Palestine
IPSC Statement on Launch of ‘Irish Ship To Gaza’ CampaignIreland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Press Release, Monday 30th August, 6pm |
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Two Israeli groups have set up 'Zionist editing' courses with aims to alter perceptions about Israel. Since the earliest days of the worldwide web, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has seen its rhetorical counterpart fought out on the talkboards and chatrooms of the internet.
Now two Israeli groups seeking to gain the upper hand in the online debate have launched a course in "Zionist editing" for Wikipedia, the online reference site. Yesha Council, representing the Jewish settler movement, and the rightwing Israel Sheli (My Israel) movement, ran their first workshop this week in Jerusalem, teaching participants how to rewrite and revise some of the most hotly disputed pages of the online reference site. |
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19/09/2010 - 11:30 19/09/2010 - 17:00
Help us raise money for the campaign and have a fun day out in beautiful Wicklow
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IPSC Open Letter to John Lydon / Johnny Rotten
"Don't Play Along With Apartheid"
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Dear John,
On the afternoon of Thursday 12th August 2010, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) officially launched the historic “Irish artists’ pledge to boycott Israel” at a lunchtime concert in Meeting House Square in Dublin. Present at the launch were 20 of the pledge’s current 150 signatories, including musicians Damien Dempsey, Donal Lunny and Eoin Dillon (Kíla), artists Robert Ballagh and Felim Egan, playwright Jimmy Murphy and actress Neilí Conroy as well as a crowd of supporters. |
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25/08/2010 - 17:30 25/08/2010 - 20:00
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20/08/2010 - 07:30 20/08/2010 - 14:00 8th Peaceful Blockade of the Israeli Embassy Irish Antiwar Movement is calling for:
Please tell all your friends, and show your support for the people of Gaza. 7:30 AM, Friday, 20th August Israeli Embassy, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 |
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12/08/2010 - 13:00 12/08/2010 - 14:00
"In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights." It will be launched by IPSC Cultural Boycott Officer Raymond Deane, himself a composer, in the presence of several signatories. |
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Described by the Palestinian Association for the Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) as "a ground-breaking initiative", this pledge has hitherto been signed by over 130 Irish creative and performing artists: novelists, playwrights, poets, actors, classical composers, singers, songwriters, dancers, painters, sculptors and filmmakers:
