Fairplay to Carrickmacross Councilors removing Isreali ambassador's signature

[Minder]

Marty had no problems shaking hands with the Israeli Ambassador at Stormont last year. I wonder is there a visitors book up on the hill that he had to sign.





http://www.swp.ie/index.php?page=374&dept=News&title=Northern+Ireland+friends+of+Israel

[Main Street]

That picture has already been uploaded on this thread.

Marty understands and appreciates the diplomatic protocol while maintaining substantial objections to a nation's warmongering.
He accords the Ambassador all the due respect as a representative of the Israeli people.
I see no hypocrisy there in his action.
The Carrick councillors had a choice to accord the Israeli ambassador to Ireland the same respect while maintaining a fundamental opposition to Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.

[bucketamail]

One should also be aware of the fact that in the Gaza strip, Hamas rule the area with an iron fist.  groups patrol Gaza and are not afraid to exact excessive force on their people for stepping out of line.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

One should also be aware of the fact that in the Gaza strip, Hamas rule the area with an iron fist.  groups patrol Gaza and are not afraid to exact excessive force on their people for stepping out of line.

Have you any comprehension of whats actually happening over there, or have you just read a piece in the Daily Mail about Hamas, try reading the thread, actually just read below.

Well folks, this day last year, March 9th, I crossed the Rafah border into Gaza and witnessed sights that will stay with me forever. Those sights changed my life, and until my last breath, I will support and champion the cause of the Palestinians.
What they have had to endure for over 60 years in just unbelievable. Here is a link to the damage I witnessed and recorded in Gaza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKOellc4DVE

In the past year I have been following the news there very closely. What goes on there in a daily basis is unreal.
F16's fly over Gaza almost every day, and every week or so, they bomb a tunnel or two. When I was there in early January, they bombed an area close to where I was, killing 1, and killing 2 at the tunnels. That is the reality there, and the world justs sits silent. Practically all the children there live in a terrified state, and the sound and sight of F16's freaks them out. Less than 20% of the food needed on a daily basis gets through, according to John Ging of UNRA.

Politicians come and go to Gaza, and to the west bank. They come home, make a bit of noise and then they get back to doing what they are told by Israel and the US. What western Government has imposed any form of sanctions on Israel following the massacre in Gaza last year? Have any of them threated to close their embassy if they are found guilty of forging passports? Will Ireland continue to spend millions of their military budget on equipment made in Israel?

The land grabs, the evictions, the settlements, the internment and murder of innocents among other things that goes on in the West Bank are also crimes against humanity. Plus, Cement Roadstone supplies the cement into these illegal settlements and worst of all, the illegal Apartheid Wall. For an Irish company to build and profit from these settlements and the wall is a complete disgrace and an embarrasment.

So, for Carrickmacross council to acknowledge these injustices and remove the ambassadors name is a step that has my full support. Fair play to them for having the courage to do it. The message was indeed symbolic, and it made serious news not only in Israel, but across the world. I don't care what Israel thinks about us over this, and they can make Fr Ted jokes all day long. It just shows them up for what they are. I can tell you this much, there are millions of Palestinians who are proud of the councillors for their actions.

For anyone else who think that human rights in Iran, China, Tibet or wherever else, are just as important, I agree. However, I am focussed on the Palestinian cause for now. So, in the meantime, if any of you feel strongly enough about them, I will give you my full support in any way I can in your work for them.

Below is a link to an Indy Media article about how the Gardi and an Israeli security man, possibly Mossad, followed a friend of mine yesterday in Dublin and harassed her. Read the story please.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96003