Police move againist Israeli Embassy Protestors

by joeboy - GR Tue Apr 02, 2002 16:54

It's about time we had their ambassador kicked out. I'll be at the GR meeting tonight, other people are going to the Anti War and Palestinian Solidarity meetings- we should really organise an all out turn out that could pull in hundreds of people. With hundreds of Palestinian flags, trade union and student union banners.

A lot of people haven't heard yet because of the Easter break. If we built for a mass turn out on Saturday, and plastered the town with posters and leaflets, it might create a larger momentum. Its been a long time since 1972

by Paul Kinsella - Various Tue Apr 02, 2002 17:11 paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot com 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9, Eire 087-9748511

This is outrageous that Natasha has been forceably removed from the tree at the Israeli Embassy by the Garda, despite previous assurances from them that this would not be a course of action that they would undertake. One lesson that I think we can learn from this for the future is that at any future Protests that we're at that any 'assurances' from the Gardai are not worth the paper that they're printed on. What's just as bad is that the Garda are intimidating protestors who are videotaping them, and threating supporters with arrest. Shades of the Burlington? I'll tell you what's also probably annoying the establishment is that the Protest at the Embassy is starting to get some corporate media attention and they don't like that at all! Here's a fairly good article from today's Irish Times Breaking News Story updated at 15:02 (3:02pm) Irish Time about the Embassy Protest. It can be accessed by logging onto www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/0402/breaking42.htm

by Paul Kinsella - Various Tue Apr 02, 2002 17:14 paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot com 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9, Eire 087-9748511

Should have put that Web Address in the Related Link section.

by Joe Sheehan - Joe Sheehan Tue Apr 02, 2002 17:45 jsheehan at subdimension dot com

We have to show that we will not accept the actions displayed here. The actions of the Israel state and those of the Gardai, I for one support a major demo on Saturday.
Lets not have it hijacked as a political ploy by anyone, what we want to show is solidarity with the people in palestine, local and international, Venus and Natasha and all who were threatened by the Gardai at this protest.

by Daithi Tue Apr 02, 2002 18:15

Joe -

What do you mean by this?

"It's about time we had their ambassador kicked out".

What exactly are you suggesting? It strikes me at first as a little threatening and undemocratic.

by blissett Tue Apr 02, 2002 18:36

Italian MPs are calling for european MPs to go and create physical barrier in Palestine - why shouldnt Irish Govt show disapproval of Israeli actions by taking Ambassadors visa.

by James Bowen Tue Apr 02, 2002 18:48 j.bowen at cs dot ucc dot ie

I have been trying to contact the IPSC for weeks
but cannot find either a telephone number or an
email address that works. Does anybody have one?

What is needed is a campaign (which, unfortunately, will be a long one, like the
Anti-Apartheid Campaign) in which all Israeli
produce and products are boycotted -- a campaign
like this has already started in the UK and we need a similar one here. (See the related link.)
Is anybody working on this? If so, I want to offer
my help. If nobody is working on such a campaign
but there are people who want to get involved,
then how do we start?

As well as an economic boycott, we should also seek to have Israel thrown out of Eurovision and UEFA -- its membership of these is, of course, just another sign of the European colonial nature of the state.

by joeboy - GR Tue Apr 02, 2002 19:05

Daithi

What I mean is that the embassy of a racist state like Israel should not be given any official recognition, and that any representative of such a brutal and repressive regime be sent packing home. Let's remember that our country's rulers have had a shameful record of diplomatic relationships with brutal regimes- from Dev sending condolences to the German embassy on Hitler's death, to our current boot licking of the Commander in Thief. If Suharto's croneys were here during the pillage of East Timor, I'm sure you'd agree that we should send his representatives home. Well, I think the same with reps of the Zionist state.

If there was ever a need for the adjectives "violent" and "undemocratic", It would be to describe what the Israeli Defence Force and it's secret security deathsquads are doing in Palestine.

by tim Tue Apr 02, 2002 22:06

Is Venus still up the tree or has she been forced to come down ?

by blisset Wed Apr 03, 2002 15:07

still there see front page

by Ang Fri Apr 05, 2002 05:14 bustyleru at hotmail dot com

Is the protest officially on at the central bank or the isreali embassy? What kind of turn-out is expected? I dont live in Dublin so its difficult for me to find out about protests.

by barry Fri Oct 29, 2004 22:49

The boycott against Zionist produce sounds a good idea. Hit them in the pockets and they'll have less money to spend on murdering young children or wheelchair bound clerics.

by mr data Fri Oct 29, 2004 23:20

I am curious to know if a Garda can in fact operate in the embassy as it is foreign soil?
Surly he or she would have no power whatsoever.
I wonder if anyone knows the procedure one would have to go through to grant a garda power of arrest or any power in foreign zones, what paper work one would have to do and the time frame it would take to do it?