The Galway IPSC is hosting a rally on Land Day on Saturday, 30 March at 2pm, with a march from the Spanish Arch to Eyre Square.
Joining the rally will be Palestinian speakers, including Dr Ehab AbuMarar, who will highlight Israel’s deliberate attacks on the healthcare system.
They will also welcome Dr Nick Maynard who recently visited Gaza and will speak about his experience working as a doctor in the besieged Strip.
Finally, Katie O’Connor will be performing a song to honour Palestinians and conclude our Land Day rally.
Land Day is an important date in the Palestinian calendar and commemorates the six Palestinian citizens killed and hundreds injured by Israeli police on 30 March 1976 as they peacefully protested the Israeli regime’s theft of their land in the Galilee.
Land Day is an opportunity to remember past, present, and future resistance to settler colonialism.
The IPSC is calling on everyone to reflect on what meaningful solidarity with Palestine means this year as the genocide of Palestinians continues.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said during her visit to Galway last week that it is shameful that Ireland has not taken any action, and Galway IPSC said that we ‘must change that’.
Over 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza continue to face crisis levels of food insecurity. For the 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah, there is also the constant fear of an imminent assault by Israel.
The Israeli occupying forces continue to relentlessly attack Palestinians, resulting in the killing of over 32,000 Palestinians, with at least 74,000 injured.
“We march for an immediate, permanent ceasefire. We march for an end to Israel’s settler colonial project, genocide, and apartheid. We march for a free Palestine, from the River to the Sea,” said the IPSC.
