Another Irish protest win as hotel cancels Israeli tech event

Following on soon after activists successfully got a Peter Thiel-led conference cancelled at a Wicklow hotel, campaigners have pushed another Irish venue to shut down a genocide-linked event. The Beckett Locke hotel had been set to host ‘Israeli’ cybersecurity firm Check Point Software. However, Dublin-based activists at Your Tech Their Deaths (YTTD) got wind of the event, and pressured the hotel to terminate it.

Like many tech firms in the illegitimate settler-colony, Check Point was founded by former Unit 8200 members. Unit 8200 is one of the most vile elements of the uniquely criminal Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). They are responsible for the Lavender AI system, integral to the holocaust the IOF is still carrying out in Gaza to this day. Lavender produced vast numbers of dubious targets for Zionist war criminals to murder, resulting in countless civilians killed by the lawless land theft project.

Assisting any ‘Israeli’ company is criminal, but helping the likes of Check Point is especially egregious. According to Open Intel, Check Point participates in:

…Israel Innovation Authority R&D grants that carry mandatory revenue royalties tying company IP and revenue to the Israeli state

“We will not stop,” Palestine activists declare

That means, more so than other companies, Check Point funnels money into the Zionist entity’s coffers, allowing it to buy more weapons for its killing sprees, and pay the salaries of IOF terrorists. What else might one expect from a company named after one of the most notorious features of the apartheid entity’s system for brutalising the Palestinians they ceaselessly oppress?

Check Point had initially planned to infest the Gibson Hotel in the Irish capital. Again, the tireless YTTD leapt into action and demanded that people of conscience bombard the phone lines, email accounts and social media of the hotel. The hotel swiftly caved to the pressure, proving how rapidly people power works when mobilised effectively.

YTTD founder Jude Farrell announced that initial success by saying in a video posted to YTTD’s Instagram that there’ll be no funding of ‘Israeli’ genocide in Ireland “while the Irish people have any say in it”. She continued:

We know the Irish government don’t care. We care. We will not give a single euro to the ‘Israeli’ state. Not one euro. And we will not stop. Dialogue has been dropped. National Concert Hall has been dropped. And I’m so proud to say that Checkpoint has now been dropped from the Gibson Hotel in Dublin.

The National Concert Hall was yet another successful example of pressure from below stopping complicity with the apartheid entity of so-called ‘Israel’. The venue dropped a fundraiser for an:

…Israeli ambulance service with a documented record of denying medical care to Palestinians.

Cynical Zionist turd Alan Shatter attempted to use the now-tired conceit that antisemitism was to blame. In reality, Shatter was being antisemitic by conflating the ‘Israeli’ terror regime with Jewish people generally.

O’Driscoll destroyed his golden rep — others are thinking twice

After activists chased them out of the Gibson, Check Point attempted to relocate to the Beckett Locke. They did so via the sort of underhand methods we’ve come to expect from the Zionist entity. Beckett Locke staff told YTTD that Check Point concealed the company’s identity by using a generic Gmail account to book the venue, rather than an official Check Point one. A source with inside info informed YTTD of the booking, however, and they set to work in the same manner as they did versus the Gibson.

They also called a protest for the scheduled day of the event (25 August). When they arrived, staff informed the activists that the hotel had cancelled the event. Staff were apologetic in conversation with Farrell, saying they only became aware of Check Point’s booking when pro-Palestine callers hammered their phone lines to let them know.

Farrell celebrated the win in glorious fashion, yelling via loudhailer outside the Beckett Locke:

Check Point have admitted that this event is cancelled! Fuck ‘Israel’, fuck Zionists, and fuck anybody who helps them!

She continued:

All hotels in Ireland, all conference centres — you are on notice. If you try to hold an event with ‘Israelis’, if you try to hold an event associated with ‘Israeli’ tech, we will shut you down!

Given the numerous successes thus far, this is not an idle threat. Things have clearly shifted since last year, when former Irish rugby international Brian O’Driscoll felt confident he could get away with speaking at a Check Point event.

O’Driscoll was previously one of the most celebrated Irish sportspeople in history, but his reputation is now permanently wrecked due to his willingness to endorse ‘Israeli’ criminals two years into a genocide. It is clear Irish businesses are all now seeing the irreparable damage to their image that stems from association with the genocidal apartheid entity.

Of course, they are being pushed in that direction by relentless pressure from activists, who are setting an example for the world to follow.

Featured image via the Canary

By Robert Freeman

Source link