Latest AfP news
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Shannon Airport: Ireland’s Material Complicity in War Crimes and Genocide Must End
Ireland’s complicity in international crimes must end—and so must the persecution of those demanding that their government meet its obligations under Irish and international law. Across the island of Ireland, a mass movement of people has mobilised in solidarity with the Palestinian people, demanding an end to the ongoing genocide and Israel’s settler colonial apartheid…
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Shannon Airport: Ireland’s Material Complicity in War Crimes and Genocide Must End
Ireland’s complicity in international crimes must end—and so must the criminalisation of those demanding that their government meet its obligations under Irish and international law. Across the island of Ireland, a mass movement of people has mobilised in solidarity with the Palestinian people, demanding an end to the ongoing genocide and Israel’s settler colonial apartheid…
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Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western Universities
Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western Universities, taking place on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room and online. This event will bring together Maynooth researchers and international colleagues to reflect on the concept of ‘scholasticide’ and the nature and extent of the Israeli state’s perpetration of scholasticide against Palestinian scholars, students…
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UCD Partnership with Israeli Universities
With the recent UN report on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the expanded invasion of Gaza City, and the renewal of campus activism at UCD, we are publishing a letter written to UCD President Orla Feely expressing our opposition to continued UCD partnerships with complicit Israeli universities such as Technion. We renew our call for UCD…
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Legal academics call on the Central Bank of Ireland to block sale of Israel Bonds
A group of legal academics from across Ireland, including members of AfP, have called on the Governor of the Central Bank to immediately prohibit the marketing and sale of Israeli state bonds in or from Ireland, and to refuse to re-approve the bond prospectus on the renewal date of 2 September. In a letter sent on…
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Irish Examiner: Letters to the Editor: Central Bank must halt issuance of Israeli Bonds
The following letter, signed by Academics for Palestine, was published in the Irish Examiner on 28 August 2025. The Central Bank’s current approval of Israeli genocide-funding bonds ends on September 1. As we witness the forced starvation of the Palestinian people in Gaza, displacement of 800,000 people from Northern Gaza, daily bombardment, and the relentless…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 6: Archaeology and Geography
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode6: Archaeology & Geography On the final episode of series 1, we are joined by Dr Laura McAtackney from UCC Archaeology and Dr Patrick Bresnihan from Maynooth Geography. They talk to us about connections and similarities…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 5: Sociology
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode5: Sociology On this week’s episode we have Dr Su-Ming Khoo from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe and Dr David Landy from Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. They talk to us about teaching activism, activist praxis, coloniality,…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 4: Solidarity and Complicity in the Academy
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode4: Solidarity and Complicity in the Academy On this week’s episode we have Dr Eman Abboud from Trinity College Dublin and Dr Rita Sakr from Maynooth University. They talk about being Palestinian and Lebanese, coloniality and…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 3: Law
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode3: Law On this week’s episode we have Dr Brendan C. Browne from Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath and Dr John Reynolds from Ollscoil Mhá Nuad. They talk to us about International Law and the…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 2: Journalism
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode2: Journalism This week’s episode has Dr Mike Berry from Cardiff University and Dr Henry Silke from Ollscoil Luimnigh talking about journalism, media studies and Bad News in relation to Palestine and other genocides. Hosted by…
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AfP Podcast – Episode 1: Introduction and Medieval History
The Academics for Palestine Podcast is a series of roundtable interviews with academics about Palestine, genocides, coloniality and activism. Episode1: Introduction and Medieval History Tá fáilte romhaibh! This is the introduction to the series, hosted by Dr John Reynolds of Maynooth University with guests Dr Emer Purcell of National University of Ireland and Dr Stephen…
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