Why Ireland voted NO to the Lisbon Treaty

Sean Clinton, UK Indymedia, 20 June 2008

Israeli Embassy in DublinLetter from the The Lisbon Campaign for Middle East Justice and Peace to the sh Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen T.D., the Minster for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Michael Martin T.D., leading European Officials and all Irish MEP’s conveying our reasons for campaigning for a NO vote in the Treaty of Lisbon referendum.

Despite the fact that Israel killed 58 Palestinian children since the start of 2008 (Palestinian Centre for Human Rights) EU foreign ministers on Wednesday agreed to strengthen ties with Israel. The EU policy of rewarding Israel, the aggressor, has caused the Irish electorate to loose confidence in the EU’s competence to espouse a foreign policy which represents the views of most Irish people, especially in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict.

[Read the letter]

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