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02nd Aug 2014

Pic: Ireland rugby star Gordon D’Arcy marches in solidarity with people of Gaza

The Leinster centre joined more than 2,000 people in Dublin city centre on Saturday afternoon.

Tony Cuddihy

The Leinster centre joined more than 2,000 people in Dublin city centre on Saturday afternoon.

The inclement weather conditions did nothing to stop thousands of people from gathering at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin on Saturday to march in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Among the throng was Leinster and Ireland rugby star Gordon D’Arcy.

This is the fourth Saturday in a row that a march has been held for Gaza, where 1,000 of Palestinians are coming under a daily assault from Israeli fire.

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign national coordinator Kevin Squires said: “The Minister for Foreign Affairs has made it clear that Ireland will not support any meaningful concrete action aimed at ending either the Israeli onslaught on Gaza or Israeli impunity in general.

“We find this very disappointing, as Ireland has supported sanctions on other countries in the past, so why not Israel?

“Therefore we are asking people to join us in bringing our anger to the government and demand they take action that will help end Israel’s occupation and serial violations of international law.”

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