Lunchtime, Wednesday September 9th from 12.30pm –  1.45 pm

Speakers: Jamal Juma’ from the West Bank, Dina Nasser from East Jerusalem and Eamon McMahon, Northern Secretary, TUFP
Chair: Phil Ní Sheaghdha, General Secretary, INMO

Registration is required. Contact Natalie for details: natalie.fox@ictu.ie

About the Speakers

Dina Nasser has 30 years clinical experience in the Palestinian health system. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem and part of the Covid 19 response team in the hospital. She has also led the missions that were coordinated and supported by AVH to Gaza, liaising with stakeholders and the WHO to respond to the critical care needs of the injured.

Jamal Juma’ is a leading grassroots organizer since Palestine’s First Intifada in 1987. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees, Palestinian National BDS Committee, Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange, and Palestinian Environmental NGO Network. Juma’ is Coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and Stop the Wall.

Eamon McMahon is a founder member and Northern Secretary of Trade Union Friends of Palestine and has been a leading voice for justice in Palestine in the Irish trade union movement. He has promoted the development of TUFP ‘ambassadors’ and led trade union delegations to Palestine.  He is on the steering committee of the European Trade Union Initiative for Justice in Palestine, which calls for an end to European complicity with Israel’s occupation of Palestine.