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Email Subject: Stop the Genocide of Palestinians
Dear Elected Representative of the Irish Government,
I'm sure like the rest of us, you have been shocked at the horrific events unfolding in Israel and Palestine over the last six days. It is however important to contextualise them against their backdrop of a 75-year-long history of ethnic cleansing, illegal military occupation, brutal apartheid, and endless war crimes committed against Palestinians by Israel. This already dire situation has deteriorated rapidly under the current far-right Israeli government, which has openly flouted their intention to illegally annex the occupied territories, disregarded international norms in relation to the Holy sites, rapidly expanded their illegal settlement building, and encouraged armed violence by illegal settlers against unarmed Palestinians. Even before Saturday, this year was already the deadliest for Palestinians in the last two decades. Israel flagrantly and systematically violates its duties of care under the Geneva Conventions as an occupying force.
It is very obvious that the West is far less concerned about Israel's repeated and ongoing massacres of innocent Palestinians. As Israel ceaselessly bombs the Gaza strip, starves it of all humanitarian aid, and cuts off all escape for the 2.3 million Palestinian civilians living in the densely packed territory, I am truly horrified to see US and EU leaders actively supporting these war crimes and the impending genocide.
Given our own history, we have a moral obligation to be better. The Irish people have been vocal supporters of the Palestinian cause, yet the government's actions to date have been disappointingly limited. Ireland has yet to even formally recognise the State of Palestine, leaving us in a minority of UN member states despite overwhelming domestic support for such recognition.
Israel's decades-long record of war crimes persists because Western governments, including our own, have failed to enact any sanctions or hold them accountable in any way. Instead, Israel enjoys a special trade relationship with the EU. This has only emboldened them to escalate their war crimes to the precipice of genocide. The Irish Government's complacency is alarming. The time for urgent action is now. We must:
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call for an immediate cessation of any and all hostilities against civilians and civilian infrastructure
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formally declare our recognition of the State of Palestine
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enact the Occupied Territories Bill and the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill
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publicly acknowledge the apartheid nature of Israel
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divest from and sanction Israel
Your immediate attention to this dire situation is imperative. As representatives of the Irish people, you have a moral and ethical obligation to be on the right side of history. We need to send a strong international message.
I urge you to act swiftly and decisively. Failure to do so will be a disservice to the values we hold dear as a nation and to the countless lives hanging in the balance.
If you ever wondered how the holocaust happened, the inaction of other countries is your answer.
Sincerely,
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