[Dublin] Demo – #FreedomWaves: Irish Government Must Take Action

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Sunday November 06, 2011 22:24 by Kev - ISTG

We must show the Department of Foreign Affairs that they are NOT doing enough either to support our friends in an Israeli prison, or to put pressure on Israel to comply with international law. The Irish Ship to Gaza Campaign has called for a demo outside the Department of Foreign Affairs, St Stephen's Green, on Monday 7th November at 5PM.

 We must show the Department of Foreign Affairs that they are NOT doing enough either to support our friends in an Israeli prison, or to put pressure on Israel to comply with international law.  The Irish Ship to Gaza Campaign has called for a demo outside the Department of Foreign Affairs, St Stephen's Green, on Monday 7th November at 5PM.

 The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign is calling on the Irish government to take the following concrete actions against the state of Israel:

 (1) Suspend Israel from the Euromed Agreement, which gives Israel special trading status;

(2) End all arms trade with Israel;

(3) Take steps to ensure that no Irish state-funded institution engages in any cultural, academic, or economic cooperation with the state of Israel or its associated institutions; and

(4) Cease all grants to Israel made under the EU’s framework programme for research