Sadaka Visiting Speaker programme

From the third to the fifth of December 2013, Sadaka hosted a visit to Ireland with Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi of the Palestinian National Initiative. Dr. Barghouthi is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestine National Initiative. He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (Palestinian Parliament) since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council. In 2007, Dr. Barghouti was Minister of Information in the Palestinian Unity Government.

Dr. Barghouthi is one of the most significant figures in contemporary Palestinian politics. This visit involved high level political engagements with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore; members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade; meetings with individual political parties and Dáil groupings (including Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin) and a meeting with Emer Costello MEP, amongst others. His itinerary included a public meeting held in Liberty Hall, chaired by Prionsias de Rossa, and numerous media interviews.