North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?
US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty
Anti-Empire >>
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Army Sergeant Travis Decker Murdered His Three Children After Being Denied Mental Health Care at JBL... Sat Jun 07, 2025 04:52 | JBLM Whistleblowers
A corrupt military police force and incompetent Commander who denied emergency mental health care and crisis counseling to an American service member resulted in the murder of the sergeant's three young daughters
Gaza doctor grieves her nine children killed in Israeli strike Sun May 25, 2025 20:00 | imc
Israeli regime continues it's slaughter
'The children were completely charred'
Paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar was treating victims of Israeli attacks when her children were killed by an Israeli strike on their home
British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ?slaughterhouse? Sat May 24, 2025 00:23 | imc
There?s no food getting in so people are starving,? surgeon Tom Potokar says
British doctors working in Gaza have described the territory as a ?slaughterhouse,? where the patients they are treating are severely malnourished.
Plastic surgeons and orthopedic specialists from the UK are based at the Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis in the south of the territory.
Dr. Tom Potokar, a plastic surgeon specializing in burn injuries, has worked in Gaza 16 times but said this mission had revealed a level of destruction far greater than his last visit in 2023,
It is time to talk about the Out of Control Immigration. Mon Mar 31, 2025 22:12 | imc
For the last few years since the CV19 scamdemic undocumented immigration into Ireland has surged. No one is allowed discuss it because they do not want any rational debate about it. If you do you are labelled an extremist. However this out of control immigration is fully facilitated by the Irish government and the EU and the shady figure behind the Neo Con movement pushing for endless war, wokeism and globalist agenda.
[Dublin] National Demonstration for Palestine: End Israeli Apartheid & Genocide Thu Mar 06, 2025 22:35 | ipsc
Sat, 22 March 2025, 13:00 Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 150 Irish civil society organisations, has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 22nd March.
The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the D?il on Molesworth Street/Kildare Street to bring our demands to the Irish government?s doorstep.
The Saker >>
Unless Migrant Crime Is Happening to Them Personally, Many Brits Simply Refuse to Believe It Even Ex... Thu Jul 31, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Britain's migrant crimewave is only invisible to those living in leafy delusion ? just ask Steven Tucker, who rips into the blind elites mistaking burning mattresses for cultural enrichment.
The post Unless Migrant Crime Is Happening to Them Personally, Many Brits Simply Refuse to Believe It Even Exists ? Especially Our Blinkered Rulers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Thu Jul 31, 2025 00:51 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Migration Adds 707,000 People to the Population of England and Wales in Just a YEAR ? The Second Lar... Wed Jul 30, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
707,000 people have been added to the population of England and Wales in just one year ? 98% of them due to net migration ? making it the second-biggest rise in more than 75 years.
The post Migration Adds 707,000 People to the Population of England and Wales in Just a YEAR ? The Second Largest Jump Since 1945 appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Masking Our Schoolchildren Was Child Abuse ? A Rare Chance to Stop It Returning Wed Jul 30, 2025 17:00 | Dr Gary Sidley
Thanks to the Declaration of Dumfries, parents now have a real shot at suing councils that unlawfully forced masks on their children ? and at making sure this form of child abuse never happens again, says Gary Sidley.
The post Masking Our Schoolchildren Was Child Abuse ? A Rare Chance to Stop It Returning appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Rotherham Police Sexually Abused Us Too, Say Five Grooming Victims Wed Jul 30, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Just when you think the rape gang scandal can't get worse, five Rotherham victims say police officers abused them too ? claims currently being investigated by South Yorkshire Police itself, sparking fears of a whitewash.
The post Rotherham Police Sexually Abused Us Too, Say Five Grooming Victims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en
Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en
The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en
Voltaire Network >>
dublin |
rights, freedoms and repression |
news report
Tuesday July 11, 2006 00:59
by r whelan - none
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (14 of 14)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14National demonstration/stop the assault on Gaza/more images
National demonstration/stop the assault on Gaza/more images
images copyright
While thousands of government muppets marched in support of the Gaza Palestinians yesterday, elsewhere in Damascus the offices of the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS) were attacked .
"The windows of the offices were smashed and the doors were smeared with animal excrement," the group said in a statement on Monday. It said the offices belong to a former HRAS chairman, lawyer Hayssam Maleh, and were being used as the group's temporary headquarters. "The association feels targeted by their act of aggression, as does lawyer Maleh, and calls on the Syrian authorities to launch an investigation and punish the culprits according to the law," it said.
Imagine this happening in Damascus, where the govenment is visible every 50m in Damascus, in the form of a Mukhabarat cop.
Mary Lou, get out there!
There's a few questions that inevitably spring to mind when I see such comments as the one above.
1. What's the connection? Is the author really affronted by the denial of human rights in Syria, or just using it as a stick to attack Palestinians, because in his mind they're like, you know, all Arabs.
2. Is the author going to help organise a demonstration/event supporting human rights in Syria? (kind of linked to question 1)
3. Can the word 'muppet' be outlawed at this stage
PS. Nice photos
Syria seems to be an obsession with him. He even got me posting about Syria on a Chavez thread. Hes one curious. cat
Oh God. I was hoping you could manage this one on you own, but okay David L., let us do it by the numbers.
1.The connection is that the poor Palestinians are used by everyone out here. At the moment you have Assad making noises about retrieving the Golan, which would undoubtedly involve Hizbollah, and lead to massive destruction in Lebanon, whose government would falter, only to be 'rescued' once more by the Syrians. Mix in a few Palestinian groups such as Islamic Jihad and soon the Iraelis are faced with the problem of invading Lebanon again. Eyes off Syria and Iran, on we all go.
Your second question attempts to put words in my mouth, and just shows your own ignorance.
2. No. I may have nine lives but I amn't a moron.
3. The difference between a puppet and a muppet is that a puppet comes with strings attached, while a muppet walks about with his hand up his hole.
And Tank Girl, nice try, but you brought up Damascus first!
Arab Talk Co-Host Jess Ghannam interviews Professor Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley about the current crisis in Palestine. 45 mins, english
in depth analysis, good history, describes mounting casualties due to isreals hold on the resourses and infrastructure: amount of people starting to die due to lack of access to surgery, dialosys machines failing
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/7-6-06.mp3
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/10459.php
c/o indymedia radio
"The connection is that the poor Palestinians are used by everyone out here"
Nope Cat, I'm afraid that's not an argument. You're losing credibility fast with silly rhetoric of that sort. The fact that you have to resort to abuse ("muppet", "moron") says it all really.
Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media Centre http://www.imemc.org for Wednesday July 11Th, 2006
A couple and their seven children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, Two Israeli soldiers abducted, seven killed in attack by Hezbollah, while the army arrests more civilians from several West Bank cities
These stories and more coming up stay tuned.
to listen click on following:
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/palestine_today_0712...6.mp3
from indy radio:
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/10499.php
and
http://www.imemc.org
"The connection is that the poor Palestinians are used by everyone out here"
"Nope Cat, I'm afraid that's not an argument. You're losing credibility fast with silly rhetoric of that sort. The fact that you have to resort to abuse ("muppet", "moron") says it all really."
Topper, I was asked for a connection, not an argument. If you cannot see the link between the actions of Syria, Israel, Hizbollah and Hamas...
By the way Topper, on Monday I said;
1.The connection is that the poor Palestinians are used by everyone out here. At the moment you have Assad making noises about retrieving the Golan, which would undoubtedly involve Hizbollah, and lead to massive destruction in Lebanon, whose government would falter, only to be 'rescued' once more by the Syrians. Mix in a few Palestinian groups such as Islamic Jihad and soon the Iraelis are faced with the problem of invading Lebanon again. Eyes off Syria and Iran, on we all go.
Turn on CNN Topper. Maybe you'll find them more credible.
http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/embassies/display.asp
Here are the contact details for the Irish Ambassador to Israel.
His excellency Mr Michael Forbes in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Anyone could write him a letter expressing their outrage at the destruction of Gaza and the Collective Punishment of the 1.5 million citizens living there. He could be reminded that the Civilian population of Ireland is watching the actions of his offices with intense urgency. That we expect to hear a call for the human rights abuse to stop. That we expect the Ambassador to pressure the Israeli Government to live up to it's obligations under International law. That we want to see action in terms of political and economic sanctions to be implemented and the withdrawal of diplomatic connections if the mass murder continues.
We could remind the Amabassador that he is our representative to the Israeli Government and that silence on these grave issues is a negation of his duties to represent our sympathy with the Palestinian people in the strongest possible terms to the Israeli leadership.
A letter in written form, politely worded and posted to his offices would be the most effective medium for getting his attention.
Nope, still no connection. You posted a comment abusing (not merely criticising, but abusing) people who took part in a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, on the grounds that human rights abuses are taking place in Syria. You haven't been able to justify this (by the same logic, if someone protests against the Syrian regime without also organising a protest against the Israeli government, they are hypocrites, or maybe even "muppets").
You are doing your best to imply that Palestinian resistance to the occupation is being orchestrated by Damascus, but not succeeding because it is so obviously absurd - when the IDF is blowing civilians to bits, it doesn't take any string-pulling from the Syrians to provoke a Palestinian response. As I said, you're losing credibility fast with stuff like this.
Oh, just read over the first post, if I'm reading it correctly now the term "muppet" refers to demonstrators in Damascus, not Dublin. Not very clear though. But it still suggests that Mary Lou or anyone else in Ireland who supports the Palestinians is a hypocrite unless they organise a similar protest against the Syrian regime, which is a complete non sequitor
Yes Topper, the muppets are those in Damascus with Assad's hand up their arses. I avoid using the word hypocrite, for some reason a lot of people feel they must wear their heart on their sleeve, and to be called a hypocrite is little better than to be called a traitor. I was being a little cheeky, as I see Mary Lou keen to be seen to support PC causes.
I think that people in Ireland should enjoy their peace and what summer they can, here it sunny and hot, but there is far too much metal in the air for enjoyment.