“This cannot be allowed to happen – we need to tell the new Government that instead of betrayals, backsliding and cowardice in the face of the US empire’s threats, we want the Occupied Territories Bill, the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill, and the Arms Embargo Bill passed, an end to the use of Irish airports and airspace to transfer weapons, we want Israel kicked out of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, the breaking of diplomatic relations, and we want to ditch the anti-Palestinian IHRA so-called working definition of antisemitism.”.
“Ireland is a case in point; before even taking office, the new Government is already bowing to pressure from the Trump regime and vowing to sideline the Occupied Territories Bill, while endorsing the viciously anti-Palestinian and free speech curbing IRHA ‘definition’ of antisemitism, opposed by human rights organisations around the world, including Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
She called for action from the Government, including not allowing Israel to use Irish airspace to transport weapons.
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) led the gathering from the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square across the city centre to Leinster House, where the Government sits, for a rally.
The new Irish Government has been urged to place sanctions on Israel.
