Welcome to the IPSC Online Store

Welcome to the IPSC Online Store. Here you can purchase gift items for yourself, your friends or family.

NEW! - You can now order items with PAYPAL using just your credit or debit card.

If you don't want to pay online, to purchase any of the (or multiple) items please print out the Order Form and return it with a cheque made payable to 'Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign' to the following address: IPSC, Unit 5, 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Please note that all prices are in Euro (€) and include the cost of Postage and Packaging, and all money goes to fund the activities of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign - which is a non-profit organisation.

NB: For postage outside of the EU, please email us at info [at] ipsc.ie and tell us where you are residing.

IPSC & Phoenix magazine 16-page feature on Palestine

Thursday 20th May 2010, saw the publication of a landmark document, a 16-page full colour feature entitled Goldstone Report Feature: War Crimes in Apartheid Israel. The document features contributions from many leading anti-apartheid campaigners, trade unionists, politicians, journalists and other public figures, including Kader Asmal, Col. Desmond Travers, Minister Ciaran Cuffe and Jamal Juma'.

The booklet is notable not only for the range of it's contributers, but also for the fact that it features Irish politicians from all the Dail parties calling for sanctions against Israel - chiefly the suspension of Israel from the Euro-Med Agreement.

It takes the Goldstone Report as its point of departure for a critique of Israeli impunity, and asks whether the EU, instead of taking Israel to task for its crimes, has instead been complicit in those crimes. It also encourages civil society to support the international BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) campaign against apartheid Israel until it ends its crimes against the Palestinian people. Topics covered in the feature include: Operation Cast Lead and the Goldstone Report; Israel's apartheid regime; Ireland's obligations to the victims of war crimes; Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS); Trade Union solidarity with Palestine; Irish/Israeli military links; CRH and the Apartheid Wall; and EU-Israeli relations.

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Gaza: A Background to the Conflict (Daniel Finn)

Gaza: A Background to the Conflict is a short pamphlet which provides a detailed account of the events that took place in Gaza between Israel's so called "disengagement" in August 2005 and the end of the Israeli massacre dubbed "Operation Cast Lead", which left over 1,400 Palestinians dead and Gaza in ruins. Read the introduction to the pamphlet here.

About the author

Daniel Finn is an award winning journalist and PhD History candidate. He holds the post of Political Officer with the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is a former Education Officer with the Debt and Development Coalition in Ireland. He also writes on Latin American politics and Irish radical history. His articles have appeared in a variety of print and web publications including the London Review of Books, Monthly Review and Irish Left Review, and he is a frequent contributor to Resistance - the Irish Socialist Network magazine.

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Bethlehem Masters Hand-Carved Olive Wood - Nativity Scene

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This stunning Nativity set was hand crafted from genuine olive wood by the Bethlehem master crafters. Many live with physical wounds, all live with emotional wounds as they eke out an existence as prisoners in their own land, caged by Israel’s Apartheid Wall.

This Nativity set is meant to open the eyes of the world to the Wall that has turned Bethlehem - the city of Jesus’ birth - into a prison for its people, and which has separated them from Jerusalem and the rest of the world. Bethlehem is crying out for help as the Wall remains standing while the people are suffering.

By displaying this Nativity set in your house you are helping the economy of Bethlehem and its residents, and are showing your solidarity with all Palestinians who face daily oppression at the hands of the Israeli State. This Christmas, when you think of the birth of Jesus, we ask that you also remember Palestine and the historic injustice being carried out today.

The set depicts what the famous events of over 2000 years ago might look like today, the two wise men (and one wise woman) find their path to the Manger of Jesus blocked by the modern monstrousity that Israel calls ‘the seperation barrier’, and which the rest of the world calls the Apratheid Wall. The Holy Family wait patiently on the other side, in Bethlehem.

We hope that nativity set, carved from precious olive wood, will serve as a symbolic message to all that see it that we, the people of the world, are united in our quest for a just peace in the Middle East. Carved from the wood of olive trees uprooted by the Israeli occupation forces, let this set also serve as a reminder to the world of the uprooting of the Palestinian people, their culture, their history and their cherished olive trees.

Price: €40 (inc. p&p)

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Bethlehem Masters Hand-Carved Olive Wood - IPSC Logo Keyring

This beautiful keyring featuring the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign logo was hand crafted from genuine olive wood by the Bethlehem Master crafters. Many live with physical wounds, all live with emotional wounds as they eke out an existence as prisoners in their own land, caged by Israel’s Apartheid Wall. The keyring is 50mm in diameter and 3mm thick.

Price: €6 (inc. p&p)

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Bethlehem Masters Hand-Carved Olive Wood - IPSC Coasters (Set of 4)

This beautiful set of four coasters featuring the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign logo was hand crafted from genuine olive wood by the Bethlehem Master crafters. Many live with physical wounds, all live with emotional wounds as they eke out an existence as prisoners in their own land, caged by Israel’s Apartheid Wall. The coasters are 100mm in diameter and 4mm thick.

Price: €18 for pack 4 (inc. p&p)

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Bethlehem Masters Hand-Carved Olive Wood - Handala Pendant

This beautiful pendant featuring the Handala character was hand crafted from genuine olive wood by the Bethlehem Master crafters. Many live with physical wounds, all live with emotional wounds as they eke out an existence as prisoners in their own land, caged by Israel’s Apartheid Wall. The figure is 35mm high and comes with an adjustable black cotton cord.

Handala, created by artist Naji al-Ali (1938-87), is an enduring symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli colonialism. He is most closely associated with the Palestinian refugees, longing to return to their homeland. Al-Ali explained that the 10-year old represented his own age when forced to leave Palestine and would not grow older until he could return. Handala wears ragged clothes and is barefoot, symbolising his allegiance to the downtrodden.

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Bethlehem Masters Hand-Carved Olive Wood - Handala Keyring

This beautiful keyring featuring the Handala character was hand crafted from genuine olive wood by the Bethlehem Master crafters. Many live with physical wounds, all live with emotional wounds as they eke out an existence as prisoners in their own land, caged by Israel’s Apartheid Wall. The figure is 35mm high.

"Apartheid Free Zone" Sticker

The IPSC has launched a new campaign to establish Apartheid-Free Zones all over Ireland – no space too small no challenge too tall. In cars, rooms, homes, offices, streets, towns, counties - everyone has an important contribution to establish Apartheid Free Zones all over Ireland.

It's simple – boycott goods manufactured in apartheid Israel and display the IPSC Apartheid-Free Zone window sticker.

Encourage family, friends and neighbours to do likewise. Ask local business owners to boycott products manufactured in apartheid Israel. Form a working group with others in your area to get your local community/street/town declared an Apartheid-Free Zone.

As well as supporting the work of the IPSC you will be raising awareness about Israeli apartheid and furthering the cause of justice, peace and human rights in Palestine and Israel.

For more information on the AFZ campaign and how to get involved please click here.

Price: €2 (inc. p&p), or 5 for €10, or 10 for €20.

IPSC Christmas Cards - Madonna and Child

This Christmas remember Palestine by sending this beautiful remdering of the Madonna and Child featuring the Palestinian flag and star of Bethlehem. The full colour image was painted by Irish artist and pro-Palestinian activist Freda Hughes.

On the right is a simple greeting in Irish and English: This Chirstmas remember Palestine / Cuimhnigh ar an bPalaistín an Nollaig seo.

The cards are A6 size, printed on high-quality card, with envelopes included. Sending this card will let your friends and family know what's happening in Palestine, reminding them to spare a though for Palestine this Christmas.

Price: €10 for pack of ten (inc. p&p)

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IPSC Christmas Cards - The Wall

Imagine the bewilderment of the three wise men if they tried to bring their gifts to Bethlehem today. Their path would be blocked by Israel's Apartheid Wall and it's doubtful if they would be allowed through the checkpoints.

The full colour image was painted by Irish artist Colm Mac Athlaoich. Inside the card, on the bottom left it says: "The image portrays the three wise men obstructed on their journey by the 'apartheid' wall being built by Israel on Palestinian land. This illegal structure acts as a prison wall, blocking the aspiration of all Palestinians to freedom and self-determination."

On the right is a simple greeting in Irish and English: Nollaig Shona / Happy Christmas.

The cards are A5 size, printed on high-quality card, with envelopes included. Sending this card will let your friends and family know what's happening in Palestine, reminding them how Israel's Apartheid Wall is strangling Bethlehem - the spiritual home of Christmas.

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DVDs - Jerusalem: The East Side Story (dir. Mohammad Alatar)

This film focuses on the Israel's illegal annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, the ongoing dispossession of its Palestinian residents since that time and their daily struggle to survive in the face of the Israeli military machine and the constant threat of house demolitions. This is Alatar's second film about Palestine, the first 'The Iron Wall' (2006) was highly praised, including by former US President Jimmy Carter who called it "the best description of the [Israeli] barrier, its routing and impact". Other reviews called it "outstanding", "highly recommended" and "a powerful film".

Jerusalem: The East Side Story squeezes nearly one hundred years of history into an hour or so of cinema. It exposes the past forty years of Israeli military occupation and repressive policies in Jerusalem, and their devastating impact on the city and its Palestinian residents.

Since its annexation in 1967 Israel has pursued a policy of 'Judaizing' the Eastern part of the city, aiming to achieve "Jewish demographic superiority." An essential element of this policy is attempting to drive out Palestinian Muslims and Christians, while at the same time encouraging illegal Israeli settlements.

The documentary takes you on a journey exposing Israel's policies of gaining supremacy and hegemony over the city and its inhabitants. It also touches on the future of the city: Jerusalem is the key to peace; without Jerusalem, there is no peace for anyone.

The film includes interviews with Palestinian and Israeli leaders, human rights activists and political analysts.

Price: €16 (inc. p&p)

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DVDs - To Shoot An Elephant (dir. Alberto Arce & Mohammad Rujailah)

This award winning film is an eye witness account from the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip in winter 2008/2009. That attack left over 1,400 Palestinians dead, thousands injured and homeless, and destroyed the infrastructure of the already besieged strip. The film is an eyewitness account of that attack; urgent, insomniac, dirty, shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay embedded inside Gaza strip working with ambulance crews and with Palestinian civilians.

The Gaza Strip has been under siege since June 2007, when Israel declared it an "enemy entity". A group of international activists organized a siege-breaking movement, the Free Gaza movement. Thanks to their efforts, and despite the Israeli ban on foreign correspondents and humanitarian aid workers to cover and witness operation "Cast Lead" on the ground, a group of international volunteers: self organised members of the International Solidarity Movement were present in Gaza when the bombing started on December, 27th 2009. Together with two international correspondents from Al Jazeera International (Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros), they were the only foreigners who managed to write, film and report for several radio stations what was happening inside the besieged Palestinian strip.

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DVDs - Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority (dir. Sufyan & Abdallah Omeish)

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.

The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets.

The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy.

Price: €16 (inc. p&p)

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DVDs - The Iron Wall: The Impact of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank (dir. Mohammad Alatar)

In 1923, Vladmir Jabotinsky – father of the Zionist rightwing – wrote: "[Israeli] Zionist colonisation… can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population – behind an Iron Wall, which the native population cannot breach."

From that day on, these words became the official and unspoken policy of the Zionist movement and, later, the State of Israel. Colonies, often referred to as "settlements," were used to solidify the Zionist foothold throughout historic Palestine.

Following the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, more than 200 settlements and outposts have been built in these territories housing nearly half a million settlers, in violation of international law. The Iron Wall exposes this phenomenon and follows the timeline, size, and population of the settlements, reveals how their construction has been a cornerstone of Israeli policy, and demonstrates how the Wall secures them as permanent and irreversible facts on the ground.

This documentary warns that a contiguous and viable Palestinian state is becoming no longer possible, and that the chances for a peaceful resolution of the conflict are slipping away. The Iron Wall features interviews with prominent Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and political analysts, including Jeff Halper, Akiva Eldar, Hind Khoury, and others. Also included are eye-opening interviews with Israeli settlers, soldiers, and Palestinian farmers.

Praise for The Iron Wall

"The best description of the barrier, its routing and impact is shown in the film The Iron Wall." - Former US President Jimmy Carter

"The Iron Wall is a highly recommended film for anyone concerned with the quest for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - a film that takes a clear stand while showing genuine empathy for both sides." - Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor for Palestine-Israel Journal

"This is a powerful film exposing one of the most pressing issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is imperative that it gets a wide audience, and that efforts are mobilized to subvert a catastrophic outcome." - Jean-Jacques Joris, head of the Swiss Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority

Price: €16 (inc. p&p)

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CD - The facts of life for the Palestinian (Sami Moukaddem)

Lebanese born Sami Moukaddem is back with another great CD, blending his Middle Eastern and Jazz influences beautifully to create this wonderful CD. It is also immaculatley packaged with lyrics, stories and fantastic photographs. This CD, released in 2008, was called "elegiac and touching" by the Sunday Tribune.

About Sami: Sami Moukaddem draws fruitfully on his Middle Eastern heritage to create this fascinating jazz hybrid. It's a seamless union; neither the compositions nor the performances depend on exoticism to make an impact.

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Books - Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide by Ben White (Signed)

This book distils the work of academics and experts into a highly readable introduction. This is the book to read if you want to understand the root of the conflict and how apartheid applies to the situation in Palestine.

144 pages, 2009.

Ben White begins by succinctly explaining the origins of Zionist theory and colonization and details what happened in 1948 during the creation of Israel, as Palestinians were killed, driven from their homes and deprived of their land and livelihoods.

White goes on to examine current examples of Israeli apartheid. Packed with information, quotations and resources, the book is rooted in the author’s extensive on-the-ground experience in the region. It also includes short testimonies by Palestinians who describe how Israeli apartheid affects their daily lives.

Indispensable for the Palestinian solidarity movement, Israeli Apartheid aims to inform and mobilize, and is a vital resource for anyone who wants to help work towards peace.

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Books - Married To Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine by Ghada Karmi

Two rabbis,visiting Palestine in 1897, observed that the land was like a bride, "beautiful, but married to another man". By which they meant that, if a place was to be found for Israel in Palestine, where would the people of Palestine go? This is a dilemma that Israel has never been able to resolve. No conflict today is more dangerous than that between Israel and the Palestinians.

320 pages, 2007.

The implications it has for regional and global security cannot be overstated. The peace process as we know it is dead and no solution is in sight. Nor, as this book argues, will that change until everyone involved in finding a solution accepts the real causes of conflict, and its consequences on the ground. Leading writer Ghada Karmi explains in fascinating detail the difficulties Israel's existence created for the Arab world and why the search for a solution has been so elusive. Ultimately,she argues that the conflict will end only once the needs of both Arabs and Israelis are accommodated equally. Her startling conclusions overturn conventional thinking-but they are hard to refute.

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Books - Our Eyes: Photography by the Children of Lajee Center, Aida Camp, Bethlehem

A stunning and thought-provoking collection of photographs taken by young people from the Lajee Center of Aida Camp, near Bethlehem. 'Our Eyes' offers you a glimpse into their lives and their creativity, which beautifully captures the resilient humanity of the Palestinian people in a series of black and white photographs which include explanatory texts and quotes from participants.

112 pages, A4.

Images from 3 years of work on projects. Including ‘A Window to Our World’ (2005), ‘A Childs Rights in Palestine’ (2006), and ‘Our Dreams and Nightmares’ (2007). This work has been shown internationally. Through these different projects the participants worked on issues of creatively documenting refugee camp life, illustrating the Child’s Rights Convention through photography looking at human rights, and photographically illustrating their personal dreams and nightmares.

All the photographs in both books are a wonderful testament to the will of a people to survive in a hostile environment, not geographically, but imposed on them by an occupying force that denies them the basic elements of human rights. The work continually reveals different levels of emotion and understanding within the viewer as well as within the photographer. It is through the eyes of children, of being able to stand back from our supposedly adult intelligence and knowledge (but mostly our ingrained prejudices and unmoving ignorance), of renewing our vision of a better future and hope, of knowing with child-like conviction and emotion that the world can be a better place, a place of freedom and love.

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Books - Dreams of Home: Photography by the Children of Lajee Center, Aida Camp, Bethlehem

A colour photography book including stories and texts written by project participants. A project looking for connections between the memories and history of survivors of Al Nakba, and the contemporary realities in the depopulated villages today.

48 pages A4 full colour.

Including stories written by the children based on interviews with survivors of Al Nakba, and then photographs taken by the children during trips in which we left Aida Camp and returned to their original villages. The book provides a historical context and a contemporary reality on issues relating to Right of Return and Al Nakba through the children’s photographs and stories. It is a very moving and beautiful book.

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Handmade Palestinian Keffiyeh Scarves

Traditionally worn by Palestinian peasants, the keffiyeh became a symbol of Palestinian nationalism during the Arab Revolt of the 1930s. Its prominence increased in the 1960s with the beginning of the Palestinian resistance movement, and in the late 1980s it became a potent symbol of resistance during the First Intifada.

These keffiyehs were hand-made in a women's cooperative in Hebron Palestine, and are available in both black and white and red and white patterns.

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Handmade Palestinian Neck Scarves
	These beautiful neck scarves were handmade in a Palestinian refugee camp in Hebron. Price: €10 (inc. p&p) STATUS: Currently out of stock - E-mail us at info@ipsc.ie - and we'll tell you when it comes back in