Willie Brock Cumann members participated in and
helped organize a non-political party Gaza Solidarity rally in Mountmellick.
Last Saturday 25th July. Over 50 people attended the rally.
Participants assembled in
O’Connell Square. They carried banners calling for the expulsion of the Israeli
Ambassador, Boycotting of Israeli goods, products and services etc.
"Protest Letter"
To,
Charles Flanagan TD
Minister for Foreign Affairs
25/07/14
Dear Minister,
We wish to protest in
the strongest terms our disgust at the Irish Government’s, weak and shameful
diplomatic response to Israel’s cruel and murderous military offensive
currently underway in the besieged and blockaded Gaza Strip.
A military offensive, which has
resulted to date in the deaths of over 990 Palestinians and 5,200 injured, the
majority, are Civilians, many of them Women and Children.
The deliberate targeting of Health
Institutions, Schools, and UN
Facilities. The dropping of one
ton shells on civilian buildings in the most densely populated area per hectare
on Earth.
The
denial of Statehood to the Palestinian People, the robbery and expanding of
illegal settlement on their land, is one of the greatest crimes perpetrated
against a people since the Second World War.
We
request:
1.
The
situation requires a firm and resolute
response by the Irish Government, which must now expel the Israeli Ambassador.
2. The Irish
Government should also push for the immediate suspension of the EU’s
preferential trade agreements (Israel-EU Association Agreement and Euro-Med
Agreement) with Israel.
Signed:
The rally was addressed by a
number of people.
· Sister
Anne Pender: Representing the Presentation International Justice Movement.
· Michéal
Scully: A School Teacher.
· Yvonne : A
young mother, who represented the Muslim Community in Ireland.
· Brian
Furlong: One of the rally organisers.
Protesters
then proceeded to the Constituency Office of the Minister For Foreign Affairs Mr. Charlie Flanagan TD in O’Moore St and
handed in a letter of protest signed by over 80 people.
As neither Minister Flanagan or any of his staff were at home. The Letter of Protest was
dropped through the Letter Box of the Constituency Office.
Boycott Israeli Goods.
The
collective power of the individuals Purse and Wallet can be powerful.
Remember how we
boycotted the regime in South Africa?
Now we can show
solidarity with the People of Gaza -
1 REFUSE TO SUPPORT
THE ISRAELI ECONOMY & THEIR INVASION OF GAZA BY BOYCOTTING THEIR
PRODUCE:
- ISRAELI
Barcodes on supermarket
produce start with the numbers 729 & also check the country of
origin label.
- You can download the "buycott
barcode scanner app " on to your smart phone and use it to check the goods you are buying and join the
campaign.
FOOD & HOUSEHOLD
GOODS -
- JAFFA - Much of this produce
is grown on confiscated Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley.
Refuse
to buy Jaffa oranges, grapefruits, peppers, avocados, grapes, figs, and passion
and sharon fruits.
Israeli
carrots and new potatoes are also sold in Ireland & UK as well as herbs,
such as basil, dill, tarragon, parsley, sage, rosemary, mint, chives and
others.
- TIVALL is an Israeli company that produces vegetarian
foods.
These goods
are widely available in stores such as Dunnes, Tesco, Marks & Spencer,
Supervalu, Superquinn, Aldi and Lidl as well as Health Food shops.
- Other food
includes goods produced by Danone, Nestl�, Coca Cola, Schweppes, Starbucks &
Macdonalds.
- STANLEY/ BLACK
& DECKER Toolboxes are
made in Israel as well as by Keter
whose plastic
products include shelf storage bins, garden sheds, outdoor storage boxes,
dog kennels and composting bins.
These plastics
can be found in Woodies, Chadwicks, Heatons, Homebase, Argos, B&Q and many
other hardware shops.
- SODASTREAM is a product manufactured in the illegal
Israeli settlement of Ma�ale Adumim in
occupied Palestine.
These products
can be found in Dunnes Stores, Harvey Norman, Argos, Cleary�s, Brown Thomas, DID Electrical and
others.
BEAUTY & HEALTH -
- DEAD SEA beauty products come in many brands
including, Ahava, Dead Sea Magik, VivO and Sea Spa Skincare.
They are sold
in Holland & Barrett and also marketed at large shopping centres including;
Dundrum, Jervis Street, Liffey Valley and others.
- MOROCCAN OIL is an Israeli company that
manufactures argan oil-based hair care products, which can be found in Peter
Marks and other hair salons.
- Other manufacturers
with links to Isreal include Johnson & Johnson, Revlon, Este� Lauder & L'Or�al.
- CLOTHING &
CHILDREN -
- River Island, Marks
& Spencer, Timberland & La Senza have links to Israel.
- Childrens� Toys made by Israeli AMAV is distributed in Europe by George
Prentice Associates (GPA) in Kildare.
Their craft
boxes are sold at Hamley�s, Smiths and Art
& Hobby.
- TECHNOLOGY -
- Intel, IBM,
AOL, Siemens & Motorola - all linked to Israel.
For more information
online go to - http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-brands.html
2 DONATE - FIRST-AID KITS, NAPPIES, CHILDRENS� TOYS AND BOOKS TO THE �TOYS FOR GAZA� SHIP *** -
*** Since writing
this on Friday the link has now been blocked!
Searching or clicking
links to this site is now forbidden by Google, Bing or Yahoo.
So boycott them too.
Instead use an
alternative search engine such as https://duckduckgo.com which has the bonus
of not tracking you!
3 Sign the petition
at - http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_end_the_siege/
and at http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveGaza/petition.html - which is sponsored by the Coalition
of Israeli Peace Organizations
Download The Free App That Helps You To Boycott Israeli Products While You Shop
See Below
If you wish to engage in your own personal boycott of Israeli produce and you have a smart phone then here's the app for you...
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