Current Sadaka Briefing
Israeli Apartheid and the Covid-19 Vaccine
Overview: Israel leads the way in vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 and expects to be the first country in the world to achieve full vaccination. It has also acknowledged paying over the price paid by other countries in order to secure supplies. Included in the vaccination programme are more than 600,000 Israeli settlers, citizens of Israel, living in occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, five million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza occupied by Israel will not be vaccinated by Israel in contravention of the 4th Geneva Convention. This is a most serious consequence of the apartheid policies pursued by the state of Israel.
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Sadaka Publications
Israeli Apartheid and the Covid-19 Vaccine. (January 2021)
Annexation of the West Bank: It Has Already Happened.
(September 2020)
Occupied Territories Bill.
Sadaka Analysis of AG opinion (June 2020)
Occupied Territories Bill: Update (May 2020)
The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. What is it and what will it achieve? (February 2020)
Money Message: Application to the Occupied Territories Bill (September 2019)
The Occupied Territories Bill and the Money Message: An Explainer (July 2019)
Israeli Abuses of Palestinian Children (April 2018)
Recent Media Items
WAFA: 'Israel starts construction of new settler units in northern Jordan Valley' (IMEMC, 20 April 2021)
The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism is an orientalist text (Al Jazeera, 21 April 2021)
Israel issues 13 demolition orders to Palestinian homes in West Bank (Middle East Monitor, 21 April 2021)
The Israeli Female Soldiers Took Her Aside and Undressed Her. The Cruelty Only Started (Haaretz, 21 April 2021)
To Jaffa Arabs, Sales of ‘Absentee Ownership’ Properties Aim to Expel Them From the City (Haaretz, 21 April 2021)
End Medical Apartheid from the US to Palestine: a call to action (Mondoweiss, 21 April 2021)
House Democrats Sound Alarm on Israel's Deepening Occupation at J Street (Haaretz, 20 April 2021)
For Jerusalem's Muslims, an Israeli Humiliation on Ramadan (Haaretz, 20 April 2021)
Gaza: Vicious new COVID-19 wave hits during Ramadan as vaccine doses trickle in (Relief Web, 20 April 2021)
16 Palestinian and Regional Organisations Send Joint Submission to the UN Secretary-General on Intimidation and Reprisals for Cooperation with the UN (Al Haq, 20 April 2021)
How UNRWA became a battleground in the struggle for Palestinian rights (Al Araby, 20 April 2021)
Betty McCollum's bill won't pass. So what's the Israel lobby so afraid of? (Al Araby, 19 April 2021)
Under Jerusalem: Israel’s subterranean expansion (Architectural Review, 14 April 2021)
Ofer Cassif, A Very Important Person (Haaretz, 18 April 2021)
‘Lives gone’: Palestinians mark Prisoner’s Day (Al Jazeera, 17 April 2021)
Israel risks derailing EU election mission to Palestine (EU Observer, 20 April 2021)
Palestinians attacked in Jaffa after uproar over Israeli plans to seize properties (Middle East Eye, 19 April 2021)
Bernie Sanders: U.S. Should Have a Say in How Israel Uses Military Aid (Haaretz, 19 April 2021)
Florida university accused of fostering anti-Palestinian racism (+972mag, 19 April 2021)
Donors who agreed with me on every other issue cut me off when I called for investigation of Rachel Corrie’s killing — former Rep. Brian Baird (Mondoweiss, 19 April 2021)
J Street brings together progressives, Israeli war criminals (Electronic Intifada, 19 April 2021)
Why Joe Biden will not change Palestinian lives (Al Jazeera, 17 April 2021)
Palestine mission: UK PM's failure to back ICC probe into Israel war crimes 'regrettable' (Middle East Monitor, 14 April 2021)
J Street finally wants the US to think beyond the two-state solution (+972mag, 16 April 2021)
NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales calls Israel ‘apartheid state’ (Forward, 16 April 2021)
Lobby gets EU advice on censoring Israel’s critics (Electronic Intifada, 15 April 2021)
US aid must not fund Israeli abuses against Palestinians, new bill says (Middle East Eye, 16 April 2021)
Marwan Barghouti Enters 20th Year in Israeli Prisons (Palestine Chronicle, 16 April 2021)
Gideon Levy: Israel Headed to Another Election (WRMEA, 16 April 2021)
Al-Aqsa Imam: Israel cut electricity loudspeakers, seized iftar meals (Middle East Monitor, 164 April 2021)
You can imprison Palestinians but not their struggle, Barghouti proves it (Al Araby, 15 April 2021)
Palestine accuses UK of giving 'carte blanche to Israel' in opposing ICC probe (Middle East Eye, 15 April 2021)
Between Antisemitism and anti-Zionism: The Intellectual's Dilemma (Haaretz, 15 April 2021)
The history of the Shin Bet’s use of torture, and what it says about Israel today (Mondoweiss, 15 April 2021)
McCollum Introduces Historic Legislation: Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act (Betty McCollum, US Congress, 15 April 2021)
Israel and Saudi Arabia buy influence in Britain as the lobbying scandal grows (Middle East Monitor, 15 April 2021)
Film 'The Present' lays bare stark Palestinian reality (William Parry, Electronic Intifada, 12 April 2021)
Don’t worry, Israeli parents, our forces are well (Amira Hass, Haaretz, 12 April 2021)
Intimidation. Extortion. Eviction: This is the brutal reality for Palestinians in Silwan, Jerusalem (Jawad Siyam, Haaretz, 11 April 2021)
Israel makes it easy for settlers to take over our land. Meanwhile, Palestinians who've lived here for generations are attacked and evicted (Basil al-Adraa, +972, 9 April 2021)
Smotrich threatens to expel Arab MK, other Muslims who don’t accept Jewish rule (Times of Israel, 7 April 2021)
Israel Punishes Hunger-Striking Prisoner by Transferring Him to Another Prison (Palestine Chronicle, 15 April 2021)
Palestine mission: UK PM's failure to back ICC probe into Israel war crimes 'regrettable' (Middle East Monitor, 14 April 2021)
Israel: ex-soldier's self-immolation after trauma of 2014 military offensive (Middle East Monitor, 14 April 2021)
Videos showing Palestinian experience of violent apartheid deserve an American audience (Mondoweiss, 14 April 2021)
How Israel is trying to derail Palestinian elections (Al Araby, 14 April 2021)
Rep. Betty McCollum Leads Effort to Block Israel From Using U.S. Aid to Destroy Palestinian Homes (The Intercept, 14 April 2021)
Defense Ministry to Probe Israeli Army Veteran's Self-immolation (Haaretz, 13 April 2021)
Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem knows no limits (Daily Sabah, 14 April 2021)
A second wave of Covid-19 has hit the Gaza Strip with devastating effect (Middle East Monitor, 13 April 2021)
PA: international silence encourages more Israeli crimes (Middle East Monitor, 13 April 2021)
NDP boycott resolution marks loss for Israel lobby, win for democracy (Mondoweiss, 13 April 2021)
Witnesses Refute Israeli Army's Claim Palestinian Killed by Soldiers Tried to Run Them Over (Haaretz, 11 April 2021)
Canada’s New Democratic Party passes motion to sanction Israel (Mondoweiss, 12 April 2021)
Discussion: Has Israel effectively annexed the West Bank? (Trócaire, 12 April 2021)
Medical Apartheid: Structural racism, not race (Mondoweiss, 12 April 2021)
With Democrats in Control, J Street Pushes New Mideast Agenda in Washington (Haaretz, 11 April 2021)
Dozens of Palestinian families are threatened by forced displacement (Middle East Monitor, 12 April 2021)
Israel Indicts Palestinian, Refuses to Let Him Enter, Then Falsely Arrests Him (Haaretz, 12 April 2021)
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‘NYT’ coverage of happy boars of Haifa is just another way to ignore settlers’ crimes (Mondoweiss, 11 April 2021)
Canadian NDP Adopts Motion on Boycott of Jewish Settlement Products (Palestine Chronicle, 11 April 2021)
US restores less than half of pre-Trump funding to UNRWA (Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada, 10 April 2021)
'High-level' Israel lobby interference in British politics, says former UK minister (Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada, 9 April 2021)
Israel refuses to work with ICC on war crimes probe, says 'no authority' (Yahoo News, 8 April 2021)
In 1st since Biden inauguration, Israel advances 540 new East Jerusalem homes (Times of Israel, 8 April 2021)
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Settlers filmed pelting Palestinian man with stones in West Bank (Times of Israel. 3 April 2021)
Israeli forces carried out strike on Iran spy ship in Red Sea, NY Times reports (Times of Israel, 7 April 2021)
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Rights group calls on Israel to dismantle 'racist and illegal' undercover unit targeting Palestinians (Al Araby, 9 April 2021)
Iran, arms supplies on the agenda as US defence chief lands in Israel (Al Araby, 11 April 2021)
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Israel Police's Attack on Parliamentary Immunity (Haaretz, 11 April 2021)
Mossad Reportedly Interrogates Palestinian Journalist in Spain (Palestine Chronicle, 10 April 2021)
Israel officials slam US resumption of aid to UNRWA (Middle East Monitor, 9 April 2021)
Israel rejects Hague court’s authority to investigate alleged war crimes (Irish Times, 9 April 2021)
Israel's refusal to cooperate with ICC 'admission of war crimes', says rights group (Al Araby, 9 April 2021)
Israeli Police Officer Who Beat Lawmaker Claims He Was Attacked First (Haaretz, 9 April 2021)
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Facebook censored Palestinians in Gaza from sharing our story with the world (Mondoweiss, 9 April 2021)
Former minister blasts pro-Israel lobby over 'disgusting interference' in British politics (Middle East Monitor, 9 April 2021)
Arabic press review: UAE accused of selling Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem (Middle East Eye, 9 April 2021)
Sheikh Jarrah and the ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem (Al Araby, 7 April 2021)
Palestinian cause: Back in two-state solution or what? (Daily Sabah, 9 April 2021)
Israeli academic won’t receive prize after signing petition (AP News, 8 April 2021)
Netanyahu's office declares Israel will not cooperate with ICC war crimes probe (Al Araby, 8 April 2021)
Settler Group Takes Over Three East Jerusalem Buildings, Expanding Jewish Enclave (Haaretz, 8 April 2021)
There was no Nakba, Palestinians just “disappeared”: Ehud Barak claims (The Palestine Project, 8 April 2021)
UK: Ex-minister accuses pro-Israel lobbyists of 'disgusting interference' (Middle East Eye, 8 April 2021)
Alarm bells start to ring in Gaza amid COVID-19 surge (Anadolu Agency, 6 April 2021)
US to restore aid to UN Palestinian refugee agency cut by Trump (Al Jazeera, 7 April 2021)
Principles for Dismantling Antisemitism: A Progressive Jewish Response to the Jerusalem Declaration (Jewish Voice for Peace, 5 April 2021)
Palestinian Mayor of Sebastia Assaulted by Jewish Settlers While Saving Child (Palestine Chronicle, 57 April 2021)
Israel detains Hamas official in West Bank, dozens more Palestinians (Middle East Monitor, 7 April 2021)
Fight back when the Israel lobby bullies progressive organizations (Mondoweiss, 7 April 2021)
The US’ Designation is Glossing over Colonialism in Palestine (Palestine Chronicle, 6 April 2021)
Joe Biden is not planning to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Politico, 6 April 2021)
Israeli troops kill Palestinian driver, wound his wife (Al Jazeera, 6 April 2021)
Israeli court upholds travel ban on Amnesty International campaigner (Middle East Eye, 6 April 2021)
Israeli PM back in court as parties weigh in on his fate (Irish Examiner, 5 April 2021)
Israel's Netanyahu to call meeting on ICC investigation (Al Araby, 5 April 2021)
Israel rounds up more Palestinian minors despite UN condemnation (TRT World, 5 April 2021)
Palestinian prisoner released after 35-year sentence extended over unpaid fine (Middle East Eye, 5 April 2021)
On Palestine Children’s Day, 140 Minors Held in Israeli Prisons (Palestine Chronicle, 5 April 2021)
Poverty, COVID-19 add to plight of Palestinian children (Middle East Monitor, 5 April 2021)
Rashida Tlaib Says That Support Is Growing in Congress for Palestinian Rights (Truth Out, 5 April 2021)
The ICC vs. Israel: Three Main Scenarios (Politics Today, 5 April 2021)
Palestinian Olive Trees (This Week in Palestine, April 2021)
Ariel Sharon's 'Secret Plan' for the Palestinians (Haaretz, 2 April 2021)
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Arrest Palestinian Man near Jerusalem (Palestine Chronicle, 4 April 2021)
Netanyahu, Senior Officials to Hold First Meeting on Israel's Response to ICC Probe (Haaretz, 3 April 2021)
Stealing Palestine: A study of historical and cultural theft (Middle East Eye, 14 July 2015)
Settlers filmed pelting Palestinian man with stones in West Bank (Times of Israel, 3 April 2021)
Distribution of GCSE textbooks on Israeli-Palestinian conflict paused over ‘dangerously misleading’ claim (Independent, 3 April 2021)
Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah on Land Day (Middle East Monitor, 3 April 2021)
Palestinians in this village suffer daily settler raids of Muslim shrines (Al Monitor, 2 April 2021)
US lifts Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor, court official (Al Jazeera, 2 April 2021)
The Kafkaesque Reality of Israeli Military Courts (Good Shepherd Collective, 1 April 2021)
Growing Support in U.S. Congress for Palestinian Rights, Rashida Tlaib Says (Haaretz, 2 April 2021)
Facebook reassurances on ‘Zionist’ hate speech policy met with skepticism (Middle East Eye, 2 April 2021)
Israeli Soldiers Storm Refugee Camp, Injure Five Palestinians near Nablus (Palestine Chronicle, 2 April 2021)
UK school textbooks slammed as 'propaganda' for Israel (Middle East Monitor, 2 April 2021)
Occupied Territories Bill
The Occupied Territories Bill, developed by Sadaka and tabled by Senator Frances Black, will prohibit the import of goods and services which are produced in illegal Israeli settlements. Settlements are a war crime under international law.
Visiting Speakers
Sadaka organises high level speaking tours with invited guests, primarily from Palestine. They typically involve meetings with the Minister, political party leaders, leading NGOs, trade unions and presentations to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Political Meetings
Political meetings are core business for Sadaka as we attempt to shift Irish foreign policy towards the achievement of political self –determination and human rights for the Palestinian people.
Other Campaigns
Sadaka runs targeted campaigns on an annual basis, each one aimed at achieving a particular goal such as Irish Government Recognition of Palestine, pre General Election commitments on Palestine and similar goals.
Conferences
High Level Fora and meetings are used to get particular messages to selected audiences. We focus on high profile speakers to attract key decision makers and people of influence.
Education Resources
In partnership with the Curriculum Development Unit, Sadaka produced an education resource on Palestine available on the Irish secondary school curriculum. More resources also available.
Palestinian Churches
Sadaka has hosted lengthy speaking tours with leading Christian church leaders from Palestine to encourage the Irish churches to develop pro-active positions on the plight of their brothers and sisters in the Holy Land.
Trade Unions
Sadaka has worked closely with trade unions since our formation building on their strong pro-active positions on Palestine.