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Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how effective that Colleges approach was, did they at least try mobilizing the Irish National Guard, or sending in the Police for mass arrests?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Ireland has a history of supporting Palestine due to both's struggle against colonizers. Many Irish supported Palestinian independence from long before.