On Wednesday in Order of Business, I spoke about my disappointment on the government’s announcement on the Occupied Territories Bill. What has been proposed is a partial ban, a ban on the import of physical goods from illegal Israeli settlements. The dates and olives grown on stolen Palestinian farmland, but it deliberately excludes trade in services. The tech companies, the tourism platforms, the digital and IT firms that also sustain those settlements are being let off the hook entirely. This is a significant and deeply disappointing walkback, and it would fundamentally undermine the impact of the legislation.
Former president Michael D Higgins has called on the Irish government to use its upcoming presidency of the EU to challenge member states on their commitment to the UN charter and international law, particularly when it comes to relations with Israel.
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This is simple not true from McConalogue.
All UEFA possible actions say "may" and not "will".
If they won't enforce their own rules we owe it to our humanity and football to do it for them.
The govt can just as easily support a new (right) position/decision.
Satanyahu is announcing INVASION after INVASION amounting to LAND THEFT not “issuing evacuation orders” Am so sick of the misuse of language and manipulation of the narrative re Lebanon and Palestine. https://t.co/R9wmci5kna
I’ll be on Six one @rte
to discuss the occupied territories bill. Finally, after so much delays and false starts, it seems like we’ll see movement. Now to get it right: a full ban, goods and service, before summer.🇵🇸
The continuing rapid descent of Germany into fascism (again), with its enthusiastic support for genocide (again), its violent repression of human rights defenders (again), and its embrace of officialized racism (again), should be an alarm bell to German citizens and the international community alike. Germany has not learned from history. The rest of us must.
Dear fellow Germans,
if it were 1930s' and this happened to a Jewish person: would you behave like many of your compatriots at the time, ie do not care and even think that may be right? or, would you do like Hanno and strongly oppose it?
NEVER AGAIN IS NOT A TRIBAL SLOGAN.
Video shows German police violently hitting and pepper-spraying protesters as thousands gathered in Berlin to mark the 78th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
🇩🇪What happened to German legal scholars who once contributed to develop int’l law? Where are the think tanks/foundations that once drove debates on justice?
Fellow Germans: please wake up and help face the crisis your country is helping to shape at the heart of Europe. Again.
Rising resistance to data centers is not just about NIMBYism, says writer and organizer Astra Taylor. It's also about asserting "democratic governance over AI" and pushing back against "Silicon Valley and its authoritarian agenda." https://t.co/gYxQP0Vi6D
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is now playing at the Angelika Dallas. Join us for an exclusive Q&A with co director Carl Deal on Monday, May 18 after the 7:00 PM screening.
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! is in theaters now!
A gripping portrait of iconic independent journalist Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) from Academy Award® nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
"Stirring... rousing, urgent" – Screen International
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I hear Thiago & Saif will be released. That is great! NOW ALL OF US must keep pressing governments so that Apartheid Israel releases the thousands of Palestinians held in its torture centers.
Ahmed joined the advocacy as soon as he was freed.What an example. We missed you Ahmed!
THE consultant psychiatrist who exposed shocking failures at the South Kerry CAMHS service has been approved to practise in Ireland again ✍️ Michael O'Farrell
Dr Maya Sharma, who is currently living in homeless accommodation in London, let her registration with the Irish Medical Council (IMC) lapse but now wants to return to private practice in Kerry.
#CAMHS #Whistleblower