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Report on IPSC Discussion Evening on Israeli leftwing and peace activists

category dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Friday October 16, 2009 13:36author by Freda H - IPSC (personal capacity)author email info at ipsc dot ie Report this post to the editors

Last night, 15th October 2009, the Dublin branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign held it's first discussion evening of the season. The discussion, which took place in Connolly Books, was led by David Landy a long standing activist with the IPSC and lecturer in Trinity College Dublin and chaired by Diarmuid Breatnach, an activist with the IPSC in Dublin.
Greg, David and Dan
Greg, David and Dan

The talk concerned the role of the Israeli left and peace groups and the relationship of Solidarity Organisations to them. The bravery of those few Israelis who stand up to their government was recognised, while at the same time David Landy pointed out that “with the collapse of the ‘official’ peace movement, only the radical movement is left” and that “we are only, unfortunately talking about a few Israelis – a very small, Ashkenazi (European Jewish), middle class group of people that has no effect whatsoever on Israeli policy, and are considered far far-left by the general population”.

The talk also focused on the notion of the Israeli peace groups serving as “gatekeepers of resistance”. This was seen in the case of the recent Leonard Cohen concert in Israel, where some Israeli ‘reconciliation’ groups tried to scupper international and Palestinian attempts to get Leonard Cohen not to perform his concert in Israel.

In the discussion that followed David's presentation, Kevin Squires of the IPSC pointed out that when we talk abut linking up with Israeli peace activists, we tend to exclude the 1.2m Palestinian citizens of Israel, and we should seriously think about linking with their groups and parties such as Hadash, the only party that tries to be properly bi-communal. He also pointed to the severe repression faced by these groups – especially during the assault on Gaza[1] - and commented that this stood in stark contrast to the oft-repeated phrase that Israel is “the only democracy in the Middle East”.

Finally, David brought the discussion to a close by commenting that, “We should continue to work with Israelis of course, but we should constantly remind ourselves (and them) that this is centrally about Palestinians, not ourselves and our noble souls reaching out to the white and noble souls of the ‘good Israelis’.”

The IPSC would like to thank everyone who attended. The next discussion evening will be held in Connolly Books, Essex Street, Dublin 2 on Thursday 26th November 2009 and will be led by Anaheed Al-Hardan, a PhD candidate in Trinity College Dublin.

To find out more about the IPSC or to become a member see http://www.ipsc.ie, email info@ipsc.ie or call 01 6770253.

[1] See: http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=09_...09_22

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   U Man Rights     Sean Og    Sat Oct 17, 2009 23:39 
   Arabs citizens of Israel     Eamonn a' Chnoic    Mon Oct 19, 2009 00:34 
   Repression against Palestinians in Israel     David L    Mon Oct 19, 2009 09:06 
   'Not one stable country'!     David L    Mon Oct 19, 2009 09:07 
   5 out of 25 Stones in glass houses     Sean Og    Mon Oct 19, 2009 09:35 
   Israel violated human rights. Time to stop ignoring this.     David L    Mon Oct 19, 2009 09:58 
   Human rights --- whose?     Sean Og    Tue Oct 20, 2009 23:19 


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