Written by Foras Teamhrach
Around 40 members of the Anti-War movement are protesting outside the Isreali Embassy in Dublin this morning. The group is calling on the Government to sever diplomatic ties with Israel. Nine people were killed last week after Israeli forces attacked a flotilla of ships which was en route to Gaza with aid. Spokesperson for [...]
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Word Press Tags: Rachel Corrie Ship, MV Rachel Corrie, Ireland, Israel, Gaza, Gaza Flotilla The parents of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, have paid tribute to those who attempted to break Israel’s naval blockade on a ship named after their daughter. The crew of the [...]
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Below is a press release from the Ireland / Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Freedom Flotilla: Fintan Lane speaks of his harrowing experience as MV Rachel Corrie is 400 miles from Gaza Press Release – 3 Jun 2010 Speaking from Istanbul, Dr Fintan Lane, of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), spoke of his experiences on [...]
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Technorati Tags: Gaza,Gaza Flotilla,Palestine,Israel,Ireland,Dublin,Denis Halliday,Mairead Maguire On board the MV Rachel Corrie , which is on its way to Gaza, are the following Irish activists: * Fiona Thompson from Dundalk, a documentary film-maker. * Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary general of the UN. After more than 30 years in the UN, he was [...]
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Naomi Klein speaking in Toronto on May 31st in a rally about the Assault on Gaza. http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2010/06/israels-carnage-sea-shouts-are-not-enough
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A French protester who had been aboard the Gaza flotilla said the activists did not provoke Israeli naval commandos. "From the beginning, there were precise instructions: not a single provocation when the Israeli came aboard," Youssef Ben Derbal told French journalists after landing Tuesday in Paris. Derbal was one of 10 French citizens on [...]
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“Some formed human shields, others fought back with makeshift weapons, while a few of the most vulnerable hid below deck and prayed for the violence and killing to stop. But what united every survivor who spoke out today about yesterday’s pre-dawn assault by Israeli commandos on the pro-Palestinian aid flotilla to Gaza, was a [...]
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Yesterday the Dail passed a resolution condemning the attack on the Gaza flotilla in international waters. It is to be noted that RTE did not report in their news reports yesterday that the Dail had voted to condemn the assault on the Gaza flotilla. Nor have they given the event any emphasis today. So [...]
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Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice yesterday, it remains unclear whether this is to be temporary or on a permanent basis. Technorati Tags: Gaza Border,Gaza Flotilla,Egypt,Israel http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100602/FOREIGN/706019801/1001&profile=1001
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Technorati Tags: Gaza,Gaza Flotilla,Dail Eireann,Rachel Corrie Israel is to free hundreds of foreign activists who were detained during the raid on an aid flotilla heading for Gaza yesterday. Israeli sources said cabinet ministers had decided that the activists, including some they had threatened to put on trial, would be released ‘almost immediately’. Seven Irish citizens [...]
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