The Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill will be voted on in the Dáil this evening.
The Bill is the first time a proposal of full economic sanctions on the state of Israel itself has come before the Dáil, proposing to prohibit all trade, investment, financial dealings and state-linked economic activity with the entire Israeli regime.
There will be a demonstration in support of the Bill at the Dáil from 5.30pm this evening.
Speakers at the demonstration as follows:
Chair Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit)
Fatin Al Tamimi (Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
Daniel Lambert (Chief Operating Officer at Bohs and involved in Stop The Game)
Family member of flotilla participant/ Karen Moynihan (Global Sumud Flotilla)
Poem: Liam Cunningham
Frances Black (Occupied Territories Bill Ruth Coppinger (Solidarity)
Sara O Rourke (Irish Anti-War Movement)
Ruth Coppinger (Solidarity)
Song: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Féin)
Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)
Duncan Smith (Labour)