Tagged: palestinian

Don’t Wait, Declare the State – Tariq Shadid

Don’t Wait, Declare the State – Tariq Shadid

Mahmoud Abbas is left with only one opportunity to change the course of a failed diplomatic strategy: he should repair the ties with Hamas immediately, and subsequently declare an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital in the West Bank and Gaza, based on the borders of June 4, 1967. He should stop addressing the Israelis, but instead...

Another BDS Victory: Irish Trade Union TEEU Votes to Boycott Israel

Another BDS Victory: Irish Trade Union TEEU Votes to Boycott Israel

(Source: AIC) At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to “support for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companies” as a result of the Israeli state’s continuing breaches of international law and human rights abuses against the people of Palestine. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity...