Dublin City Council calls for an Immedite End to the Attacks on Palestine and for Trade Sanctions to be Immediately Imposed on Israel At tonights meeting of Dublin City Council, City Councillors unanimously called for an immediate end to Israels attcks on Palestine and for a delegation led by the Lord Mayor to meet with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to further demand that the Irish Government use its influence to condemn the barbaric attacks that have left 162 Palestinians dead, 137 of them civilians. Speaking after the meeting tonight, People Before Profit Councillor Tina MacVeigh, who moved the motion, stated: This is the third massive offensive perpetrated by Israel on the Palestinian people in five and a half years. Israels acts of barbarism are always the subject of great public and moral outrage, condemned by many democratically elected institutions, however, Israel is never held to account. Tonights motion is important as it condemns Israels perpetual use of illegal activites such as collective punishment and Administrative Detention, while calling on the Irish Government to take decisive actions where many governments remain silent and continue to trade with Israel. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, including Ireland, have taken to the streets to protest Israels barbaric actions and it is time that our government and our media pay heed. Tonights motion specifically calls for an immediate end to Israeli attacks on the people of Gaza as a vital precondition to a lasting ceasefire agreement, reiterates Dublin City Councils 2010 calls for an end to the illegal Israeli-imposed siege of Gaza and for the EU to suspend Israel from the Euro-Med preferential trade agreement, Article 2 of which states that the provisions of the Agreement itself shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and consitutes an essential element of this Agreement. Dublin City Council tonight joins the international call from Palestinian civil society and human rights organisations like Amnesty International for an arms embargo of Israel. Calling on the recently appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan to meet immediately with the Lord Mayors delegation, Cllr. Tina MacVeigh finished by saying If these acts of collective punishment do not rage us, if we do not take decisive action, then we must question our collective humanity. ENDS
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:07:04 +0000
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