Released documents reveal the Government refused exports to either an Israeli state body or a weapons company this year. Authorities already approved millions worth of exports during Israel’s assault on Gaza.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine singles out Ireland for trade with Israel in dual-use goods and allowing Shannon Airport to be used by US state officials, Israel's key military and political ally.
An Garda Síochána has conceded a judicial review challenge of its refusal to investigate a criminal complaint over the role of Airbnb Ireland in facilitating lettings in illegal settlements. What happens next could have far-reaching impacts on service providers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The Department of Enterprise has also granted licences for the export of dual-use items to Israeli state bodies. The two sectors are more susceptible to risk of misuse or diversion of items for military purposes.
Despite its global reputation as staunchly pro-Palestinian, Ireland remains a key trading partner in electronic goods with Israel, which a UN commission inquiry now says is committing genocide in Gaza.
The organisation has joined calls for a boycott of Teva, the Israeli pharma multinational, over Israel’s war on Gaza where more than 64,000 people have been killed.
Operators of the notorious spyware company will return to a Greek court this month to face charges of breaching privacy laws. But the mystery of Intellexa’s sanctioned Irish companies still lingers.
Israel is silencing the truth by targeting what remains of the media in Gaza. Western journalists should not be doing the same by continuing to give its empty claims the oxygen of publicity.
The failure of Western politicians and the media to act on Israel’s unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza helps to perpetuate the idea that the West doesn’t care a damn about Palestinians. It is an argument that is becoming increasingly hard to argue against.
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