Boycott effort by IPSC volunteers.
If Americans knew the reality in the Palestinian territories, they would undoubtedly become irate at just what it is our government in Washington is not only supporting through funding, but hiding from public view. Of course, the American press, absent of any modern day Edward R. Murrows, finds itself in complicity with the government, not for just keeping quiet about Israeli war crimes, but repeating propaganda issued by Israel and the US State Department.
Irish history is replete with the actions of courageous personalities who died to provide, after centuries of British hegemony, its own sovereignty and independence as a state. No Irish man or women is unable to understand and sympathize, on viewing their long road to independence, the plight of the Palestinian people.
This is the front page of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign site, a great place to go when you want to learn about the reality that is being withheld from the American people: the deadly occupation the Palestinian people endure, while Israel confiscates more and more of their ancestral lands (for the links, please go to the site: http://www.ipsc.ie/index.php)
Some Featured Articles
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements for sale at London expo
by Haroon Siddique, The Guardian
Israeli companies are using UK property shows to sell housing in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Guardian Unlimited can reveal. At the Israel Property Exhibition at Brent town hall, North London last Sunday, one company, Anglo-Saxon Real Estate, was offering for sale properties in Maale Adumim and Maccabim. Both West Bank settlements lie on the Palestinian side of the so-called green line, the pre-1967 boundary and often cited as the border between Israel….
Palestinian village loses half its land for Israeli Wall construction
by Ali Samoudi in International Middle East Media Center, 16 November 2007
Toura al Gharbeyah is a West Bank village located southwest of the city ofJenin. The village has lost half its total land area for the construction of the Israeli Annexation Wall. According to Tareq Kabaha, head of the village council, the most fertile land has been annexed by the construction of the Wall. Kabaha said that the total area of the land confiscated for the construction of the Wall is 1000 Dunums, most of which are agricultur….
Moratinos asegura que España estará al lado de Israel en cualquier situación
by Agencia EFE in La Vanguardia, 15 November 2007
PIWP translation: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, affirmed tonight in Madrid that Spain will be together with Israel “in whatever situation”, and assured that the responsibility with that country is “absolute”. “Spain, modestly, whatever the situation, will stand next to Israel although sometimes our country, our government, doesn’t act clearly in favor of peace, in favor of Israel.” [← it is….
Will Facebook censor a Palestinian human rights activist?
by Anonymous in Booman Tribune, 16 November 2007
The kind of censorship I am about to describe can only occur in America, sadly to say, in the freedom of speech capital of the world. When Daily Kos, the largest left wing Democratic site on the internet, made a decision earlier this year to ban advocates of Palestinian freedom and self-determination, it did so at the behest of a cabal of right wing Zionists that monitor the site. Administration even worked with this cabal to eventually….
The Beginnings of a Strong, Pro-Palestinian Position in the West?
by Anthony Loewstedt (Löwstedt) in Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN), 10 November 2007
Since the publication of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s `Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’ a year ago, criticism of Israel, especially of Israel’s human rights record in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and of Israel’s supporters in the USA, appears more prominently in the U.S. media. Although as a result of his book Carter was accused of being an `anti-Semite’, a `fool’, a ‘bigot’ and a `Jew-hater’ in the mainstream media, these unfound….
Articulating the Unprintable: Ramzy Baroud Discusses Media Response to His Book
by June Rugh (interviewer), Ramzy Baroud (interviewee) in Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN), 14 November 2007
June Rugh: Good afternoon, Mr. Baroud. Your book, The Second Palestinian Intifada, has been widely praised by eminent scholars and intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, and Norman Finkelstein. Coupled with the national media awareness of the momentum building towards the US-based Palestinian-Israeli peace conference, did your book tour receive considerable attention from the press? Ramzy Baroud: On the contrary, the silence….
Adapting to all conditions
by Saleh Naami (Al-Naami) in Al-Ahram Weekly, 15 November 2007
Hamas has done its homework and Gazans are ready for the Israeli tanks, observes Saleh Al-Naami….
No way out
by Serene Assir in Al-Ahram Weekly, 15 November 2007
The plight of the Palestinians stranded in Egypt is being ignored while the conditions faced by their besieged families in Gaza steadily deteriorate. Serene Assir on a crisis no one wants to remember….
War of words
by Saleh Naami (Al-Naami) in Al-Ahram Weekly, 15 November 2007
Israeli officials are more determined than ever to besmirch Egypt’s reputation. But why now, asks Saleh Al-Naami….
Talking in circles
by Khaled (Khalid) Amayreh in Al-Ahram Weekly, 15 November 2007
Provocations and misunderstandings abound, but Israel as a state for Jews only remains the heart of the problem, writes Khaled Amayreh….
Peace is possible
by Ian Black in The Guardian, 17 November 2007
The Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh tells Ian Black that despite widespread pessimism surrounding talks in Annapolis a change of focus could go on to yield spectacular results….
Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks
by Ian Black in The Guardian, 17 November 2007
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed a pledge to negotiate “immediately and continuously” to reach a final peace agreement within a year in a joint declaration to be issued in 10 days at a key summit in the US.With diplomatic activity intensifying in advance of the event in Annapolis – pencilled in for November 26 but billed as a “meeting” rather than a conference – officials from both sides say they are putting the finishing touches….
Weisglass to Winograd: Sharon wouldn’t have sent ground troops to Lebanon
by Haaretz Servcie in Ha’aretz, 15 November 2007
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s most senior adviser on Tuesday told the panel investigating the conduct of last year’s war in Lebanon that Sharon would not have considered a ground operation over the border. In his testimony to the Winograd Committee, Dov Weissglas added that had Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s northern towns and cities during Sharon’s tenure, he would have taught the group “a lesson they wouldn’t have forgotten….
Israeli forces storm northern and central West Bank
by Nisreen Qumsieh in IMEMC (International Middle East Middle Media Center), 16 November 2007
Israeli military forces on Friday morning invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the central West Bank city of al-Bireh, Palestinian security sources have reported. In Nablus, a large number of Israeli troops invaded the eastern neighborhood of the city and the Balata refugee camp. No kidnappings were reported. In al-Bireh, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli troops established a flying checkpoint on….
Recent Events Not Heard About in the USA.
All is quiet on the Palestinian front? Isn’t that what we are all led to believe? Read below and get wise. In addition to the above article, these military events were recorded.
16 Nov 2007
Large contingents of Israeli occupation forces invade Nablus and Al-Bireh
15 Nov 2007
Settlers set fire to olive trees near the village of Deir el Hatab
14 Nov 2007
Israeli occupation forces invade several West Bank towns, harass locals, and kidnap civilians
13 Nov 2007
Israeli army blocks Palestinian access to land around the village of Barta’a
12 Nov 2007
Seven people shot dead by Hamas police at rally in Gaza
9 Nov 2007
Israeli occupation forces kidnap Birzeit Univ. student leader
8 Nov 2007
Israeli occupation forces harass the village Beit Omer and kidnap many Palestinian civilians
Israeli occupation forces demolish two houses in the Bethlehem area
Israeli occupation forces harass several parts of the occupied territories and kidnap many Palestinian civilians
7 Nov 2007
Israeli army demolishes house in central Gaza
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign activity
And what is the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign doing on its own? IPSC has chapters in many of Ireland’s cities and these are some of their latest reports:
The IPSC is campaigning to get Grafton Group plc, the owners of the Atlantic Homecare and Woodies chains of DIY stores, to cease stocking Israeli goods until justice has been achieved for the Palestinians.
Recent articles about demonstrations outside Grafton Group stores (see picture above for typical boycott)
30 September 2007, Cork branch of IPSC launches boycott of Woodies
2 September 2007, Grafton Group plc – stacks of apartheid produce
28 August 2007, Grafton Group plc – no corporate social responsibility
26 August 2007, The world wipes its crocodile tears with Prada whilst Palestine is slowly broken on the Zionist wheel
26 July 2007, Opening of new Woodie’s DIY store in Limerick hijacked by Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign protestors
28 November 2006, Irish store deshelves products made in Apartheid Israel
Events Diary
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 (Cork)
Room 201, O’Rahilly Building, UCC
What I saw in Palestine
Prominent Jewish voices
An Open Letter to David Miliband More than three hundred prominent British Jews urge the UK Foreign Secretary to oppose Israel’s sanctions against the people of Gaza. (The Times, 28 September 2007)
Important New books
Married to Another Man: Israel’s Dilemma in Palestine
by Ghada Karmi
Publ’n date: May 2007
Hardcover, £14.99
The Iron Cage
by Rashid Khalidi
Publ’n date: 4 Oct 2006
Hardcover, £13.08
Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappe
Publ’n date: 19 Oct 2006
Hardcover, £16.99
No cover picture.
One Country
by Ali Abunimah
Publ’n date: 31 Oct 2006
Dedicated to those who have not forgotten the spirit of independence fostered by Ireland’s history. Never again should one people have to tolerate occupation by another.
