Silwan is an area in Israeli-occupied and illegally annexed East Jerusalem that, like Sheikh Jarrah, is facing ongoing and imminent threats of ethnic cleansing. 1,500 Palestinians are under threat of having their homes demolished as Israel attempts to expel them and replace them with illegal Israeli settlers. This week the Apartheid State of Israel has begun a series of illegal demolitions in the area. The Irish government must both speak out and take concrete meaningful action – so we ask you to take one minute to send the below mail to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney. Words are not … Continue reading →
Posted July 1, 2021 in Action Item, Email Campaign, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Settler Violence, War Crimes.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomes the publication of a new report by the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence entitled “Demolitions and Displacements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The 112-page report, the product of several months of investigation by the Committee, is clear in its critique and condemnation of the illegal nature of Israel’s home demolitions, population displacements and settlement construction. The report also makes a list of recommendations (pp.47-49), most of which are broadly supported by the IPSC, in particular the calls for Ireland to: • Take steps towards realising its responsibility to not render aid or … Continue reading →
Posted July 14, 2021 in Analysis, Apartheid, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Settlements, Statements, War Crimes, West Bank.
A huge thank you to everyone who bought one of the limited tickets. This raffle is now CLOSED and the draw will take place on Saturday 7th August at 3pm. The winner will be notified by email. Here is a great opportunity to win an amazing bike customised in the Palestinian colours of Red, Black, Green and White. Whether you traverse the city streets, tour the countryside, or hang it over your mantelpiece this beaut is sure to turn heads! Click here to be in with a chance of winning this amazing bike! Specification: The 60cm frame is large-sized and suited to an adult. It … Continue reading →
Posted July 6, 2021 in Fundraiser, Press releases.
The ‘coalition of change’ is really just a ‘continuity coalition’ for the same old anti-Palestinian oppression, occupation, racism and war crimes. Much international fawning and fanfare has greeted the news that after 12 years in power in the Apartheid State of Israel, war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has been ousted and replaced by a shaky coalition deemed the ‘government of change’, whose members range from liberal Zionists to far-right extremists. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign sees nothing to celebrate in the changing of the guard in the nuclear-armed Apartheid state that continues to destroy the lives and livelihoods of the … Continue reading →
Posted June 16, 2021 in Press releases, Statements.
Both An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are engaged in an EU research project called ROXANNE, working in collaboration with the notorious Israeli Ministry of Public Security. CLICK TO TAKE ACTION! This is the Ministry responsible for both the Israel National Police (including the Border Police) and the Israel Prison Service. It oversees routine commission of serious human rights abuses and international law violations against the Palestinian people, and racism and violence directed at minorities within Israel. These well documented violations include brutal killings, the torture and imprisonment of children, medical negligence of political prisoners, … Continue reading →
Posted November 24, 2020 in Action Item, Apartheid, BDS, Campaigns, Child deaths, Child Prisoners, Email Campaign, EU, Gaza, Home Demolitions, Horizon 2020, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Jerusalem, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Report, Right to BDS, Settlements, Settler Violence, UN, United Nations, UNOCHA, War Crimes, West Bank.
Over 1,500 Palestinians from neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem are facing threat of forced displacement and home demolitions by Israeli authorities. Children make up a large percentage of the families threatened with homelessness. Recently Israeli courts have ruled in favor of Israeli settlers and given four Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood until May to leave their homes. In the Silwan neighborhoods of Al Bustan and Batin al Hawa, a total of 21 Palestinian families are facing home demolition as soon as May 11th to make way for an Israeli tourist site. This is part of Israel’s larger plan … Continue reading →
Posted April 22, 2021 in Action Item, Campaigns, Email Campaign, Ethnic Cleansing, Human Rights, Jerusalem, National Rights, Press releases, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomes last night’s recognition by the Dáil (Irish parliament) of the de facto Israeli annexation of those parts of the West Bank on which illegal settlements are built. We believe that this recognition represents a very important step towards accountability for Israel’s violations of international law, human rights abuses, and its commission of crimes against humanity, namely Apartheid and Persecution. We hope this will be a watershed moment, that others states will follow suit, and that our government and other states will immediately take action to end these crimes and our complicity with them, to … Continue reading →
Posted May 27, 2021 in Press releases, Settlements, Statements, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has praised the publication of a new report by Human Rights Watch showing that Israel is committing the dual crimes against humanity of Apartheid and Persecution of the Palestinian people. The report, entitled ‘A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution’, is the latest in a long line of human rights organisations levelling similar charges against Israel, and also calls for international sanctions against the Israeli state and individuals implicated in these crimes. Click here to read our new Briefing Paper breaking down HRW’s report and recommendations IPSC Chairperson Fatin Al Tamimi welcomed … Continue reading →
Posted April 27, 2021 in Analysis, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, Arms Embargo, BDS, Crime Against Humanity, EU, Factsheet, Gaza, HRW, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Refugees, Right of Return, Sanctions, Settlements, Siege of Gaza, UN, United Nations, War Crimes, West Bank.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign sends solidarity greetings to Palestinians as they engage in an historic General Strike for Liberation across historic Palestine today, March 18 2021. We salute the Palestinians in the occupied territories, including Jeursalemites, and the Palestinian citizens of Apartheid Israel who are engaging in a strike for freedom. This strike cuts across political divides, and unites the forcibly separated Palestinians in common action in their homeland. Such strikes have a long history in Palestinians popular struggle – from the General Strike of 1936 against British imperialism to the weekly strikes during the first intifada against Israeli colonialism … Continue reading →
Posted May 18, 2021 in Apartheid, BDS, Gaza, Human Rights, Impunity, International Law, Irish Government, Nakba, National Rights, Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Political Rights, Press releases, Right of Return, Settler Violence, Siege of Gaza, Statements, War Crimes, West Bank.
PUMA’s new marketing campaign, Only See Great, claims to spark a spirit of “optimism” and “hope.” Yet PUMA remains the main sponsor of the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in Apartheid Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. As protests take place across the world ahead of the PUMA shareholders meeting on May 5, take action now to tell PUMA: We don’t need “inspiring” marketing ploys. We need PUMA to stop supporting Israeli apartheid. Click to Tweet at PUMA: Palestinians #OnlySeeApartheid Retired Irish rugby player Duncan Casey says: “Sport is about fair play and inclusion. Those that say sport and … Continue reading →
Posted May 4, 2021 in BDS, Boycott, Human Rights, International Law, Press releases, Settlements, Sporting Boycott, War Crimes, West Bank.
On eve of AXA’s annual general meeting (AGM), United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Michael Lynk, called on the French insurance giant to fully divest from Israeli banks. The warning came as protests took place in Dublin and other European cities to demand AXA divests from Israeli banks that fuel apartheid. AXA currently invests US$6 million in four Israeli banks which finance the illegal Israeli settlements on confiscated land in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem. You Can Sign The Pledge to Boycott Axa Here! Speaking ahead of AXA’s AGM Mr Lynk … Continue reading →
Posted April 29, 2021 in AXA, BDS, Boycott, Demonstration, Event Report, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, Press releases, Protest, Settlements, War Crimes.
Saturday 22nd May is a Global Day of Action in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Pandemic-safe, masked and socially distanced solidarity events are being organised throughout Ireland. Below are some of the ones that we are aware of. Dublin: March for Palestine – 2pm, The Spire, O’Connell Street (Details here) Belfast: Speak out for Palestine – 3pm, Customs House Square (Details here) Derry: Rally for Palestine – 3pm, Free Derry Corner (Details here) Limerick: Vigil for Palestine – 12.30pm, Bedford Row Ennis: Vigils for Palestine – Undisclosed times & locations (Message organisers to register – Details here) Tralee: Rally for … Continue reading →
Dear friends, unfortunately following legal advice we were forced to cancel our planned Rally for Palestine this Saturday, 15th May, Nakba Day. You can read about the reasons why in this article on TheJournal.ie We are obviously extremely disappointed and frustrated that the Gardaí have said that they will not allow a masked and socially distanced pandemic-safe protest to go ahead at a time when Palestinians need the people of the world to raise their voices against Apartheid Israel’s latest onslaught. So in order to avoid the potential prosecution of members, the IPSC will be organising a number of small … Continue reading →
Posted May 14, 2021 in Political Rights, Press releases, Statements.
Earlier this month, US-based security company Allied Universal acquired G4S, creating the world’s largest security company. #StopG4S was launched by Palestinian civil society organizations in 2012, to support a historic hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners. Trade unions, churches, and grassroots movements across over 25 countries joined the campaign that cost G4S contracts worth millions of dollars. The #StopG4S campaign has already shown its impact. In December 2016, G4S sold its subsidiary, G4S Israel, to the Israeli equity fund FIMI. Until then, G4S was responsible for running Israeli prisons, where Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to … Continue reading →
Posted April 26, 2021 in BDS, Campaigns, Email Campaign, G4S, Human Rights, International Law, Jerusalem, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Stop G4S, War Crimes, West Bank.
Allied Universal recently acquired G4S, Allied Universal now has an obligation in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to cease its involvement in these crimes, which contribute to Israel’s regime of apartheid. We urge Allied Universal to stand on the right side of history. We, the undersigned civil society organizations, write to you regarding your recent acquisition of G4S – which continues to be the target of an international boycott and divestment campaign launched by Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations nine years ago. G4S was identified in 2012 by the then UN Special … Continue reading →
Posted April 26, 2021 in G4S, Human Rights, Open Letter, Press releases, Stop G4S.
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