Supporters of Palestine will gather in Dublin today to demonstrate their support for the people of Gaza.
Over the weekend, Israel declared war on Hamas after they killed and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis.
The IDF has now cut off supplies of water, food and electricity to the territory - which normally has a population of 2.3 million people.
According to Palestinian authorities, Israeli air strikes on the territory have killed some 900 people.
A neighborhood in Gaza City hit by an Israeli airstrike lies in rubble. 10th October 2023. Image: AP Photo/Fatima Shbair.In a phone call to US President Joe Biden to thank him for his “unequivocal support”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the events of the past few days had been unprecedented.
“We’ve never seen such savagery in the history of the State,” he said.
“They’re even worse than ISIS and we need to treat them as such.”
Solidarity
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has asked its supporters to meet at the Spire on O’Connell Street at 5.30pm and the group will march to demand an end to the siege.
Chair Zoe Lawlor believes Irish people can understand what the people of Palestine are going through.
“I think as a colonised people, we recognise colonialism and we recognise people struggling for freedom, justice and dignity,” she said.
“People recognise that when people are oppressed you have to try and offer them as much solidarity as you can and try and do something to support their struggle for freedom.”
Ms Lawlor also urged the Irish Government to back the Occupied Territories Bill - which would ban imports made on land Israel occupies - in order to sanction the country “for its decades long crimes against the Palestinian people”.
🇵🇸 Stand with Palestine. Join us at the Spire, O'Connell Street, Dublin, Wednesday 11th October, 5.30pm
We will also have a demonstration on Saturday, details to follow. #FreePalestine #EndIsraeliApartheid pic.twitter.com/0SNBDRbnjj— IPSC (@ipsc48) October 9, 2023
A demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy on Monday saw paint thrown over the building and two men were arrested by Gardaí for alleged public order offences.
Main image: Supports of Palestine in Dublin. Picture by: Alamy.com
