Between 24-27 November 2011, the Government of Israel held “Israeli Film Days” at Filmbase in Temple Bar, Dublin’s “cultural quarter”.In advance of this event, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) requested Filmbase to reconsider its decision to host the festival:
“At a time when Irish peace activists have been illegally imprisoned in Israel after their humanitarian [...]

Recently the popular Israeli internet news service Ynet published an article by Itamar Eichner called Foreign Ministry beats Israel boycotts (7 October 2011).
The article tells us that ‘Pro-Palestinian groups calling for a cultural boycott against Israel have experienced several failures recently thanks to the Foreign Ministry’s work.’
Note that this ‘work’ is deemed important enough to [...]

IPSC Open Letter to Bob Geldof: Do not choose the side of the Israeli oppressor
Issued: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Dear Bob Geldof,
Your decision to accept an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) has come as a shock to many of those who respect your humanitarian activities. Before you travel to Israel, there are a number [...]

Book Review: Europe’s Alliance with Israel - by David Cronin - PlutoPress, London and New York, 2011 ISBN: 9780745330655 - £16 in the UK
By its own account, the European Union “sees human rights as universal and indivisible. It actively promotes and defends them both within its borders and when engaging in relations with non-EU countries.” [...]

Demonstration Outside the Israeli Embassy (opposite Jury’s Hotel, Pembroke Rd) at 11AM this Thursday morning
We have all been reading about the slew of trials taking place in France directed against pro-Palestinian activists who advocate BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).
Tomorrow, Thursday 14th October, such a trial is taking place against Alima Boumediene-Thiery, [...]

Some say Palestine is the ultimate test of honesty: An open letter written in response to the news that the novelist and poet Margaret Atwood had chosen to accept the Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University in Israel on Monday 10th of May. Originally published in Salem-News.com on the 9th of May 2010. [...]

Norman G. Finkelstein: ‘This Time we went too far’ - Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion. OR Books, New York, 2010 (www.orbooks.com)

Ever since disregarding Noam Chomsky’s warning more than 30 years ago that “expos[ing] the American intellectual community as a bunch of frauds” would lead to his destruction, Norman Finkelstein has continued to court [...]

A European country that scapegoats a Semitic people, persecutes defenders of human rights by stripping them of employment, and denies freedom of speech to Jews: surely a description of Germany during the Third Reich?
Yes, but unfortunately also a description of Germany at the outset of the 21st century.
In the wake of German Chancellor Merkel’s craven speech [...]

As a classical musician involved in pro-Palestinian activism, I frequently encounter the assumption that I am an unconditional admirer of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO). My reservations on this score tend to produce shocked disapproval: How could I not enthuse about such an idealistic project, particularly since it was co-founded by the late Edward Said, [...]