Galway Atlantic Homecare picketed by Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists

galway | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Saturday February 03, 2007 20:09 by TD - Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Limerick and Dublin Atlantic Homecare outlets were similiarly picketed today

Following the reneging of Limerick Atlantic Homecare's initial positive response to IPSC requests not to sell Israeli products, in response, IPSC activists in Limerick, Dublin and Galway picketed three of their outlets in these cities.

Atlantic Homecare continues to stock large quantities of Israeli products, sales of Keter products (bins, crates and Gardenviews bins) support the economy of rogue state Israel where horrific violence and collective punishment is routinely and brutally visited upon the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories with the abandon of a fox in a hen coop.

A leaflet was handed out to passing pedestrians and AH customers urging them to "Let Atlantic Homecare know that you value human life more than plastic products," and to "Please tell the manager you object to the sale of goods manufactured in Israel and ask them to heed the international call for a boycott of Israel until it respects international law and basic human rights".

12 activists showed for the picket and even before the flags were unfurled, aggressive security personnel were commanding us the leave on the spurious basis that the Wellpark Retail Park was "private property," However, when it was put to the Gardai summoned by intolerant and intolerable AH that we had a legal and constitutional right to protest there as the Retail Park was a commercial public space they backed off but remained in strength for the duration of our picket confirming at the end we were right in our contentions, so, take a bow, Black Pope, your advice was infallible after all.