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Irish in Gaza No longer living in Gaza not by choice but circumstance, our hearts remain. We will return. I ( jenny) worked at that time on the land team. Thank you.

UPDATE: No longer living in Gaza ( not by choice but circumstance) but our hearts along with friends and comrades are still there...One day we will return but in the meantime, we will stand loud and proud beside Palestine and her people...

Derek and Jenny are human rights activists, both originally from Mayo, west coast of Ireland . We lived in cyprus for 5 years and while there became part of t

he Free gaza Movement. Derek was crew on the first boat in 41 years to enter Gaza International Port. The freegaza movement successfully sent 5 boats to Gaza up until “Operation cast lead” when the Israeli Navy began to forcefully and violenty block these ships. The ships continued in an attempt to break the Illegal blockade on the coastel enclave of Gaza. Both of us were abord the MV Rachel Corrie , part of the first freedom flotilla, that was attacked in international waters , hijacked and forcefully taken to Israel before being detained and eventually deported back to Ireland. It was in this Flotilla that the Mavi Marmara was also attacked and 9 people were murdered. The following year, we became part of a Malaysian Organisation, Perdana Global Peace Foundation, headed by the 4th Prime minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathair Mohammed. We spent 10 months living and working on a project in Malaysia and in May of 2011 we sailed from Greece into Palestinian waters along with journalists and other members of P.G.P.F. We were attacked again in Palestinian waters by the Israeli Navy who opened fire on our ship. We are now living in Gaza for the past number of years. We have completed many project’s and have many more lined up while we are here and will document each of these as well as other information from Gaza regularly on blog, www.irishingaza.wordpress.com, as well as this face book page, . Irish in Gaza relies solely on donations from individuals to continue to work in solidarity with the people of Gaza and we thank you for your support. Please feel free to invite others to read and to subscribe, ( free of charge) to our blog. Your donations via the paypal button on the blog, ensures continued support for small organisations and projects in Gaza. Derek and Jenny…

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04/06/2026

🇵🇸 SPECIAL SCREENING OF "PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB"

THE LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR
WED 10TH JUNE
8PM

Tickets €15 plus €1 booking fee
Wheelchair accessible venue

Don't miss this screening of Palestine Comedy Club, a warm, funny and deeply human portrait of six Palestinian comedians using stand-up as a form of cultural resistance. It introduces audiences to joy, resilience and everyday humour rather than headlines.

The documentary film is 96 mins, followed by a live-streamed Q&A with the films co-founder and film director, hosted by Castlebar comedian Ger Staunton.

It's great to have the opportunity to attend a special event like this locally.
Please support it if you can, and please spread the word! Hope to see ye there! 🇵🇸

29/05/2026

Brilliant protest, some brilliant responses... It's time to listen now and

Ireland should seek to recover moral significance during EU Presidency - Higgins
29/05/2026

Ireland should seek to recover moral significance during EU Presidency - Higgins

Former president of Ireland Michael D Higgins has said that Ireland should seek to recover moral significance during its upcoming Presidency of the European Union

Israel has been added to the United Nations’ blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones, the country’s ambassador t...
28/05/2026

Israel has been added to the United Nations’ blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones, the country’s ambassador to the UN said on Thursday.

Danny Danon condemned the decision as “political” and “detached from the facts and from reality”.

The move follows multiple reports by human rights organisations and media outlets - including Middle East Eye - documenting allegations of r**e and other forms of sexual violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians since October 2023.

Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon condemns move as ‘moral disgrace’ as Israel freezes relations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

"Ben-Gvir is not an aberration but the most vulgar expression of Israel's previously well-disguised violence, supremacy,...
26/05/2026

"Ben-Gvir is not an aberration but the most vulgar expression of Israel's previously well-disguised violence, supremacy, and apartheid, writes Izzeddin Araj...

If Ben-Gvir “does not represent Israel,” as Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar claimed a few days ago, then who does?"...

Ben-Gvir is not an aberration but the most vulgar expression of Israel’s previously well-disguised violence, supremacy, and apartheid, writes Izzeddin Araj

24/05/2026

Via Women For Palestine Powerful words from the participants of the Sumud Flotilla. Thy make absolutely clear the urgent necessity of sanctions against Israel and expose the shameful complicity of our government as they continue to protect and give cover to an apartheid regime.

The decision to vote against our bill for sanctions is indefensible. While Gaza is bombed, starved and besieged, our political establishment chooses alliance with oppression over solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The movement for sanctions, boycott and international isolation must deepen everywhere. Israel’s apartheid regime cannot continue to enjoy impunity. From the streets to the workplaces, from parliaments to ports, we must build the pressure needed to end complicity and stand with Palestinian liberation.

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