Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
التضامن الإيرلندي الفلسطيني

Speaking Tour

Irish Tour: Salah Hammouri speaks! Palestinian prisoner, deportee and human rights defender

Apartheid Israel jailed and deported him. France is trying to silence him. Hear first-hand from Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri! To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2023, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to a speaking tour with former Palestinian political prisoner Salah Hammouri; human rights defender, lawyer and researcher at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Salah Hammouri will speak at public meetings in the following places: Dublin: Wed 19 April, 7.15pm @ Academy Plaza Hotel, D1 Navan: Thur 20 April, 7pm @ SIPTU Dan Shaw Centre, Commons Road Omagh: Fri 21 April, 7:30pm @ Omagh … Continue reading

Mini-Tour: Cooperation Under Occupation – Nawal Slemiah and the ‘Women In Hebron’ Co-op

Nawal Slemiah is the director and co-founder of the Women In Hebron nonprofit co-op  in Palestine. It was established in 2005 and began by selling handicrafts in the Old City market of Hebron. Today it has more than 150 women producing items sold across the Hebron district – an area which is under Israeli military domination and where settler attacks on Palestinians are frequent and flagrant. Nawal will be speaking in the following places to tell the story of her co-operative and what it is like to live, work and co-operate under the Israel’s apartheid regime. Wednesday 16th Nov – … Continue reading

Shawan Jabarin Speaking Tour: Apartheid and Israel’s War on Palestinian Civil Society

You are invited to attend one of these timely and important talks by preeminent Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin, Director of Al Haq, and a Secretary General of the FIDH, the International Federation for Human Rights, who is on a speaking tour of Ireland, facilitated by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Mr. Jabarin will speak in the following locations: Friday 14 Oct – Galway, 1pm @ Martin Ryan Annex, Galway University Monday 17 Oct – Navan, 7pm @ SIPTU Dan Shaw Centre Tuesday 18 Oct – Dublin, 7pm @ Robert Emmet Theatre, TCD Wednesday 19 Oct – Cork, 7.30pm @ … Continue reading

Speaking & Exhibition Tour: Palestinian artist and political cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh

“A gut punch that gets straight to the essence of the stark reality of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation. This is how an artist resists.” – Joe Sacco “Sharp, incisive cartoons. His tenacity and courage is an inspiration for cartoonists around the world.” – Matt Wuerker “Images saturated with action and iconography… every tiny detail is pregnant with meaning.” – Marguerite Dabaie Between 27th March and 4th April the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to host a speaking and exhibition tour with acclaimed Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh. ‘Palestine in Black and White’ is an intimate and powerful portrayal of … Continue reading

Frances Black Speaking Tour: Ireland Must Act on Palestine (Nov 5 – 19)

Independent Senator Frances Black is touring around Ireland in November to speak about her recent visit to Palestine, the people she met, and the concrete steps Ireland can take against the ongoing injustice – including her Occupied Territories Bill 2018. DATES & VENUES: NAAS: Monday 5th November – Details Here GALWAY: Tuesday 6th November – Details Here NENAGH: Monday 12th November – Details Here CORK: Thursday 15th November – Details Here LIMERICK: (With Niall Collins TD) Monday 19th November – Details Here The bill would end trade between Ireland & Israel’s illegal settlements, and passed a historic first vote in … Continue reading

Palestinian intellectual Steven Salaita in Dublin & Limerick (11 – 13 September)

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

Speaking Tour: Kholoud Ajarma on ‘Inheriting Nakba: Four Generations of Palestinian Refugees’ (13 – 20 May)

To commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present Palestinian academic and refugee Kholoud Ajarma. She will speak in the following locations. Cork – Mon 15 May, 7:30pm: The Quay Co-op, 24 Sullivan’s Quay Limerick – Tue 16 May, 8pm: Pery’s Hotel, Glentworth Street Dublin – Wed 17 May, 7:30pm: Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place Derry – Thur 18 May, 7pm: Unison Hall, Clarendon Street Omagh – Fri 19 May, 7:30pm: Omagh Community House, 2 Drumragh Ave Portadown – Sat 20 May, 2:30pm: Drumcree Community Centre, Ashgrove Road Kholoud’s talk, ‘Inheriting Nakba: … Continue reading

Speaking Tour: Malaka Mohammed – Palestinian Student & BDS Activist (8 – 14 Feb)

TCD Students for Justice in Palestine, United Against Racism, Academics for Palestine, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and others are proud to host an Irish speaking tour featuring Palestinian student and BDS activist Malaka Mohammed between Wednesday 8th and Tuesday 14th February 2017 in Dublin (TCD & UCD), Maynooth (NUI), Sligo and Belfast (QUB). While most of the talks will take place on university campuses, they are open to all interested people. About the speaker: From Gaza, Malaka Mohammed is a Palestinian PhD candidate at Exeter University, Former National Union of Student Executive Committee member and a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions … Continue reading

Speaking Tour: Palestinian Children Under Israeli Occupation – with Ayed Abu Eqtaish (28 Nov – 3 Dec)

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

In Pictures: Nakba 68 Protest in Dublin

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

Nakba Week: Lubnah Shomali of BADIL speaking tour on Palestinian refugees (9 – 14 May)

To mark Nakba Day 2016 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present a speaking tour featuring Lubna Shomali from BADIL, Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. She will tour Ireland from Monday 9th to Saturday 14th May. Mon 9: CORK – 7pm, Quay Co-op, 24 Sullivan’s Quay Tue 10: LIMERICK – 7pm, Pery’s Hotel, Glentworth Street Wed 11: DUBLIN – 6.15pm, Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place Fri 13: DERRY – 7pm, UNISON Building, Clarendon Street Sat 14: DUBLIN – Nakba Day March & Moving Gallery Her talk will be a first-hand account of the key issues … Continue reading

Speaking Tour: Palestinian lawyer Aouda Zbidat: Palestinian Political Prisoners from children to internees

To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2016 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present Palestinian-Israeli lawyer Aouda Zbidat from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Her talk will be a first-hand account on the key human rights violations facing Palestinian Political Prisoners in occupied Palestine. Ms. Zbidat will speak in the following locations: LIMERICK: Mon 18 April, 7.30pm – Pery’s Hotel, Glentworth St CORK: Tuesday 19 April, 8pm – The Imperial Hotel, South Mall DUBLIN: Wed 20 April, 7pm – The Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place Some of the issues that Ms Zbidat will address in … Continue reading

Jeff Halper Book Tour: War Against The People – Israel, the Palestinians and Global ‘Pacification’

Between 19th and 21st January 2016, Professor Jeff Halper will be in Ireland to launch his new book, War against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification. The tour is hosted by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign as part of the End The Irish Arms Trade With Israel campaign. The launches will take place in the following cities:  CORK – Tuesday 19th January 2016 at 8pm in The Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay, Cork City LIMERICK – Wednesday 20th January 2016 at 7.30pm in The Absolute Hotel, Harry’s Mall, Limerick DUBLIN – Thursday 21st January 2016 at 7pm in The Academy … Continue reading

RIYA HASSAN TOUR: 10 years of the Palestinian BDS Movement – A decade of global resistance to Israeli Apartheid

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.

Solidarity is Strength! A report from Israeli Apartheid Week 2015 in Ireland

Between 7th and 14th March 2015 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was proud to be a part of the 11th Israeli Apartheid Week, an annual international series of events including rallies, lectures, performances, films, multimedia displays and protest actions held in cities and campuses across the globe. This year saw over 200 cities taking part in 30 countries on all five continents. The aim of Israeli apartheid week is to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Palestinian-led campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Pulling off Israeli Apartheid Week … Continue reading

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