This afternoon.
The Liffey Boardwalk, Dublin 1
The launch of an ‘Irish Call to Boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel’ Initiated by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), PalFest Ireland and Trade Union Friends of Palestine (TUFP), with human rights activists, including artist Robert Ballagh and Senator David Norris.
The group believes Israel’s hosting of the Eurovision will be used to “culturally whitewash and ‘pinkwash’ Israel’s record of war crimes and human rights abuses against the Palestinian people”.
FIGHT!
Petition here
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Dang , Ive been boycotting it for years, and didnt really have a good reason to do so….
Rather than boycott, why not sing a pro Palestinian song at the event? Love to see the reaction to that in Israel.
…that’s the logic Paul Simon used when he broke the boycott of apartheid South Africa…
Don’t believe Mandela was released on the back of ‘You Can Call Me Al”.
…there are a lot of people who would have you believe that it wasn’t on the back of the Dunnes Stores strike either…Nelson Mandela came to thank the Dunnes workers personally…
Did you know there is a Celtic cross dedicated to them out near Leenane? Inspiring woman. Nobody gave a rat’s bottom where our food originated from before that.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DvnFjArfndM/UVS5RPzaGYI/AAAAAAAADhI/jsBCYZ0MKrE/s1600/Nazis+singing+to+encourage+a+boycott+of+the+allegedly+Jewish-founded+Woolworths,+1933.jpg
Boycott the food too. Supermarkets are full of their spuds and avocados.
you’d think it would be too dry to grow avocados
They eh…”source” some water from elsewhere…ahem…
And remember ben and jerry and HB ice cream including magnums
They sell to Israel
To cool down enjoy a nice hot cup of tea
Your Israeli overlords will not like that davidjulie!!!!
I agree with their sentiments, gods chosen people have just gone too far. However entering the competition with a song overtly critical of the murderous Zionist government and very pro-Palestinian might be more effective.
Good old Norris who wrote a letter to bib to get his ex lover Ezra Nawi off a charge of supplying the names of Palestinians to Hamas
As heposed as a Jew Ladbrokes
These names ended up on a death list and he was arrested by the authorities
Norris wrote pleading for clemency to bib
That sunk his presidential hopes
So big axe to bring norris
No need, just boycott apartheid Israel.. though an overtly political song, a la Christy Moore, would be far better.. it would of course be banned which would kill two birds with one stone.
todays david is frothing at the mouth!!!!
Papi
Fact Norris did that
Google it
It seems everyone is frothing at the mouth
His lover faced charges over posing as a Land broker and handing the names over to Hamas
It was much reported in the media here and sunk his presidential campaign when he used his position to get clemency for an ex lover from the Israeli prime minister
I just stated it
We live in a free democracy and everyone can express an opinion
Even me and you
So papi am I making it up
Yes or no
yes, you’re making it up
Whatever dond bhoy
But lemme tell ya
That’s not what caused his run for the Áras to bomb
Yes, david, you most certainly are making it up. Black is different to white so cats are better than dogs is how you bring across a point, and you’re just too thick to get it.
Also, LEVE PALESTINA
I thought his mate was raping young Palestinians .. er, having consensual relationships with much younger boys..
No, that was his poet mate in Nepal.
eh, not quite
the letter written by norris sought clemency for a former partner who was convicted for statutory rape of a 16 year old boy. this wasn’t even the issue – it was that he used seanad notepaper to write the letter.
Irish Independent news article 27th June 2018 filed under Irish news
Regarding death squad sting
The statutory rape accusation is another
so norris wrote a letter in 1997 regarding an incident that occurred in 2018
okie-dokie
Google it
I did
The death list is another topic
The letter to bibi was over the sexual assault allegation the indo report was about the death list revealed in a prime time type sting by an Israeli TV show
Yes killing all who deal with Jews
Good old Hamas
The nature of the beast
Everybody strap yourselves in. This thread wil go LOOOOOOOONG!
That’s what she said!…Im always snagging my bloody jumpers me…
Land broker
Julie w?
I love Robert Ballagh’s jacket; dreadful with that shirt, though.
He’s an ortist. He can get away with it.
Yer wan
Jamala
Ukraine
Who won in, guessing now, 2016, with a pretty hardcore political FU
1940 something
Ah here, where tf is Fluff
C’mere, anyone know if the countries that boycott will still have a vote?
Like if we went out with a full on “come out ya black n’tans” entry
Ya never know
Here come the Israeli diplomats…
Word er up
they’re political gangsters
word er up
Excuse mister solider
Word er up
Quick shooting live rounds
word er up…
Excellent!
That is art. Very funny
At least the Irish can easily avoid saying that some of their best fiends are Jews.
Did you mean to say fiends? Or friends? It’s kinda vital.
Typo but I’ll stick with fiends.
Papi Google it
Israelis president Chaim Herzog was born in Ireland
He emigrated to Israel as a young man and you are going to love it more
Rose through the ranks of the IDF
His brother Jackie was also born here and headed quite a few organisations you hate
Their father was also wait for it chief rabbi of Ireland
He had a great understanding through his Irish roots of the Irish psyche and his intelligence expertise
Was invaluable in the six days war
I wonder what degree of frothing you are experiencing at this moment
He was 2 years of age when his father moved from Belfast to Dublin
…Herzog was indeed one of the architects of zionism, and indeed Irish…that he foresaw it’s decent into the very fascism that inspired it, I doubt…but the zionist project has failed…a return to a secular Palestine is the only thing that will bring peace…
Zionism is the belief of Israel
All Jews are Zionists for all Jews believe in Israel
What you refer to is a twisting of the word
Modern Israel is less tolerant of the likes of Hamas and Fatah as they really have not attempted peace and at the first opportunity resort to violence
Their violence has ensured an intolerant Israeli leadership
Maybe the solution is a good Friday type agreement which involves super powers to get them to the same room
Lets face it little Kim is now talking and that’s a miracle
Now we have to wait and see if sincerity is real
…no…not even a majority of Jews are zionists…you reserve a special vitriol for those Jews who object to the way zionism has attempted to hijack the notion of anti-semitism…
You’re Irish and also a willy, what’s your point?
Header deserves a mazel tov anyway
Boycott the Eurovision song contest anywhere. Switch off your TV set and go for a long walk on a short pier.