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Ireland Palestine Solidarity supporters to lobby councillors in Lifford today

written by Staff Writer November 25, 2024
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The Donegal branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is calling on members of Donegal County Council to vote yes to a motion calling on the Government to pass and enact the Occupied Territories Bill at its meeting today.

The motion was called by Cllr Jimmy Brogan.

The IPSC is calling on supporters to attend County House in Lifford to show support for the motion and to “lobby the councillors as they enter the council. “

Senators Francis Black and Eileen Flynn, who initiated the Bill in the Seanad in 2018, will be present to speak to Councillors prior to the meeting and will be accompanied by Thomas Pringle TD.

The Donegal branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign say that they “trust that the members will do the moral and just thing by passing the motion.”

They continued “the Bill has been delayed by the government parties as they said that there were legal difficulties in imposing sanctions. This impediment has been removed since the International Court of Justice ruled that all Israeli colonial settlements constituted an occupation and are illegal in July.

“They also ruled that they should all be removed and that reparations should be paid for the damage caused. The ruling further determined that the colonial settlements constituted the crime of Apartheid.”

The Occupied Territories Bill is a proposed Irish law that would ban and criminalise “trade with and economic support for illegal settlements in territories deemed occupied  under international law in the occupied territories.

The bill was tabled in the Seanad by independent senator Frances Black in January 2018, who stated that “trade in settlement goods sustains injustice”. She was supported in drafting the Bill by Trócaire, Christian Aid, Amnesty International and ICTU.

The motion to the Council reads “To ask that the Cathaoirleach to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to inform him that Donegal  County Council, in light of the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice on the illegality of Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories, calls on the Irish Government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill, to cut Irish trade ties with Israeli goods and services produced in these illegal settlements.”

The DIPSC says it is calling on all its supporters to lobby their local councillors, urging them to vote in favour of the motion and to send a clear message that Donegal, “condemns Israel’s crimes of apartheid and genocide”.

They are encouraging supporters to assemble outside the Council offices in Lifford this morning at 10.30am to lobby the councillors as they enter the council.

Ireland Palestine Solidarity supporters to lobby councillors in Lifford today was last modified: November 25th, 2024 by Staff Writer
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