Dear JoannaI received an invitation from the Israeli Embassy for an event on Migrant Women. I see that your name is down for speaking during the event. I must say I am disappointed to see a Labour TD participating in an event organised by the Israeli Embassy, with full knowledge of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The Labour Party has always stood up for equality and justice but this seems to be the case no more. I am an Irish Muslim and I feel very strongly about the plight of the Palestinians, especially those living in the largest ghetto founded by the draconian Israeli blockade on Gaza. Israel also has a very bad track record in its treatment of women, especially at the check points and thousands of Palestinian women languishing in Israeli jails without any charge. Palestinian women are suffering immensly under occupation, or as second class citizens in Israel. The title of the event "Migrant Women: Sharing the Israeli Experience in Migrant Absorption" also suggests that Israel is a pro-assimilation ("Absorption") society where integeration is less, assimilation or eradication more, as we have seen in the case of expulsions of Palestinian families from their homes. Israel has clearly failed to integrate the displaced Palestinian population into its society and now we can see the dire effects in the sad reality on the ground.
Hence, I urge you, as a member of the Parliament and the Labour Party, to cancel your talk at the event on the 18th Dec. in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of women suffering at the hands of the Israeli occupation.
Regards
Lorraine O'Connor
Dublin 12
From: Ambsec - Embassy of Israel [mailto:ambsec@dublin.mfa.gov.il] Sent: 15 December 2009 14:40To: Maureen KellySubject: Re: Lecture on Migrant Women - 18th December 2009Importance: High
INVITATION
The Embassy of Israel, Dublin
Invite you to:
“Migrant Women: Sharing the Israeli experience in Migrant absorption”
Lecture by:
• Ms. Joanna Tuffy T.D.
Labour Spokesperson on Environment and Heritage
• Ms. Sylvia Katete Gavigan
Honorary Consul, Republic of Uganda
• Ms. Salome Mbugua
AkiDwA Director
Date: Friday 18th December 2009
Venue: D4 Berkeley Hotel
Donnelly Suite 1, 2nd Floor
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Time: 13:00-14:30
Tea & coffee will be served
Please RSVP by Friday 11th December 2009,
by email to: dcmsec@dublin.mfa.gov.il
Please present this invitation with Photo ID at the entrance
Carrisbrook House, 122 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Tel: 01 230 9400 Fax: 01 230 9446
E- mail: info@dublin.mfa.gov.il Website: www.israel.ie
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