"Hundreds of people from 44 countries are sailing to Gaza in the Global Sumud Flotilla this week. I am among them. We aim to non-violently break Israel's illegal siege by delivering much-needed supplies. I joined the mission because, as an Irish person, I have watched my government meet what our taoiseach acknowledges to be a genocide with little more than the occasional round of three Hail Marys."
"US military planes potentially carrying arms to Israel routinely pass through Ireland's Shannon airport without inspection. A 2018 Occupied Territories bill originally intended to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlements is now in its seventh year of legislative limbo, with endless dithering as to whether it should include services. By Israel's choice, Ireland's central bank is, since Brexit, the sole regulating authority in the EU that approves for trading Israel's explicitly marketed war bondsfor sale across the bloc."
Hundreds from 44 countries are sailing to Gaza in the Global Sumud Flotilla to non-violently break Israel's siege and deliver much-needed supplies. An Irish participant reports that the Irish government is accused of complicity: US military planes potentially carrying arms transit Shannon airport without inspection, the 2018 Occupied Territories bill remains stalled in legislative limbo, and since Brexit Ireland's central bank is the EU authority approving Israel's explicitly marketed war bonds. Ireland recognised Palestinian statehood in May 2024 but faces criticism for hypocrisy as activists and refugees confront governmental inaction.
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