That justice and peace might embrace
Nakba Day Nakba Day is marked on the 15th May. Nakba translates into English as ‘catastrophe’ and recalls the events of 1948 when three quarters of a million Palestinians were expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. This event was a planned instance of ethnic cleansing to make way for the establishment of the state …
Irish National Demonstration for Palestine - Saturday 20th April The next national demonstration for Palestine takes place this Saturday 20th April starting at 1pm from the Garden of Remembrance and walking to the Dail. (see the poster below) I quote from a Trocaire comment, ‘…cracks are beginning to show in the international community’s tolerance of …
Easter Alert This year’s Easter Appeal from Kairos Palestine is presented against the background of the continuing genocidal war in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank. The message includes Current realities in Palestine The work of three Palestinian organisation that are active in Gaza An Easter message by Patriarch Emeritus Michel …
The Gaza genocide continues The genocidal assault on Gaza by Israel continues. Israel has outmatched the Hamas inspired atrocities of the 7th October 26-fold with the killing of over 31,000 children, women, and men. Homes, schools, and clinics have been destroyed. Much of Gaza is a waste land. People desperate for food have been shot …
I draw your attention to the national demonstration for Palestine that will take place tomorrow (Saturday 17th February 2024). Together with many other human rights organisations Kairos Ireland is endorsing this demonstration. An urgent appeal from Kairos Palestine I also give you the link to an urgent appeal from Kairos Palestine, representing Palestinian Christians, calling …
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This year Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem. Munther Ishaq, the pastor of the Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, describes why there is no Christmas tree in the Lutheran Church. In the place where the tree usually stands the baby Jesus is surrounded by rubble. The characters from the Nativity stories, Magi and shepherds, …
As I write this newsletter a major flareup of violence is taking place in Israel and Gaza. There has been indiscriminate rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. Hundreds and hundreds of Israeli civilians have been brutally killed or kidnapped in clear disregard for human rights by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Israeli's doctrine of "disproportionate retaliation" …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd--XZIEmAY Many thanks to our webinar participants. We had a wide range of contributions over 90 mins which you can re-watch above. Contributions included An illustrated introduction to the first Nakba Family experience of dispossession by Asad Abu Sharkh. Eyewitness accounts of the ongoing Nakba in the South Hebron Hills and Hebron by returned Irish …
Palestinian refugees on the road to Lebanon, among many thousands, who were forced out of their homes in May 1948 before the establishment of the state of Israel. This was called ‘ethnic cleansing’ some fifty years later by historians when they were denied the right to return home. 75 years ago, 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically …
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Launch of new Irish Anti-Apartheid Campaign for Palestine The newly formed Irish Anti-Apartheid Campaign calls on Ireland to take action on Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. The coalition, made up of 18 civil society organisations, trade unions and academic experts committed to working collaboratively to end Israeli apartheid against Palestinians, was launched today in Merrion Square, …
