November 7, 2024
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators begin a three-day sit-in outside the US Embassy to protest US military and financial support for Israel in Dublin, Ireland on November 06, 2024 [Huzeyfe Taştan/Anadolu Agency]
A three-day sit-in protest has started in front of the US Embassy in Ireland’s capital, Dublin, to show solidarity with Palestine against the military, diplomatic and financial support provided by Washington to Israel. Activists from groups such as the Ireland Palestine Solidary Campaign, Teachers for Palestine and Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine are participating in the protest and demanding an end to the funding of “Zionist war crimes”.
One of the participants told Anadolu news agency that they aim to draw attention to the fact that the US government is the one providing the weapons and equipment used by Israel to commit genocide in Gaza. “We are here to highlight the importance of working to expose the crimes in which the US government participates and is complicit,” said Osaid Abed.
Another participant, Kevin O’Brien, pointed out: “Today we are demonstrating against the genocide in Gaza. We are here to protest the Zionists who caused the genocide, and the Americans who contributed to facilitating this destruction and killing a large number of innocent people.” He added his belief that “they cannot destroy” Palestine. “This will never happen, but they must stop now, negotiate and end this horrific tragedy.”
Israel, with the total backing of the US, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding about 146,000 Palestinians, most of them children and women. Moreover, an estimated 11,000 are missing, presumed dead, under the rubble of their homes and other civilian infrastructure destroyed by the occupation state.
Majority of Belgians want sanctions on Israel: Survey
November 6, 2024
Hundreds of people gather in front of the Gar edu Nord building, marched to Place Jean Rey Square to protest against Israeli attacks over Gaza and to show their support for Palestinian people in Brussels, Belgium on January 21, 2024
November 6, 2024
Hundreds of people gather in front of the Gar edu Nord building, marched to Place Jean Rey Square to protest against Israeli attacks over Gaza and to show their support for Palestinian people in Brussels, Belgium on January 21, 2024
[Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency]
A majority of Belgians want sanctions against Israel, according to a survey released Wednesday by a major NGO coalition, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Coalition of the North-South Movement in Flanders (of Belgium) in a statement said 54 per cent of Belgians support the EU and Belgium imposing sanctions on Israel while 14 per cent oppose.
A total of 73 per cent of respondents also support an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and nearly half want an immediate end to trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territories.
“While genocide is taking place in Gaza, the loudest outrage is not coming from world leaders, but from ordinary citizens. The calls for a ceasefire, sanctions and a strong defence of human rights are louder than ever before,” said coalition director, Els Hertogen, about the findings.
“It is high time that the international community makes it clear that war crimes and genocide do not go unpunished,” she added.
Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack on 7 October, 2023. The onslaught has killed nearly 43,400 people and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.
A majority of Belgians want sanctions against Israel, according to a survey released Wednesday by a major NGO coalition, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Coalition of the North-South Movement in Flanders (of Belgium) in a statement said 54 per cent of Belgians support the EU and Belgium imposing sanctions on Israel while 14 per cent oppose.
A total of 73 per cent of respondents also support an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and nearly half want an immediate end to trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territories.
“While genocide is taking place in Gaza, the loudest outrage is not coming from world leaders, but from ordinary citizens. The calls for a ceasefire, sanctions and a strong defence of human rights are louder than ever before,” said coalition director, Els Hertogen, about the findings.
“It is high time that the international community makes it clear that war crimes and genocide do not go unpunished,” she added.
Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack on 7 October, 2023. The onslaught has killed nearly 43,400 people and rendered the enclave almost uninhabitable.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.
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