written by John Lannon June 12, 2024
John Lannon of Shannonwatch makes the decisive case for evicting the US military from Ireland once and for all.
The Irish government needs to go beyond symbolic gestures to help people of Gaza.
As the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement points out, one of the main reasons Israel is able to violate international law is because governments fail to meet their legal obligations to hold it to account. Given the genocidal actions of the Israeli Government, it is now well past time that governments imposed economic sanctions including trade embargoes, tariffs, export controls, and technology transfer restrictions.
Ending of the supply of arms to Israel is of critical importance. And in that regard, the Irish government must start paying attention to what is going through our airports & airspace between the US and Israel.The US is by far the biggest supplier of arms to Israel, and the Irish government allows their military to use Shannon Airport on a daily basis.
There are troop carrier flights to and from bases in Qatar, Kuwait, Djibouti and elsewhere. There are USAir Force flights. And US diplomatic flights, on the way to or from Israel in some cases. On May 25th for example, a US Air Force Gulfstream arrived at Shannon from Camp Springs in Washington, was refuelled by airport workers, and took off again for Tel Aviv.
FULL ARTICLE – https://www.rebelnews.ie/2024/06/12/shannon-time-to-stop-facilitating-us-support-for-genocide/
