The Palestine Podcast

Palestine Podcast #37: Michael Lynk, Clare Daly, Tom Moerehout and Ann Kdair on ‘Stop Settlements – On The Road To Justice In Palestine’

Fri, 22 May 2020 00:01:03 GMT

The Palestine Podcast showcases a selection of lectures, talks and interviews featuring leading experts and social justice activists active on the Palestine-Israel issue. Brought to you by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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PP#37 – Michael Lynk, Clare Daly, Tom Moerehout and Ann Kdair on ‘Stop Settlements – On The Road To Justice In Palestine' [2020-05-22] – (Download here)

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INFO:
On 21st May 2020 Michael Lynk, Clare Daly, Tom Moerehout and Ann Kdair held a friendly discussion and debate about accountability and obligations of companies and governments towards trade with Isreal's illegal settlements, and wider issues of how we in Europe and beyond can help to achieve justice for the Palestinian people.
About the speakers:
Michael Lynk – the UN Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine
Dr Anna Kdair – Legal Researcher and Advocacy officer, Al-Haq
Prof Tom Moerenhout – Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
Clare Daly – member of the European Parliament (Ireland)

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Palestine Podcast #36: Diana Buttu on ‘The New Nakba: Israel’s Annexation Plan’

Fri, 15 May 2020 02:23:54 GMT

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PP#36 – Diana Buttu on ‘The New Nakba: Israel’s Annexation Plan' [2020-05-13] – (Download here)

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INFO:
To mark Nakba Day 2020, on Wednesday 13^h May the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was honoured to host an online public meeting with Palestinian legal expert and political analyst Diana Buttu.
About the talk
Ms. Buttu discussed Israel’s latest plan to illegally annex large areas of the West Bank in the context on the ‘Ongoing Nakba’ which has seen the Palestinians subjected to seven decades of dispossession, ethnic cleansing, military occupation, mass incarceration, illegal annexation and racist apartheid.
72 years on from the violent colonial partition of Palestine in 1948 and the forcible expulsion of two thirds of its indigenous people, she will also discuss what Palestinians, internationals and the international community can do to prevent this new Nakba, and how we can effectively support the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice, equality and return.
About the speaker
Diana Buttu is a Ramallah-based lawyer, analyst and commentator, a former legal advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization, and Policy Advisor to the Palestinian thinktank Al-Shabaka.

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Palestine Podcast #35: Gideon Levy on ‘From the Two-State Solution to the One-State Solution’

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:18:14 GMT

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PP#35 – Gideon Levy on ‘From the Two-State Solution to the One-State Solution' [2019-11-21] – (Download here)

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On Thursday 21^st November 2019, acclaimed anti-Zionist Israeli journalist Gideon Levy spoke in Trinity College Dublin. The subject of this talk was the prospects and practicalities of the two-state and one-state models for ending colonialism and apartheid in the Palestine-Israel region. The talk also looked at the situation on the ground for Palestinians today, and traced the terrifying growth of extreme anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic racism under the Trump-Netanyahu axis.
The event was hosted by Academics for Palestine.

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Palestine Podcast #34: Selma Dabbagh & Basma Ghalayini on ‘Palestine +100: Stories from a Century After the Nakba’

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:41:42 GMT

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PP#34 – Selma Dabbagh & Basma Ghalayini on ‘Palestine +100: Stories from a Century After the Nakba' [2019-11-06] – (Download here)

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On Wednesday 6th November 2019 in Trinity College Dublin, ‘Palestine +100: Stories From a Century After The Nakba’, the first ever anthology of Palestinian science fiction, was launched by Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh and editor Basma Ghalayini.
The book poses a question to contemporary Palestinian writers: what might your home city look like in the year 2048 – exactly 100 years after Nakba, the displacement of more than 700,000 people? The result: contemporary Palestinian writers offering their own spin on the science fiction and fantasy genre.
Covering a range of approaches – from SF noir, to nightmarish dystopia, to high-tech farce – these stories use the blank canvas of the future to reimagine the Palestinian experience today. Along the way, we encounter drone swarms, digital uprisings, time-bending VR, peace treaties that span parallel universes, and even a Palestinian superhero, in the first anthology of science fiction from Palestine.
Hear one of the contributors to this groundbreaking new collection of science-fiction stories, British Palestinian writer, Selma Dabbagh and the editor, Basma Ghalayini, as they discuss an anthology that uses possible futures as a vehicle for exploring the politics of the present.
Hosted by Academics for Palestine and the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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Palestine Podcast #33: Ilan Pappe on ‘The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories’

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:14:10 GMT

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PP#33 – Ilan Pappe on ‘The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories [2019-10-12] – (Download here)

INFO:
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was honoured to launch the paperback of Ilan Pappe’s new book, The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories (Oneworld, 2019) on 12th October 2019 in Dublin. This podcast is a recording of the talk by the acclaimed Israeli historian where he discussed a book which has been called “critical for understanding the present situation and looking forward to possible solutions”.
About the Book
Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017
From the author of the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine – the seminal study of the 1948 Nakba and the violent creation of the State of Israel – comes an incisive look at the Occupied Palestinian Territories, picking up the story where that book left off.
In this comprehensive exploration of one of the world’s most prolonged and tragic conflicts, Pappe uses recently declassified archival material to analyse the motivations and strategies of the generals and politicians – and the decision-making process itself – that laid the foundation of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. From a survey of the legal and bureaucratic infrastructures that were put in place to control the population of over one million Palestinians, to the security mechanisms that vigorously enforced that control, Pappe paints a picture of what is to all intents and purposes the world’s largest ‘open prison’.
About the Author
Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the College of Social Sciences and International Studies and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, and the author of over a dozen books including the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, A History of Modern Palestine, The Idea of Israel, Ten Myths About Israel and The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel. In 2017, Pappe was awarded the Middle East Monitor’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palestine Book Awards.
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Palestine Podcast #32: Ben White on ‘Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:50:22 GMT

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PP#32 – Ben White on ‘Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel' [2019-02-28] – (Download here)

INFO:
As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2019, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Academics for Palestine were proud to host acclaimed journalist and author Ben White for an evening of discussion about his latest book Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel (Pluto, 2018). The event took place on 28th February 2019 in Dublin.
About ‘Cracks in the Wall’
After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, Israel has created an apartheid, one state reality in historic Palestine. Peace efforts have failed because of one, inconvenient truth: the Israeli maximum on offer does not meet the Palestinian minimum, or the standards of international law.
But while the situation on the ground is bleak, Ben White argues that there are widening cracks in Israel’s traditional pillars of support. Opposition to Israeli policies and even critiques of Zionism are growing in Jewish communities, as well as amongst Western progressives. The election of Donald Trump has served as a catalyst for these processes, including the transformation of Israel from a partisan issue into one that divides the US establishment. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-led boycott campaign is gathering momentum, prompting a desperate backlash by Israel and its allies.
With sharp analysis, Ben White says now is the time to plot a course that avoids the mistakes of the past – a way forward beyond apartheid in Palestine. The solution is not partition and ethnic separation, but equality and self-determination – for all.
About the Author
Ben White is a journalist and analyst, who has been visiting and writing about Palestine for over a decade. His books include Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy (Pluto, 2011), Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide (Pluto, 2014), and Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel (Pluto, 2018). His articles have been published by the Guardian, Independent, Newsweek Middle East, and many others. Ben is a frequent guest expert on Al Jazeera, and is a contributor for Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.
Hosted by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign in association with Academics for Palestine.

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Palestine Podcast #31: Aida Touma-Sliman on ‘Israel’s New Apartheid Law’

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:43:35 GMT

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PP#31 – Aida Touma-Sliman on ‘Israel’s New Apartheid Law' [2018-11-15] – (Download here)

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On Thursday 15th November the IPSC hosted Aida Touma-Sliman MK, a Palestinian member of the Israel parliament. Ms. Touma-Sliman discussed the passage of Israel’s new apartheid ‘Nation State’ law in the context of the growth of rightwing extremism in Israel’s domestic and foreign policy, and the efforts to resist this trend.
This was a rare opportunity to hear first-hand from someone who opposes Israeli state racism, apartheid and militarism from within the very corridors of power.
In July 2018 Israel passed the so-called ‘Nation State Law’, a racist law designed to officially assign second class status to Palestinian citizens of Israel, and to deny their claim to their homeland. It has been widely described and decried as enshrining apartheid inside the state of Israel, where previously Israel had sought to hide official discrimination behind a liberal veneer.
This slipping of the mask is just the latest in a long line escalating measures designed to marginalise Palestinians, whichever side of the Green Line they live on – from the shooting of unarmed protestors in Gaza, to the demolition of villages in the West Bank and Negev, to the crackdown on anti-occupation civil society groups. Meanwhile there has been an uptick in Israeli airstrikes in neighbouring countries and sabre-rattling against Iran and Lebanon. All of these are a legacy of the exponential growth of far right political parties and movements inside Israel over the past two decades, and the continued impunity which Israel enjoys abroad, something now amplified by Trump’s rise to power in the US.
About the speaker
Aida Touma-Sliman MK is a Palestinian member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) where she heads the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality. She was elected in 2015 for the Joint List, the coalition of Arab and leftwing parties. She was born in Nazareth into a Christian Palestinian family and earned a B.A. in psychology and Arabic literature from the University of Haifa. Touma-Sliman founded the Arab feminist group Women Against Violence in 1992.
She joined the Hadash party, later becoming editor-in-chief of Al-Ittihad, an Arabic language newspaper. She became the first female member of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and co-founded the International Women’s Commission for a Just Palestinian-Israeli Peace. In July 2018, following the passage of the ‘Nation State Law’, she penned an article for The Guardian newspaper entitled ‘Netanyahu will be known as the first prime minister of Israeli apartheid’.
Hosted by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, with the assistance of the Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases.

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Palestine Podcast #30: Benjamin Ladraa on ‘As long as the world is burning: The Walk to Palestine’

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:09:29 GMT

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PP#30 – Benjamin Ladraa on ‘As long as the world is burning: The Walk to Palestine' [2018-06-26] – (Download here)

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In 2017, Benjamin Ladraa left his home in Sweden and started walking southeast. He recounts incredible adventures on the road to Palestine, his brush with Israeli secret service in Prague, his quest for unconditional human rights for all people, his thoughts on the brutal conflict there and the nature of activism and how collective actions can have a lasting impact.
Music by KarismaBeatz & EzY – Arabic night
Dan Spanner – Long Live Palestine
About the speaker
Benjamin Ladraa is a Swedish human rights activist known for advancing awareness of human rights violations in the Palestine. In 2017 he embarked on a solo 4,800km trek from Sweden to Palestine, via thirteen countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
About the podcaster
Shaun O’Neill is an Irish podcast-maker who holds a Masters Degree in theology from Uppsala University in Sweden. He has a keen interest in The Middle East, humanitarian work and social justice.

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Palestine Podcast #29: Shawan Jabarin on ‘The Great March of Return, Israel’s Assault on Gaza & the Struggle for Justice in Palestine’

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:42:53 GMT

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PP#29 – Shawan Jabarin on ‘The Great March of Return, Israel’s Assault on Gaza & the Struggle for Justice in Palestine' [2018-06-26] – (Download here)

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On 13^th June 2018, in this timely and important talk, preeminent Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin addressed recent developments in Gaza: the remarkable mass movement that emerged in the form of the Great March of Return, and the response of the Israeli military – including the use of lethal force and explosive bullets against civilians, as well as open-fire rules of engagement that have been approved by the Israeli Supreme Court. Jabarin also talked about the diverse range of ongoing attempts to hold Israel to account for its violations of international law in the Palestinian territories – from potential war crimes investigations by the International Criminal Court to forthcoming proposed legislation in Ireland to ban trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories.
About the speaker
Shawan Jabarin is the General Director of Al-Haq, the largest, oldest and best known human-rights organization in the Palestinian territories. In 2011 he was appointed to the Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Board, and in 2013 he was elected as a Commissioner for the International Commission of Jurists. In 2016 he was elected Secretary-General of FIDH: International Federation of Human Rights.
After studying sociology at Birzeit University in the 1980s, Jabarin later studied law in Ireland. He is a graduate of the Irish Centre of Human Rights, NUI Galway, where he completed the LL.M programme in 2004-05, supported by a grant from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid programme. In 2010, the Irish Centre of Human Rights presented him with its first and only distinguished graduate award.
Jabarin began volunteering with Al-Haq while he was a student at Birzeit University. He joined Al-Haq as a field researcher in 1987. He became its director in 2006. He has been subject to administrative detention without trial, travel bans and death threats for his work as a human rights defender, and has been supported in campaigns by Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, and others. He was awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1990 for his defence of freedom of expression and human rights, and has been received numerous other human rights awards since, personally and on behalf of Al-Haq.
Organised by Academics for Palestine and the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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The Palestine Podcast #28: Nery Ramati on ‘Palestinian Child Prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s Prisons’

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:20:26 GMT

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PP#28 – Nery Ramati on ‘Palestinian Child Prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s Prisons' [2018-04-18] – (Download here)

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On Wednesday 18th April 2018 – to mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day – Israel human rights lawyer Nery Ramati spoke in Dublin about the situation of Palestinian children under Israel’s apartheid military court system.
Every year, hundreds of Palestinian minors undergo the same scenario. Israeli security forces pick them up on the street or at home in the middle of the night, then handcuff and blindfold them and transport them to interrogation, often subjecting them to violence en route. Exhausted and scared – some having spent a long time in transit, some having been roused from sleep, some having had nothing to eat or drink for hours – the minors are then interrogated. Completely alone, cut off from the world, without a lawyer or other guardian present they are interrogated in manner that often involves threats, verbal abuse and physical violence. Its sole purpose is to get the minors to ‘confess’ or provide ‘information’ about others.
They are then taken to the military court for a remand hearing. In the vast majority of cases, the military judges approve remand, even when the only evidence against the minors is their own confession. These military courts, which are only used to try Palestinians, have a 99.7% conviction rate and have been repeatedly criticised by human rights groups as failing to meet international standards for a fair trial. The facts and figures all demonstrate that the rights of Palestinian minors’ are being regularly and systematically violated by Apartheid Israel.
About the Speaker
Nery Ramati is an attorney and partner in Gaby Lasky and Partners Law Office, a leading human rights office in Israel, specializing in freedom of expression and protest, and Ahed Tamimi’s lawyers.
He has been representing Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights and anti-occupation activists in Israel’s military (Occupied Palestinian Territories) and civil (State of Israel) courts for almost a decade. Mr. Ramati has been representing leading human rights defenders and activists from the Palestinian villages of the popular struggle movement, such as Bi’ilin, Nabi Saleh, Beit Ummar, Qadom and others. One of his most important achievements is raising the awareness worldwide on the issues of the ill-treatment of the Palestinian minors (children) in the military court system.
Organised by Dublin branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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The Palestine Podcast #27: David Landy on ‘Jerusalem, The Eternal Undivided Capital’

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:23:49 GMT

This seminar examines how Jerusalem, contrary to the lived reality, is imagined as unitary and how it is presented as such to the international community. It looks at how tourism and archaeology have been used to create myths and to practice unseeing and denial of the very real borders within Jerusalem. It particularly examines how they have been used in the ‘City of David’, a tourist site which was the original site of Jerusalem. Finally we ask what these myths mean to those Jerusalemites considered a ‘demographic threat’ to the imagined city.

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The Palestine Podcast #26: Shaun O’Neill on ‘Separate Lives: Stories of everyday life from the Occupied West Bank’

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:15:14 GMT

Join podcast-maker and student Shaun O'Neill on a journey around Jerusalem and the West Bank - Bethlehem and Ramallah - undertaken in Dec 2017 just days after Donald Trump's illegal decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there. He speaks to locals and reflects on how life plays out there these days, in a place under brutal military occupation. The piece includes a short interview with Usama Nicola from Palestinian NGO Wi'am in Bethlehem (the Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center) about their peaceful work in the region.

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The Palestine Podcast #25: David Cronin on ‘Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel’

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:45:55 GMT

The launch of Irish journalist David Cronin’s new book, ‘Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel’ (Pluto, 2017) in Dublin on Monday 23rd October 2017.

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The Palestine Podcast #24: ‘What We Saw In Palestine’ with Mike Murphy, Neilí Conroy, Harry Browne and Betty Purcell

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:42:53 GMT

On Thursday 9th November the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) was proud to host an important public forum featuring four well-known Irish public figures who discussed their experiences of four separate fact-finding trips to Israeli-occupied Palestine.

The meeting saw former-RTE broadcaster Mike Murphy, actor Neilí Conroy, and journalist and lecturer Dr. Harry Browne in conversation with Betty Purcell, TV producer and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commissioner. It took place on Thursday 9th November in Dublin.

Note: There is a video of the event available here - https://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/watch - the podcast includes the Q&A session with the audience, while the video does not.

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The Palestine Podcast #23: Steven Salaita on ‘Why Palestine Is Everyone’s Moral Issue’

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:29:05 GMT

In this talk, Steven Salaita explores why Palestine is one of the world’s most pressing moral issues and argues that a liberated Palestine is everybody’s concern.

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The Palestine Podcast #22: Steven Salaita on ‘BDS and the Modern University’

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:06:34 GMT

This lecture was part of the TCD MPhil in Race Ethnicity and Conflict conference Freedom of Speech and Higher Education: The Case of the Academic Boycott of Israel, Trinity College Dublin.

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The Palestine Podcast #21: Kholoud Ajarma on ‘Inheriting Nakba: Four Generations of Palestinian Refugees’

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:52:29 GMT

Kholoud’s talk, ‘Inheriting Nakba: four generations of Palestinian refugees’ was a first-hand account of the key issues regarding Palestinian refugees, from the 1947-49 Nakba (Arabic for ‘Catastrophe’) when over 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly dispossessed and exiled from their homeland to facilitate the creation of the state of Israel up to the refugee crisis of the present today.

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The Palestine Podcast #20: Ghada Karmi on ‘Return: A Palestinian Memoir’

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:52:45 GMT

An unforgettable evening with acclaimed Palestinian author, academic and activist Ghada Karmi as she launched her latest book, ‘Return: A Palestinian Memoir‘.

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The Palestine Podcast #18: ‘Poetry for Palestine’

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:18:24 GMT

As part of PalFest Ireland 2016 festival, Irish poets read in solidarity with Palestine, and Palestinians living in Ireland read their favourite poems. This Podcast is also available as video - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8NGhk1_w8

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The Palestine Podcast #17: Lubnah Shomali on ‘Palestinian Refugees & The Right of Return – From the Nakba to today’s refugee crisis’

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:35:29 GMT

Lubnah's Shomali gives a first-hand account of the key issues regarding Palestinian refugees, from the 1947-49 Nakba when over 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly dispossessed and exiled from their homeland to facilitate the creation of the state of Israel up to the refugee crisis of the present today.

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Palestine Podcast #19: Ronit Lentin, David Landy & Harry Brown on ‘Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism’

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:09:08 GMT

What is antisemitism? What is anti-Zionism? Are they the same thing as many apologists for the crimes of the Israeli state would have people believe? This meeting explores these issues in depth and argues that not only are they two concepts radically different, antisemitism has no place in the Palestinian solidarity movement.

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The Palestine Podcast #16: Aouda Zbidat on ‘Palestinian Political Prisoners from children to internees’

Mon, 09 May 2016 14:10:29 GMT

To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2016 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign was honoured to present Palestinian-Israeli lawyer Aouda Zbidat from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association who gave a first-hand account on the key human rights violations facing Palestinian Political Prisoners in occupied Palestine.

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The Palestine Podcast #15: Prof. Jeff Halper on ‘War Against the People: Israel, The Palestinians and Global Pacification’

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:21:19 GMT

Prof. Halper provided a survey of Israel’s weapons technology and population subjugation/control methods, for which the occupation of Palestine an Israeli live-testing facility, Halper says, thus allowing it to export high-tech weaponry that has been tested in ‘pacifying’ a population under occupation. Halper argues that this allows Israel to thrive in the global arms market, winning under-the-counter support from many governments that crtiticise it publicly, while buying and investing in its technology of repression.

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The Palestine Podcast #14: Academics for Palestine discussion on ‘Academic Voices From Palestine: Education Under Occupation’

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:38:17 GMT

Education in Palestine has been under systematic attack by the Israeli occupation. This talk introduced the voices and experiences of Palestinian academics from Gaza.

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The Palestine Podcast #13: Riya Hassan on ’10 years of BDS: A decade of global resistance to Israeli Apartheid’

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:20:24 GMT

Riya Hassan, the European coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee in Palestine (BNC) gavce a talk marking ten years since the BDS call was issued from Palestine by a huge coalition of civil society, trade union, faith and political organisations.

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The Palestine Podcast #12: Lia Tarachanksy on ‘Israeli Collective Denial of the Nakba’

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:39:21 GMT

This discussion followed a screening of Canadian-Israeli journalist Lia Tarachansky’s documentary film 'On The Side Of The Road', an exploration of the power of denial. The film focuses on Israeli collective denial of the events of 1948 that led to the state’s foundation on the back of ethnic cleansing and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. The discussion took the form of a question and answer session in which a wide range of topics were discussed.

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The Palestine Podcast #11: Raymond Deane, Honor Heffernan & Ronit Lentin on ‘The Cultural Boycott of Israel’

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:39:01 GMT

In a short discussion following a performance of 'The Luthier' by Lucy Caldwell, composer Raymond Deane and singer Honor Heffernan discussed their support for the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel with Irish-Israeli academic Ronit Lentin.

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The Palestine Podcast #10: Elaine Bradley on ‘Bearing Witness to Israel’s Crimes Against the Palestinian People’

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:03:46 GMT

Irish human rights activist and academic Elaine Bradley gave moving eyewitness reports of Israel’s continuing war on the people of Palestine, and Palestinian resistance to these crimes.

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The Palestine Podcast #9: Dr. Yaser Alashqar – ‘Eyewitness to destruction and resistance in Gaza after the 2014 Israeli attack’

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:38:07 GMT

Dr. Yaser Alashqar, a Palestianian academic living in Ireland, gave an insightful, important and at times infuriating, eyewitness account of the destruction, and resistance, he observed when he travelled back to his native Gaza just days after Israel's 2014 summer slaughter that killed over 2,100 Palestinians ended.

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The Palestine Podcast #8: John Rose on ‘Israel – Analysing the Empire’s watchdog in the Middle East’

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:47:41 GMT

John Rose analyses the role of Israel as a watchdog and enforcer for the United States in the Middle East. Rose also talked about the meaning of the Israeli 'Protective Edge' summer attack on Gaza, the response from international civil society, and the growth of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign worldwide.

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The Palestine Podcast #7: Dr. David Landy on ‘Ordinary Palestinians’ in the ‘City of David’: Tourism as a Battleground of Identity in Israel/Palestine’

Tue, 27 May 2014 17:53:23 GMT

Dr. David Landy investigated contested tourist discourses around the site of Silwan in Israeli occupied East Jerusalem. Note: It may be useful to listen in conjunction with Dr. Landy’s PowerPoint presentation which he made available to us. Download it here: http://www.ipsc.ie/podcast/2014-05-14davidlandypowerpoint.pps

By examining how the tourist narratives of a specific contested site in Jerusalem represent both the site and the tourists themselves, the paper examines how tourism can serve to provide a discourse of disempowerment and even negation to those living in the destination country.

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The Palestine Podcast #6: Fadwa Barghouti & Neeshan Balton on the launch of the ‘Campaign for the Freedom of Marwan Barghouthi & All Palestinian Political Prisoners – Ireland’

Fri, 09 May 2014 11:23:07 GMT

This public meeting saw the Irish launch of the international ‘Campaign for the Freedom of Marwan Barghouthi and All Palestinian Political Prisoners’. The meeting took place on Wednesday 7th May at 7pm in Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin and was addressed by Marwan’s wife Fawda Barghouthi and Neeshan Balton of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in South Africa.

This was the launch of the official Irish affiliate to the International Campaign, which itself was launched from Nelson Mandela’s cell in the apartheid-era prison on Robben Island in October 2013.

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The Palestine Podcast #5: Mohammad Al-Azza on ‘Reporting Israel’s occupation of Palestine from Aida refugee camp’

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:41:00 GMT

Mohammad Al-Azza is a 24-year-old photographer and award winning filmmaker and the Director of the Media Unit in the Lajee Cultural Center, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem. Mohammed travelled to Ireland as part of the Lajee Cultural Tour and will spoke about life as a journalist in Palestine and the difficulties facing the community living in Aida Refugee Camp under the military occupation.

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The Palestine Podcast #4: Eva Bartlett on ‘The Illegal and Inhuman Israeli Siege of Gaza’

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:30:36 GMT

Outlining the different Israeli policies on Palestinians in Gaza, including preventing farmers from farming and fishermen from fishing and enforcing this restriction through lethal means.

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The Palestine Podcast #3: Randa Wahbe of Addameer on ‘Repression and Palestinian Resistance in Apartheid Israel’s jails’

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:00:36 GMT

Randa Wahbe, Advocacy Officer of Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association speaks about the situation of the Palestinian political prisoners, of which there are now over 5,000 in Israeli jails.

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The Palestine Podcast #2: Dr. Ghada Karmi & Prof. Haim Bersheeth on ‘Academic Boycotts of Israel’

Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:16:35 GMT

Professor Haim Bresheeth and Dr Ghada Karmi to discuss the rationale behind the academic boycott of Israel, and what the boycott entails.

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The Palestine Podcast #1: Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on ‘Promised Lands: How Israel Sabotaged the Two State Solution’

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:55:10 GMT

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is one of the most significant figures in contemporary Palestinian politics.

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Audio: How the EU aids the occupation of Palestine

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:35:21 GMT

On Saturday 16th February 2013, a talk entitled 'How the EU aids the occupation of Palestine' was given as part of the EU Presidency Counter Summit in Dublin's Liberty Hall. The speakers were David Cronin (journalist and author of Europe’s Alliance With Israel: Aiding the Occupation), Zoe Lawlor (Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, recently returned from a factfinding trip to Gaza) and Tanja Niemeier (Adviser on Trade for the European United Left) . It was chaired by Laura Fitzgerald of the Socialist Party.

An mp3 of the talk can be downloaded by clicking here (right click and 'save target/link as')

Note: The Questions section has been removed as there was no microphone for the audience and most of the contributions were therefore inaudible.

Image courtesy of Fatin Al Tamimi.

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Audio: Report from the Irish Premiere of ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ and discussion with ISM founders

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:56:49 GMT

On Thursday 23rd February, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) was proud to present the Irish Premiere of the brand new film ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ by film-makers Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson.

The 90 minute documentary film, takes a look at the current situation in Palestine through the lens of South African Apartheid; comparing the two regimes in a manner not flattering for the Israeli state. It is narrated by US Civil Rights icon Alice Walker, and features interviews with many Palestinian, Israeli, South African and international activists, journalists and academics. The film was well received by the audience of over 60 people, even receiving an ovation at the end. The film is due to be released in the coming months and will be making appearances (and hopefully winning deserved awards) at various international film festivals. You can view the film trailer below, and if you missed it don’t worry, the IPSC will be organising future screenings of this brilliant film around the country.

Following the film, there was a discussion with Huwaida Arraf and Adam Shapiro (audio recording below), two of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) which promotes non-violent resistance to Israeli Apartheid. It was a wide ranging discussion that encompassed everything from Palestinian refugees to the ‘Arab Spring’.

Click here to download an audio recording of the Q&A with Adam Shapiro and Huwaida Arraf (mp3). Disclaimer: Views expressed in the discussion do not necessarily reflect the view of the IPSC.

Adam Shapiro and Huwaida Arraf, two of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)

A section of the audience
Special thanks: The IPSC would like to thank the directors of Roadmap to Apartheid Ana and Eron for allowing us to screen their film as part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, and Huwaida and Adam for stepping in at the last minute when Iyad Burnat's tour had to be cancelled.

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Audio: Launch of David Landy’s ‘Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights’

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:18:06 GMT

Tuesday 1st November saw the launch of Professor David Landy’s Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Opposition to Israel (Zed, 2011) at a standing room only event in Dublin's New Theatre. The book is an outstanding, ground-breaking examination of the relatively recent phenomenon of organised international Jewish criticism of Israel. More information on the book can read here.

To download and listen to the audio recording, please click here (MP3 format, right click and 'save target/link as').

Speakers: Dr. David Landy (author and TCD academic), Dr. Ronit Lentin (author and TCD academic) and Kevin Squires (IPSC National Coordinator). Chair: Raymond Deane

The book was launched in conjunction with Zed Books, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Department of Sociology in TCD and Poster Fish Promotions. Audio provided by Citizen Partridge.

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Audio: John Reynolds meeting on ‘UN Statehood Bid’

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00:07 GMT

On Thursday 15th September over fifty people attended a meeting on the meaning of the "Palestinian UN statehood bid" organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. John Reynolds, former legal researcher with Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq, was invited to give an overview of the background to this initiative, and spoke about some of the perceived pros and cons that the move could result in.The meeting was chaired by Raymond Deane, Cultural Boycott Officer of the IPSC.

John introduced the meeting by giving an overview of the history of Palestinian international diplomacy over the years, end with the current statehood bid. He then gave outlined what Palestinian groups have been saying, both in favour and in opposition, to the move. The meeting ended with an audience question and answers session.

Download the talk as an MP3 file here (right click & 'save target/link as')

To read an IPSC statement on this issue, please click here.

John Reynolds (right), and Raymond Deane of the IPSC

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Audio: ‘The achievements of the Flotilla Movement and building solidarity with Palestine’

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:54:56 GMT

L-R: Hugh Lewis, Pat Fitzgerald, Raymond Deane, Fintan Lane, Mags O'Brien

On Thursday 7th July the Irish Ship To Gaza Campaign hosted a public meeting featuring returnees from Freedom Flotilla II talking about the achievements of the Flotilla Movement and future actions for building solidarity with Palestine. The talk took place in the Connolly Room in Dublin's Liberty Hall and over 50 people were in attendance.

Download MP3 Here (right click and 'save target/link as')

About the meeting:

Despite being unable to sail to Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla movement succeeded in mobilising genuinely popular international support to challenge the conspiracy of silence on the occupation of Palestine and blockade of Gaza by Israel, which is overtly and tacitly enforced by some of the most powerful governments in the world.

In Ireland, we have succeeded in transforming the terms of public debate about the occupation of Palestine, so that whereas before the flotilla’s departure many people either weren’t aware of the issue or accepted uncritically the official narrative of events propounded by the government of Israel’s propaganda machine, now increasing number of people are aware of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, its roots in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and maritime blockade, and the mendacious and violent lengths to which the Israeli government and its complicit allies will go to stamp out peaceful opposition to it.

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Audio: David Cronin on ‘Palestine, Israel and the EU’

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:20:54 GMT

David Cronin (left), and David Landy of the IPSC

On Tuesday 26th July 2011, Irish author, journalist and activist David Cronin gave a talk on the subject of 'Palestine, Israel and the EU: How the European Union aids Israeli occupation and human rights abuses'. A crowd of around 50 people packed into the Pearse Centre to listen to the lecture, hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

If you were unable to make it along, you can listen to an audio recording of the talk here:

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About the meeting:

In official statements, the EU presents itself as an honest broker in the Middle East. In reality, however, the EU and its member states have been engaged in a process of accommodating the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A recent agreement for “more intense, more fruitful, more influential co-operation” between the EU and Israel has meant that Israel has become an EU member state in all but name.

However, rather than using this relationship to pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses, the EU has legitimised actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza massacre, while granting the Apartheid State preferential trading status and funding opportunities, and purchasing military items ‘battle-tested’ on the Palestinian people. The Greek government’s grounding of Freedom Flotilla II is just the latest outcome of this increasingly close “special relationship”.

David Cronin is the author of the explosive book Europe’s alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation, a journalist with many online and print publications, and the man who has attempted to make citizen’s arrests of both Tony Blair and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. David's website is http://dvcronin.blogspot.com/

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