstration to mark the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation and illegal colonisation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) organised the event to convey a simple message, that ‘100 years of injustice & 50 years of occupation is enough! It’s time for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people!’ Click here to read the leaflet (PDF) we handed out to thousands of people along the way. Speaking at the rally outside the Israeli Embassy … Continue reading →
Posted June 19, 2017 in Academic Boycott, Administrative Detention, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, Arms Embargo, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Cultural Boycott, Day of Action, Demonstration, Divestment, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, Event Report, Gaza, History, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, Israeli Embassy, Jerusalem, Multimedia, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Palestinian Culture, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Right of Return, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, Sporting Boycott, Statements, Trade Unions, Uncategorized, Video, War Crimes, West Bank.
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.
Amid the inevitable deluge of whitewashed eulogies to former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres who died today, it is important to recall his real record in Israeli politics. Shimon Peres was the father of Israel’s illegal nuclear weapons program, and who offered to sell nuclear technology to Apartheid South Africa. In 1986 he oversaw the operation that led to the kidnap and imprisonment of Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, who has been a prisoner of Israel in one form or another ever since. Between 1974 and 1977 Peres was Defence Minister when his government continued the building of illegal Israeli … Continue reading →
Posted September 28, 2016 in Analysis, Apartheid, Ethnic Cleansing, History, Human Rights, National Rights, Obituary, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, War Crimes.
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.
On Saturday 14th May 2016 the IPSC held a march and ‘Moving Gallery’ to commemorate the Palestinian Nakba. Gathering at St. Stephen’s Green a large crowd marched down Grafton Street, around College Green over O’Connell Bridge and ended near the Jim Larkin statue outside the GPO on O’Connell Street. Protestors carried large photographs from Al Nakba, Palestinian and black mourning flags, and a giant key symbolising the Palestinian right of return to their homeland denied them by the State of Israel for 68 years. You can read the leaflet we handed out by clicking here (PDF). The event commemorated what … Continue reading →
Posted May 17, 2016 in Apartheid, BADIL, BDS, Demonstration, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Exhibition, History, Human Rights, Nakba, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Speaking Tour, UNRWA, War Crimes.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is proud to host a film tour featuring Israeli director Lia Tarachansky and her award-winning documentary ‘On the Side of the Road’ between Saturday 5th and Wednesday 9th September 2015. All screenings are free and will feature a post-show discussion and Q&A with the director. Saturday 5th: Portadown – 3.30pm @ Drumcree Community Centre, Ashgrove Road Sunday 6th: Omagh – Omagh Community House, 2 Drumragh Avenue Tuesday 8th: Limerick – 8pm @ The Absolute Hotel, Sir Harry’s Mall Wednesday 9th: Dublin – 7pm @ The Pearse Centre , 27 Pearse Street, D2 The film is a … Continue reading →
Posted August 18, 2015 in Apartheid, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event, Film, Film Tour, History, Human Rights, Limerick, National Rights, National Tour, Omagh, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Public Meeting, Settlements, Settler Violence, War Crimes.
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