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Contact your Fianna Fáil and/or Independent representative!

Thanks so much for agreeing to take the time to contact your Fianna Fáil and/or Independent representative! Together we can bring the world one BIG step closer to freeing Palestine, make history, and have fun while doing it. The vote is on Wednesday and every single contact from a constituent matters. Here's what you should do:

  • Click on your district below to find the contact details for your Fianna Fáil representative. There are a few Independent representatives in the list as well.

  • Call or email their office and urge them to support the Occupied Territories Bill 2018 -- see if you can get a confirmation on how they will vote.

  • You can get more information about the importance of this bill HERE.

  • Once you've contacted them, email Avaaz at irelandvote@avaaz.org to let us know how your experience was.

    Remember, they represent you, and they care about what you have to say. This is a crucial opportunity to influence your local representative to vote on a bill that could take millions of Palestinians one step closer to freedom and justice. Let's do everything we can to make it happen -- and take your friends and family along to support you!

    Districts:

    • Carlow-Kilkenny
    Cavan-Monaghan
    Clare
    Cork East
    Cork North Central
    Cork North-West
    Cork South-Central
    Cork South-West
    Donegal
    Dublin Bay North
    Dublin Bay South
    Dublin Central
    Dublin Fingal
    Dublin Mid-West
    Dublin North-West
    Dublin Rathdown
    Dublin South-Central
    Dublin South-West
    Dublin West
    Dublin - Dun Laoghaire
    Galway
    Kerry
    Kildare North
    Kildare South
    Laois
    Offaly
    Limerick County
    Longford-Westmeath
    Louth
    Mayo
    Meath East
    Meath West
    Roscommon Galway
    Sligo-Leitrim
    Tipperary
    Waterford
    Wexford
    Wicklow


    More information on the Bill
    The Israeli authorities are reinvigorating their relentless expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), with devastating consequences for the human rights of Palestinians. People around the world, and in Ireland, are therefore calling on states to take measures to stop the financial support and expansion of settlements by prohibiting settlement goods from entering their markets and by regulating and preventing corporations domiciled in their territory from operating in settlements or trading in settlement products.

    Settlement construction means the theft and/or confiscation of Palestinian land and property, and forcing Palestinians into smaller and smaller areas. As a 2017 UN report notes, “the forced displacement and dispossession of Palestinians across the oPt takes place in the context of Israel's prolonged occupation” and “against the backdrop of the expansion of Israeli settlements.”

    The illegal settlements are also economically profitable for Israel, as the resources stolen from the West Bank and the products made on stolen land are sold across the world. The World Bank estimates that approximately $300 million worth of such goods are imported into Europe annually.

    It is patently clear that Israel will only comply with its obligations under international law if the international community compels it to do so. In order to ensure respect for international law, and for the Irish law which gives effect to it, and more importantly to ensure that Palestinians' basic human rights are respected, the Oireachtas should adopt a ban on trade with these settlements.

    Independent Senator Frances Black will table the Bill in the Seanad on July 11. The Bill is supported by the majority of the Irish people, and by Sinn Fein, the Green Party and Labour as well as a number of independent Senators including Ireland’s former Attorney General Senator Michael McDowell - but Fianna Fáil have yet to commit their support for the Bill, and their support is critical. That's why Irish citizens are calling upon Fianna Fail representatives to take action.



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