08/06/2010 – 07:54:40
The Irish anti-war movement is asking people not to forget the events of the past week involving humanitarian deliveries to Gaza.
The group is holding a protest outside the Israeli embassy in Dublin this morning – calling on the Government to sever diplomatic ties with Israel.
Richard Boyd Barrett, chairperson of the Irish anti-war movement, has said Gardaí have tried to push protestors away from the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Ballsbridge this morning as they mounted a second peaceful blockade.
The protest continues on the road in front of the embassy.
Claudia Saba, Palestinian member of the IAWM steering committee, said: "It is just disgraceful that the Gardaí would try to prevent us from protesting in a peaceful manner. Protecting the embassy of a government who has just days ago murdered humanitarian workers in international waters and who blockaded an Irish ship and imprisoned irish activists before deporting them."
Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irish-anti-war-movement-protests-blockade-at-israeli-embassy-460758.html#ixzz0qFaBqsMl
