A SOLIDARITY event for Palestine with food, music and speakers will take place in Letterkenny tomorrow.
The Letterkenny branch of Amnesty International Ireland will host a Picnic against Apartheid in An Grianán Theatre Plaza from 1pm to 4pm.
The event will feature music from The Henry Girls, Bernie Doherty, Geraldine Legon and Hutch, poetry from Valerie Bryce, Annie Francis and Anne Omodoro and speakers Myriam Killeney, Anne McClean and Majida Al Askari.
Everyone is welcome and attendees are encouraged to sample the Palestinian food on offer and sign the petitions.
A spokesperson for the event said: “For some years now, Amnesty International has brought Picnics Against Apartheid across Ireland to bring communities together to call on the Irish Government, and the international community to recognise what is happening in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as apartheid.
“Amnesty is acting in solidarity with Palestinians who are forced out of public spaces by Israeli authorities – just because of who they are – often for something as simple as having a picnic. This is just one example of how Israel enforces a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinian people, and it must end now. Over the past few years, the public and elected representatives, poets and musicians have joined Amnesty’s picnics in solidarity with Palestine.
“With the ongoing genocide in Gaza, speaking publicly about apartheid is more important than ever.”
For more information visit Join a Picnic Against Apartheid – Amnesty International Ireland.