[Peace-discuss] Halliday Urges Irish-Americans to Defend the Rachel Corrie

[Robert Naiman]

Indeed. Seeing as how both the President and Vice-President are Irish
- as I noted, Falmouth Kearney, President Obama's great great great
grandfather, was a refugee from the Great Famine - I think this would
be a good opportunity for all of us to respect our Celtic heritage.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, and if we're all Irish on St Pat's day to boost booze sales and green presence in pubs and parades, then we're sure as hell all Irish now...
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Halliday Urges Irish-Americans to Defend the Rachel Corrie
> To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 8:45 AM
>
> Former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday said it was
> imperative that the Obama administration supported Ireland's call on
> the Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage for the Irish-flagged
> Rachel Corrie to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza, the Irish Times
> reports. Speaking by satellite phone from on board the Rachel Corrie,
> Halliday called on Irish-Americans to lobby the Obama Administration:
> "We also feel there is a role for the Irish diaspora here, in the US
> and elsewhere to lobby politicians over this continued illegal
> blockade of Gaza, which is causing such hardship to the Palestinian
> people."
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/halliday-urges-irish-amer_b_598924.html
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/3/872541/-Halliday-Urges-Irish-Americans-to-Defend-the-Rachel-Corrie
>
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/599
>
>
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