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Successful IPSC at Protest Bogus Israeli Embassy Conference on Migrant Rights One Speaker Pulls Out
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Friday December 18, 2009 18:11 by Freda H, Fintan L & Kev - IPSC info at ipsc dot ie
- Successful IPSC Protest at Bogus Israeli Embassy Conference on Migrant Rights Members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today, Friday 18th December, staged a two-hour protest outside a lecture being hosted by the Israeli Embassy in the Dublin 4 Berkeley Hotel. The embassy invited many women's rights, migrant and refugee advocacy groups to attend what they described as a lecture on "Migrant Women: Sharing the Israeli experience in Migrant absorption". The human rights activists stood at the gates of the hotel holding flags and placards, and distributed leaflets asking invitees not to attend. "Palestinian women’s access to adequate prenatal, natal and post-natal medical care remains a matter of serious concern, impairing the fulfilment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. It should also be noted that Israeli policies on closure may, in certain instances, amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under article 16 of the Convention against Torture. Finally it is reiterated that the issue of pregnant Palestinian women giving birth at Israeli checkpoints must be understood within the context of the broader regime of the Israeli occupation and associated restrictions on movement, impacting as they do on all aspects of life in the occupied territories." - http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/C7067BCF833833DE852...853D3 [2] In early November 2009, Deputy Tuffy visited Israel as a member of the Oireachtas Ireland-Israel Friendship group of which she is vice-chair. In her own words, "The idea of the trip was to try and facilitate links between Irish business people and Israeli counterparts. The Israeli Embassy was involved in the organisation and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributed to the cost." (See link to her blog below.) These activities are in complete opposition to international calls by human rights activists to boycott Israeli produce and services in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine. Joanna Tuffy has also publicly criticised the Irish government for its support for the Goldstone report at the UN Assembly. For Ms Tuffy's views on Israel/Palestine, please click on the following link to her blog: http://www.labour.ie/joannatuffy/blogarchive/2009/11/16...srael Her attendance at this Israeli propaganda event in Dublin today is a further source of concern for Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland and, in our opinion, shows a serious lack of understanding with regard to the routine human rights abuses carried out by the Israeli state against the Palestinian people. ENDS The IPSC would like to thank to everyone who came along and/or who phoned Deputy Tuffy asking her not to attend (in vain) or any of the other participants. Concerned people should consider calling the Labour Party to complain about Deputy Tuffy's presence at this event.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"this resolution was drafted by the Arab League and, in my view, involved taking sides"
Yeah. God forbid you'd take sides Joanna.
you said, '' I think a biased view against Israel is prominent in Irish debate on the conflict ''
Why is there a biased view? Read Robert Fisk's 'The great war for civilization'.
I'm pretty shocked at Joanna's attempted justification for attending the conference at the Israeli Embassy. Her whole argument seems to be based on the assumption that this is a conflict between two states of more or less equal power but with opposing interests, and ignores the stark reality of the situation; that there has been an ongoing military occupation of the West Bank for over 40 years and a brutal economic seige of Gaza since 2006. For Irish delegates to engage in diplomatic and business relations with the very state whose policy toward Palestinians has been consistently brutal and in complete contempt of International Law and Security Council Resolutions is not to take a neutral stance in the conflict, and actually serves to enocurage and strengthen the primary obstacle to peace. She also states; "that is not to say that I believe that the Irish State should not criticise or condemn particular actions by Israel, or call for particular measures to be carried out by its Government." There is another false assumption implicit here; these "particular actions" which merit condemnation are not isolated incidents or atrocities committed by rogue officers within the IDF. Rather, they are part of a sustained policy of ethnic cleansing which has been going on since 1948, which is glaringly obvious after even a brief glance at history. It's almost laughable to criticise the "biased view" of the conflict which is allegedly prominent in Irish debate on the conflict while at the same time refraining from taking a firm stand against the Israeli Government's racist policies, which are hardly more conducive to the objectives of a peace process.
Re: Conor.
Since when is Robert Fisk not biased against Israel?
It's not so much that Robert Fisk is biased against Israel. It's just that when you write down all Israel's bad behaviour in the one place, it seems that way. There's so much of it.
It's very unfortunate that when Fisk and others write all the bad things they can dig up about Israel, they fail to mention all the good things such as all the medical and technological advances that are developed there for the good of us all.
That's why Fisk is biased.
unfortunately there's not much digging required. except where the Israelis have tried to bury something. Y'know, like 200 NUCLEAR WARHEADS!!.
The pious little angels of Israel develop medical procedures purely for the altruistic benefit of all of mankind while at the same time they bomb children and schools into a paste with US supplied munitions and illegal white phosphorous bombs and create a blockade around gaza preventing the most basic of supplies to reach the palestinians afterwards. In parallel with these activities they continue the systematic erosion of palestinian lands for settlements.
What kind of schizophrenia are you describing mr filament?
A filament is a thread. Perhaps you are referring to the thread you are weaving here into a blanket of misdirection to cover up for the atrocious behaviour of Israel?
Of course, they aren't doing this because of their warm fuzzy love for all of mankind. They're just doing it for the hard cash. Big pharma is a multi billion dollar industry and regularly corners are cut in pursuit of profit. So you are promoting the fact that Israel is up to it's neck in a rather corrupt but lucrative business in order to improve it's image?? Great choice! And I guess the 200 nukes are there for radiology treatment for poor dying cancer victims too? What about the F16's and cluster munitions and phosphorous bombs? Well, yeah I guess they certainly cured any illness 1400+ palestinians including 300+ children in Gaza might have had very effectively!!
Perhaps the Israelis should take some of that schizophrenia medication they make now! Evidently they truly need it
Filament
Israel is a rogue state no matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise
Its war crimes (Gaza last year for just one example)
Theft of organs from dead bodies
Sectarian Jewish state that denies Palestinians the right to return to their homes while allowing Jewish immigrants with no connection to Palestine the right to emigrate there.
The theft of palestinian land and the building of illegal settlements there
The breach of UN resolutions
etc etc