Pinkwashing
With the announcement of Sarah McTernan as Ireland’s entry to the Eurovision in Israel, the Irish Campaign to Boycott Eurovision 2019 in Apartheid Israel held a large protest out RTÉ studios in Donnybrook. Campaigners handed in an additional 5,600 signatures to a petition calling on RTÉ and Ms. McTernan not to take part in the Eurovision, bringing the total number of signatures to over almost 17,000. A new petition calling on Sarah McTernan not to go to Apartheid Israel has been launched – you can sign it here! A protest was also held outside the RTÉ Regional Studios in Waterford … Continue reading →
Posted March 8, 2019 in BDS, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Event Report, Human Rights, International Law, International Women's Day, Nakba, National Rights, Photos, Pinkwashing, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Right of Return, Video.
Last month, as news began to emerge of how the Israeli state was planning to politicise and militarise the Eurovision Song Contest, the Irish Campaign to Boycott Eurovision 2019 in Apartheid Israel wrote to RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, with a series of questions regarding how these manoeuvres were going to be dealt with. Almost a month later, and despite following up, RTÉ have refused to respond. What steps are RTÉ taking to ensure that the Irish act chosen for this year will not perform for soldiers from the Israeli military? It should be absolutely unthinkable that the national Irish broadcaster … Continue reading →
Posted March 20, 2019 in BDS, Cultural Boycott, Culture, Ethnic Cleansing, Eurovision, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Pinkwashing, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, RTE, War Crimes, West Bank.
Ireland must play no part in the art-washing of Israeli oppression. Palestinian artists, journalists and civil society groups have issued a call for internationals to boycott the 2019 Eurovision due to be staged in Israel, due to Israel’s “regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid” which is “shamelessly using Eurovision as part of its official ‘Brand Israel’ strategy”. In solidarity with this call from the oppressed Palestinian people we ask you to join some 17,000 people in signing the Irish petition calling for RTÉ, and all potential participants, to boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel. CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION … Continue reading →
Posted June 13, 2018 in BDS, Cultural Boycott, Eurovision, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Culture, Pinkwashing, Political Rights, Press releases.
In an exposé by Israel’s Channel 10 News, it has been revealed that Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to Ireland, Nurit Tinari-Modai, advocates a campaign of intimidation, smears and falsification against Israeli human rights activists who campaign in solidarity with Palestinians, and suggests that “sexual identity problems” lie behind such activism. Ms. Tinari-Modai, who is also the Culture Officer of the Israeli Embassy in Ireland and wife of the current Ambassador Boaz Modai, made the proposals in a diplomatic communiqué sent to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. According to the Channel 10 report, translated into English by Dena Shunra, Ms. Modai advocates working … Continue reading →
Posted June 13, 2012 in Cultural Boycott, Culture, Dublin, Hasbara, Human Rights, Irish Government, Israeli Embassy, Mossad, National Rights, Pinkwashing, Political Rights, Press releases, Statements.
