Human Rights
In a statement issued yesterday, more than 450 Palestinian and international organisations have called on the United Nations General Assembly to investigate Israel for committing the Crime of Apartheid. Some 50 Irish organisations are signatories to the call, which originated with Palestinian civil society. Noting that “Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end,” the letter calls on all the UN General Assembly, which begans its 75th session yesterday, to: Launch international investigations into Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people, including by reconstituting the … Continue reading →
Posted September 23, 2020 in Apartheid, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, Open Letter, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Settlements, Statements, UN, United Nations, War Crimes.
As support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement continues to grow around the world, the “Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel” has just passed the 700 signatory mark. The pledge, which was launched a decade ago, sees Irish cultural legends like Stephen Rea, Sinéad Cusack, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Damien Dempsey, Sharon Shannon, Robert Ballagh, Mary Black and Kíla joined by exciting up-and-comers such as Sisterix, CMAT, Kneecap, TPM, Steo Wall and Roisin El Cherif as well as established figures like Kevin Barry, Joe Rooney, Paul Duane and Eugene O’Hare. To see the full list and (if … Continue reading →
Posted September 2, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Cultural Boycott, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Artists' Pledge to Boycott Israel, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, War Crimes.
In August 2020 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign produced its latest briefing paper ‘War Crimes in Palestine and the International Criminal Court’. Although primarily aimed at political representatives, we believe it will be of general interest to our supporters. You can read or download the whole document below. Download the full Briefing Paper here War Crimes in Palestine and the International Criminal Court Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign | Briefing Paper | August 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2015 the situation in Palestine was referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). After a preliminary examination, in December 2019 the Prosecutor of … Continue reading →
Posted August 21, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, Briefing Paper, Crime Against Humanity, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Factsheet, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Report, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank and tagged ICC.
Last week’s announcement of the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is no cause for celebration. While it should come as little surprise given that friendly relations between the two were an open secret for decades, the formalisation of the agreement is nevertheless paid for in the negation of Palestinian fundamental rights – not least the right to self-determination. Instead of centring Palestinian rights as the pivot upon which to build a just and sustainable peace, this agreement actually does the opposite; it gives important diplomatic cover to Israel’s ongoing violations of these rights. This is … Continue reading →
Posted August 18, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements.
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#50 – ‘Arab Normalization with Israel’ with Tareq Baconi and Ibrahim Fraihat [2020-09-16] – (Download here) INFO: Have Arab states abandoned the Palestinian people? In this episode of the Palestine Podcast, Al-Shabaka analysts Tareq Baconi and Ibrahim Fraihat join host Nur Arafeh to weigh in on the historical understanding of normalization, implications of Israel’s agreements with the UAE and Bahrain, and other normalization developments across the region, and ways … Continue reading →
Posted September 16, 2020 in Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases.
Mahmoud Nawajaa, the recently released Palestinian human rights defender and General Coordinator of the BDS Movement has released the following statement thanking all who stood in solidarity with him and acted to secure his release. We are happy to share it below: It was 3:30 am, just before Eid al-Adha. We had prepared ourselves to celebrate the holiday in our new dream home, which took us years to finish. Tens of Israeli soldiers, with dogs, stormed our home, terrifying our three children. They took me blindfolded and handcuffed to a military interrogation center near Haifa. I wish I could visit … Continue reading →
Posted September 1, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners.
Today, Palestinian human rights defender and General Coordinator of the BDS Movement, Mahmoud Nawajaa, was released by an Israeli military court, after 19 days of illegal detention without charges. Since his arrest on July 30, the Israeli internal security Shin Bet has failed to present any formal charges against him. His release comes on the back of an intensive global campaign to pressure Israel to free him. Palestinian and international civil society organisations like the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), Front Line Defenders, Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) called and campaigned for his release … Continue reading →
Posted August 17, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Right to BDS.
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#49 – ‘Israel’s illegal settlement economy’ with Maha Abdallah, David Kattenburg, Valentina Azarova & Giovanni Fassina [2020-08-14] – (Download here) INFO: For the Israeli state, its settlement project is not merely an ideological and political project, but an economic one. In this episode of the podcast we focus on the settlement economy, and the human rights abuses resulting from business activities with … Continue reading →
Posted August 25, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, EU Guidelines, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, 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#48 – ‘Collective Punishment as a Tool of Israeli Domination’ with Michael Lynk, Rania Muhareb, Munir Nuseibah, Budour Hassan, Sahar Francis & Nada Awad [2020-08-14] – (Download here) INFO: In this episode of The Palestine Podcast, Israeli human rights activists Michael Sfard and Sharona Weiss speak about the findings and conclusions of a landmark legal opinion on Apartheid in Palestine, and Palestinian … Continue reading →
Posted August 17, 2020 in Analysis, Apartheid, Human Rights, National Rights, Podcast, Political Rights, Press releases, Settlements, UN, War Crimes, West Bank.
In a letter published in today’s Irish Times, 18 leading Irish and Palestinian human rights and Palestine solidarity organisations have called for Israel to immediately release Palestinian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Mahmoud Nawajaa, the General Coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. “Mr Nawajaa is a human rights defender and community leader who has been imprisoned solely for exercising his rights to freedom of expression and association. He is therefore a prisoner of conscience, and he must be immediately and unconditionally released. Both the Irish Government and the EU must loudly echo this call … Continue reading →
Posted August 15, 2020 in Academics for Palestine, Al-HAq, Amnesty, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Christian Aid, EU, Free Speech, Human Rights, International Law, Internment, Irish Government, Open Letter, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Trade Unions.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has condemned last night’s arrest and detention of well known Palestinian human rights defender Mahmoud Nawajaa (34), the General Coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC). According to reports from Palestine, at around 3.30am last night, dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the village of Abu Qash near Ramallah, kicked in the door of Mr. Nawajaa’s house, handcuffed and blindfolded him in front of his family, and then hauled him off to Jalameh prison inside the state of Israel. The BNC is a broad coalition of over 200 Palestinian civil society organisations … Continue reading →
Posted July 30, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Divestment, Human Rights, International Law, Internment, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, UN.
At lunchtime today, Thursday 6th August, Palestinian rights campaigners gathered outside the Irish parliament in a symbolic and socially distanced protest to call for the release of Palestinian human rights defender and BDS activist Mahmoud Nawajaa, who has been imprisoned for a week without charge by Israel. IPSC members alongside Irish public, political and human rights figures including renowned artist Robert Ballagh, TDs Seán Crowe, Chris Andrews, Bríd Smith, Mairead Farrell, Martin Browne and David Cullinane, Senator Fintan Warfield, Dublin City Councillors Daniel Céitinn and Tina McVeigh, and members of Comhlámh, Afri, Kairos Ireland, and Academics for Palestine called on … Continue reading →
Posted August 6, 2020 in Addameer, Apartheid, BDS, BNC, EU, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Sanctions, War Crimes.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed the news that Amnesty International has joined the calls for the immediate release of the Palestinian Human Rights Defender and General Coordinator of the BDS Movement, Mahmoud Nawajaa. Nawajaa was abducted from his home by Israeli occupation forces on 30th July and has been held without charge since, denied access to his lawyers or family. Yesterday the IPSC alongside Irish public, political and human rights figures including renowned artist Robert Ballagh, TDs Seán Crowe, Chris Andrews, Bríd Smith, Mairead Farrell, Martin Browne and David Cullinane, Senator Fintan Warfield, Dublin City Councillors Daniel Céitinn … Continue reading →
Posted August 7, 2020 in Amnesty, Apartheid, BDS, EU, Human Rights, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Right to BDS.
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.
As the United Nations holds its annual General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, join the global Twitterstorm between 2pm and 4pm TODAY calling on the UN to take concrete action to end state and corporate complicity in Israeli apartheid. This Twitterstorm is part of a week of action calling on the UN to investigate Israeli apartheid and to work to end it. Use the hashtags #UNGA75 #UNInvestigateApartheid #SanctionsOnApartheid The UN played an important role in bringing apartheid in Southern Africa to an end – investigating South Africa’s apartheid regime and imposing sanctions on it, but the UN has not yet … Continue reading →
Posted September 24, 2020 in Apartheid, BDS, Day of Action, HP, Human Rights, International Law, Irish Government, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, UN.
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