Protest
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in association with Students for Justice in Palestine and United Against Racism organised a solidarity vigil to protest the imprisonment of Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian child prisoners outside the gates of the Dail (Irish Parliament) at lunchtime on Thursday 25th January 2018. The protest was well attended with many members of the Irish parliament attending including TDs Dessie Ellis, Maureen O’Sullivan, Pat Buckley, Richard Boyd Barret, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Maurice Quinlivan, John Brady and Joan Collins, and Senators David Norris, Padraig MacLochlainn, Alice Mary Higgins, Niall Ó Donnghaile and Grace O’Sullivan. … Continue reading →
Posted January 25, 2018 in Addameer, Apartheid, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Defence for Children International, Dublin, Egypt, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Sanctions, UN, UNICEF, UNOCHA, UNRWA, War Crimes.
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.
In protest at the Trump Administration’s decision to recognise Israeli-occupied Jerusalem as the capital of apartheid Israel and move the US Embassy there, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held an emergency lunchtime demonstration outside the US Embassy in Dublin on a bitterly cold Friday, 8th December. A large number of people gathered to denounce the move, and there were speeches from the Lord Mayor Of Dublin Micheál Mac Donncha, Dublin City Councillor John Lyons, and Martin O’Quigley from the IPSC. A letter of protest was handed in to the Embassy, reading: We are writing on behalf of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity … Continue reading →
Posted December 12, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, Event Report, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, USA.
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) is calling on people to gather at one of the New Years’ Eve vigils we have organised around Ireland taking place this Sunday afternoon, 31st December 2017: Dublin – 2pm, Ha’penny Bridge Galway – 2pm, Eyre Square Sligo – 2pm, Hyde Bridge Limerick – 2pm, Thomas Street Derry – 4pm, Peace Bridge Please bring Palestinian flags if you have them. Please spare an hour of your … Continue reading →
Posted December 28, 2017 in National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest.
Today the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) hosted a symbolic demonstration outside the British Embassy in Dublin to commemorate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. At the gathering, the IPSC handed in a letter calling for Britain to take action to atone for its historic and ongoing role in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people. On 2nd of November 1917, in furtherance of its imperial ambitions in the Middle East, the British Government under Lloyd George made a promise to the Zionist Federation that it would ‘establish a national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine. This promise, contained in a … Continue reading →
Posted November 2, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, British Government, Dublin, Ethnic Cleansing, Event Report, Human Rights, Impunity, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Refugees, Right of Return, Right to BDS, Sanctions, Settlements, 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.
On Monday 17th April – Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – around 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s jails began what they call the Freedom & Dignity Hunger Strike. The strike is calling for an end to the state of Israel’s practice of prisoner abuse, solitary confinement, torture, medical negligence and denial of rights guaranteed under international law—including the right to a fair trial and family visits. Below you will find an updated list of solidarity events taking place around Ireland in support of the hunger strikers: UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday 25th May Portadown – Vigil in solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers … Continue reading →
Posted May 2, 2017 in Addameer, Administrative Detention, Apartheid, Demonstration, Dublin, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Internment, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest.
Celebrating 13 years! Israeli Apartheid Week is an annual international series of events (including rallies, lectures, performances, films, multimedia displays and protest actions) held in cities and campuses across the globe. Each year, Israeli Apartheid Week takes place across more than 150 universities and cities. It aims to raise awareness about Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project and apartheid policies over the Palestinian people. IAW aims to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Please join us in making the the 13th Israeli Apartheid … Continue reading →
Posted February 24, 2017 in Apartheid, BDS, Divestment, Dublin, Event, Exhibition, HP, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Public Meeting, Sanctions.
On New Year’s Eve, members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign in both Dublin and Sligo took to the streets to see out 2016 with displays of solidarity with the people of Palestine who face into another year of oppression, occupation, colonisation and injustice at the hands of the apartheid Israeli state. The gatherings were to mark the eighth anniversary of the 2008/09 massacre called ‘Operation Cast Lead’, when Israeli occupation forces attacked Gaza for 23 days killing over 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. In Dublin over a hundred people gathered on the city’s iconic Ha’penny Bridge, … Continue reading →
Posted January 3, 2017 in Demonstration, Dublin, Gaza, Human Rights, Multimedia, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Sligo, War Crimes, West Bank.
Press Release from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC): November 25 marked the launch of the global BDS Week of Action to hold Hewlett Packard (HP) companies accountable for providing technology that enables Israel’s system of occupation, racial segregation and denial of Palestinian human rights. The Week of Action is called for by the new International Boycott HP Network, led by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), and will extend through December 3rd. Over 100 cities worldwide are participating, with BDS partners in more cities continuing to confirm participation each day. See the BNC’s Boycott HP Week of Action page … Continue reading →
Posted November 28, 2016 in Apartheid, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Derry, Divestment, Dublin, Event Report, HP, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, 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.
IPSC members and supporters in Portadown handed in a formal letter of protest on Thursday evening (May 12th) to the main production plant of Wilson’s Country, based at Carn industrial estate on the outskirts of the town, objecting to the company’s decision to recommence the importation of Israeli produce. A short protest was held at the main entrance of the firm and placards urging the boycott of Israeli produce were erected along the perimeter fence of the six acre site. The protest is part of wider Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) efforts aimed at businesses which trade directly with Israel. The … Continue reading →
Posted May 17, 2016 in Apartheid, Boycott, Event, Event Report, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Protest, War Crimes.
Today, April 17th, is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Yesterday IPSC branches in Dublin and Portadown hosted information stalls dedicated to the issue of political prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s jails – where torture and other physical and psychological ill treatment, denial of visitation rights, terrible food and appalling conditions are routine. Since 1967 Israeli has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinians – around 1/4 of the male population in the OPT – and currently holds over 7,640 political prisoners, including 700 internees, 68 women and 420 children, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl. All are treated with the same callousness regardless of age or … Continue reading →
Posted April 17, 2016 in Addameer, Child Prisoners, Event Report, G4S, Human Rights, Infographic, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Stop G4S, Women.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was once again proud to be hosting a series of events in Ireland to mark 12 years of Israeli Apartheid Week. IAW is an annual international series of events (including rallies, lectures, performances, films, multimedia displays and protest actions) held in cities and campuses across the globe. Each year, Israeli Apartheid Week – an annual international series of events – takes place across more than 150 universities and cities. It aims to raise awareness about Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project and apartheid policies towards the Palestinian peoples and to build support for the growing campaign of Boycott, … Continue reading →
Posted April 7, 2016 in Apartheid, Arms Embargo, BDS, Culture, Day of Action, Dublin, Event Report, Exhibition, Film, Film Screening, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid Week, Limerick, National Rights, Political Rights, Portadown, Press releases, Protest, Sanctions.
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.
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