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Tag: Ireland
Apr 1, 2026
2026.03.15 Update: The St. Patrick’s Day March has been Cancelled
The parade, not the month
Petition to Ban Israel from Eurovision – Sign Now!
Avaaz, Sep 24, 2025
Petition Ireland to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Ekō, Aug 6, 2025
The Changing Map of Palestinian Recognition
Ashley Wu, New York Times, July 30, 2025
UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
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2025.05.22-06.30: 40 Days Solidarity Fast For Gaza
Sami Awad, Nonviolence International, May 20, 2025
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The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not.
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The…
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Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty’s director…
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30 Jewish Organizations Support UN Human Rights Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The Bullet, November 8, 2024 As Jewish organizations and groups, we express our support for…
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Shaaban Al-Dalou, Burned Alive in Gaza, Would Have Been 20 Today
Footage captured of his burning body has seared its way through the collective consciousness—an indelible…
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Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal
Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of…
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Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N.…
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The Biden administration maintains that Israel’s invasion of the southern Gazan city is “limited,” despite…
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Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel Movement: United for human…
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“In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for…
2022.01.21: Just World podcast “The World From Palestine”!
Dear Friends– Happy Martin Luther King Day! I hope it finds you well. This week,…
Diplomats tour Palestinian communities Israel is expelling from the South Hebron Hills
B’Tselem, 19 October 2020
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For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a…
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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…
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Stand up for Palestinian rights and cancel your concert in Tel Aviv The British…
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Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, October 05, 2016 Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to…
Zaytouna-Oliva departs for Gaza
Amal-Hope II to follow soon Women’s Boat to Gaza, Messina, Italy, September 27, 2016 This…
2016.07.20: Women’s Boat to Gaza
Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
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Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
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Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…
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ALI ABUNIMAH, The New York Times, August 28, 2010 (Chicago) GEORGE J. MITCHELL, the United…
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