Two Palestinian human rights activists have said Ireland should implement sanctions on Israel, arguing that recognising the state of Palestine will not stop the deaths in the ongoing conflict.
Mr Jabarin, who received an alumni award from the University of Galway on Friday, said consequences were needed to prevent violations of international law. “He said ‘sanctions’. This is what he said. And he said more than that: ‘when the US imposed sanctions on us, it was the turning point’. Things end and finish because of sanctions, it is the cornerstone.”
“I used to say when I was in Ireland at that time, ‘the explosion is coming, the occupation is deepening, the apartheid system is there’. But no actions were taken against Israel, like sanctions, like the EU to freeze the association agreement with Israel.” “When we hear what happened in Trinity College, and other universities here that the administration of the universities agreed and accepted the students’ demands to divest from Israeli businesses, this is very important,” Mr Jabarin said.
“We are not asking, for instance, to do the same that the Israelis do against us. No way, no way, we will lose our humanity if we do the same as the Israelis do against us and against our people.