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No longer living in Gaza not by choice but circumstance, our hearts remain. We will return. I ( jenny) worked at that time on the land team. Thank you.
UPDATE: No longer living in Gaza ( not by choice but circumstance) but our hearts along with friends and comrades are still there...One day we will return but in the meantime, we will stand loud and proud beside Palestine and her people...
Derek and Jenny are human rights activists, both originally from Mayo, west coast of Ireland . We lived in cyprus for 5 years and while there became part of the Free gaza Movement. Derek was crew on the first boat in 41 years to enter Gaza International Port. The freegaza movement successfully sent 5 boats to Gaza up until “Operation cast lead” when the Israeli Navy began to forcefully and violenty block these ships. The ships continued in an attempt to break the Illegal blockade on the coastel enclave of Gaza. Both of us were abord the MV Rachel Corrie , part of the first freedom flotilla, that was attacked in international waters , hijacked and forcefully taken to Israel before being detained and eventually deported back to Ireland. It was in this Flotilla that the Mavi Marmara was also attacked and 9 people were murdered. The following year, we became part of a Malaysian Organisation, Perdana Global Peace Foundation, headed by the 4th Prime minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathair Mohammed. We spent 10 months living and working on a project in Malaysia and in May of 2011 we sailed from Greece into Palestinian waters along with journalists and other members of P.G.P.F. We were attacked again in Palestinian waters by the Israeli Navy who opened fire on our ship. We are now living in Gaza for the past number of years. We have completed many project’s and have many more lined up while we are here and will document each of these as well as other information from Gaza regularly on blog, www.irishingaza.wordpress.com, as well as this face book page, . Irish in Gaza relies solely on donations from individuals to continue to work in solidarity with the people of Gaza and we thank you for your support. Please feel free to invite others to read and to subscribe, ( free of charge) to our blog. Your donations via the paypal button on the blog, ensures continued support for small organisations and projects in Gaza. Derek and Jenny…
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02/10/2026
The Pardon of Elor Azaria: Killing, maiming, and culpability in the Israeli law
Israeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero's welcome — is already predetermined.
The Pardon of Elor Azaria: Killing, maiming, and culpability in the Israeli law Israeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero’s welcome — is already predetermined.
22/09/2026
Sadaka - The Ireland Palestine Alliance
Children have just gone back to school
For the first time in three years in Gaza so Israeli forces open live fire, hitting a classroom at Hayat School in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
16/09/2026
“In the Darkness, We Still Gather.”
As winter blows in — darker evenings, longer nights, colder and wetter days — and for some, a lonelier season, we continue to gather across Ireland for Palestine.
In towns, villages and cities. Across counties. Week after week, weekend after weekend.
Sometimes our gatherings are small and quiet. Sometimes they are loud and impossible to ignore. But they are constant.
Not everyone is happy to see us there. Many are. And that is okay.
Because we are not one type of person.
We are women and men, young and old. We are every race, every religion and no religion. We come from different backgrounds, different communities and different walks of life.
What brings us together is a simple belief: that Palestinian lives matter, that suffering should not be ignored, and that silence is not the only choice available to us.
So we gather.
In the rain. In the cold. In the darkness.
With dignity. With determination. With open arms.
And this winter, we ask you to come and stand alongside us.
Come for an hour. Come for ten minutes. Come simply to be counted among those who refuse to look away.
Because while we return to warm homes, hot meals and shelter from the winter, there are people in Gaza facing a winter that will be unimaginably darker, longer and more difficult.
We cannot change everything.
But we can show up.
We can stand together.
We can remind one another — and those watching — that compassion has a voice, solidarity has a place, and people will keep gathering for Palestine.
This winter, come stand with us.
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