Catherine O’Sullivan

Master's in Applied Psychology, UCC • social justice, climate justice, volunteering, yoga, nature & the little things • views my own

[The Ditch @wereontheditch]

Paschal Donohoe had a secret phone call with his Israeli counterpart to assure him the Irish government would “block” the Occupied Territories Bill.

Donohoe didn’t record the call, which the Israeli side called "confidential", in his ministerial diary.

https://t.co/zQuJ4D6Qea

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

On Saturday, 1,038 metres and 9 hours later, we completed our Climb for Palestine up Carrauntohill.

There’s still time to donate and enter the raffle! 🎁

https://t.co/TYEnEvKeEC

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵

1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

We are climbing Carrauntohill to raise enough money to fund clean water for about 500 people in Gaza for a month 🤍

Please support and share 🙏

Raffle included! https://t.co/TYEnEvJGP4

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

@corkbeo @RedFMNews @Corks96FM @rte @rtenews @CampaignCork @UNICEFpalestine @IrePalestine

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

Bígí linn! #bridgesofsolidarity #droichid32

Friendly faces in solidarity with Palestine all across Cork and Ireland today ❤️🇵🇸

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

#droichid32 #freepalestine

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

This is heartbreaking and so wrong

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

"I don't want to die" A Palestinian with Down syndrome innocently pleads for his life in Gaza amidst Israeli attacks on civilians in the Strip.

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

Attacking 600,000 injured sick and malnourished children !! 💔💔😡😡

#ALLEYESONRAFAH

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING: Israel’s criminal invasion of Rafah, the last place of refuge for Palestinians in Gaza, has begun.

1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah are now being attacked through air, land and sea, in the middle of the night.

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

ALL EYES ON RAFAH

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Thank you to Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine for organising a beautiful vigil tonight.

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

#SolasDoPháistiGaza i gCorcaigh 🇵🇸

#GaeilarsonGaza

15,000 children killed by Israel

30,000 children wounded by Israel

17,000 children orphaned by Israel

Thousands more crushed or suffocated under buildings

1.1 million children grieving and traumatised - childhoods’ stolen

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

Thank you to Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine for organising a beautiful vigil tonight.

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

More power to you 🤍🤍

[Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine @ColumbiaSJP]

DISCLOSE! DIVEST! WE WILL NOT STOP, WE WILL NOT REST!! ❤️‍🔥
Hundreds of Columbia University students are gathered for an emergency rally to protect the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
We will continue until our demands are met. We will not be intimidated. #cu4Palestine

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

#TLC4P

[UCC Students' Union @UCCSU]

@UCC make a statement! Condemn the genocide 🇵🇸‼️

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

#TLC4P

[UCC Students' Union @UCCSU]

Stand Out for Palestine, National Day of Action for Palestine led by Third Level Colleges 4 Palestine ✊🏽🇵🇸 #TLC4P

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

Retweet #tlc4p !!

[Academics for Palestine @AcaforPalestine]

University College Cork - staff & student action from 8am - 8pm "to show the University that we are steadfast in our resolve to ask them to take a stance, make a statement condemning the ongoing genocide and join the BDS movement" @UCC @UCCSU @UCCEquality @CampaignCork #TLC4P

[Alon Mizrahi @alon_mizrahi]

Some things need to be said on the 6 month mark of this genocide

1. Israel got to drom 100,000 (or so) tons of explosives on Gaza, and killed 40,000 people in Gaza, but it has gained absolutely nothing by doing this. 6 months in, Israel is less secure now than it was at the start of this. It has lost hundreds of soldiers, and tens of thousands more are disabled for life.

2. Israel lost all credibility and goodwill on the international stage. It only has US brute force working on its behalf, and this, too, is eroding. Israel is, for the remainder of its existence, a pariah state in the eyes of much of humanity. It has shown itself to be heartless, reckless, sadistic, and stupid in a very dark way.

3. Palestinian liberation was never more powerfully felt or represented at any time in the last century. Israel actions made Palestine a globally recognized symbol to a degree it never was before. Palestinians have now been humanized like never before, and much of humanity follows their suffering daily, and will keep on doing that.

4. The struggle for a free Palestine is becoming a major facet of decolonization as seen by the Global South. And not only that: the Palestinian struggle is revitalizing and crystalizing decolonization movements and sentiments all over the world. We are witnessing a major shift in global psychology: countries in the Global South feel less and less beholden to Western powers. They are losing patience, they are organizing and they are finding new vocabulary and new ways to express their energized independence.

5. The moral standing of the West has been deeply and irrevocably compromised.

6. It was never clearer that Western establishments work not for Western people, but for someone else.
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In conclusion, I can say this: Palestinians are paying a terrible and unforgivable price in this genocide. But it is not in vain. In their death, suffering, humanity and heroism, they are giving an entire global community a chance and a clear view of liberation.

This began as a major violent attack against Gaza to oppress Palestinians and deny them their undeniable right, but it is turning out to be a milestone in political liberation for a whole generation of people. After 6 months of this horror, Gaza has become synonymous with the cause of freedom. We need to keep this up, so its terrible sacrifice will never be forgotten, or wasted. We must demand justice ever more fiercely, ever more vocally

[Catherine O’Sullivan @catherineos_]

“Eve O’Riordan, who joins Mr Hertel outside City Hall to fast for 72 hours, said: “We’re fasting to call on the Irish government to take concrete action to hold Israel and its allies like the US to account for its war crimes.”” ✌🏻❤️
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