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Irish tramline forced to cancel contract with Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem
Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Friday, August 18, 2006

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is delighted to announce a small but significant victory in the international struggle against Connex and the illegal Israeli tramline being built by them on occupied Palestinian territory. Connex had been planning to allow the Israeli staff of an illegal tramline project in occupied Easy Jerusalem to train on Dublin's Luas light railway.

Connex (who in Ireland now operate under the name Veolia) also runs the Luas system. The Luas has only been running for a few years and it is likely that the tramline currently being built by Connex in occupied East Jerusalem is a near identical system. For this reason, representatives from Israel had been in negotiations with Veolia Ireland to have Israeli engineers and drivers trained on the Dublin Luas, with a view to then operating the illegal tramline in Jerusalem. The training was due to begin next month, and a contract was being finalised.

But in recent days, Veolia has been forced to cancel the proposed deal with its Israeli counterpart following pressure from Irish trade union representatives, in turn responding to overtures from the IPSC.

An IPSC spokesperson stated: "This is a small but significant victory for the Palestinian right to self-determination. This tramline, like the Apartheid Wall, is an integral component of Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem. You would expect a tramline to be fairly innocuous, but the lesson is no: when you do business with Israel, you invariably do business with the Occupation. Veolia clearly understand that there is a growing awareness of this within Irish society. People are realising that diplomacy has utterly failed to curb Israeli crimes. We must cut ties with Israel in order to force it to end its Occupation,"

The spokesperson further stated, "Veolia's position, however, is extraordinary. In cancelling this contract, Veolia acknowledge that the Israeli line is illegal and unsupportable. Yet it is they who are building it! The hypocrisy is inexcusable, and their attempts to deny that they bowed to pressure are laughable. Since the Minister for Transport and the Railway Procurement Agency have ultimate control over who runs the Luas, the IPSC now calls on Martin Cullen and the RPA to cancel Veolia's contract unless they cease building this illegal tramline on occupied Palestinian territory."

The tramline being built by Connex/Veolia will run between Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The settlements, which have been built on annexed Palestinian land, are illegal under the 4th Geneva Convention, and are recognised as such by the Irish government. If completed, the Israeli tramline will permanently link Jewish-only settlements such as Pisgat Ze'ev, French Hill, Neve Ya'akov and Gilo, to Israeli West Jerusalem, thereby cementing Israel's hold on occupied East Jerusalem, and ensuring that there can never be a Palestinian state.

The IPSC had initially learned that a delegation from Israel was in Dublin last month to inspect the Luas. Subsequently, it has emeged that Veolia have hosted three Israeli visits to Dublin in the last eighteen months. The IPSC will ensure that there will be no further cooperation between the Dublin Luas and the Jerusalem tram, and indeed we will step up our campaign for the Irish government to cancel Veolia's contract. However, the IPSC would also stress that we were completely unaware of the previous two visits from Israel. We thus urge solidarity campaigns, in countries where Connex operates, to contact the relevant unions and determine whether any support or assistance is being given to the Israeli tramline. Clearly, the Israeli drivers and engineers must get training from somewhere, and soon, if they are to operate this line in occupied East Jerusalem. This campaign thus has great potential. If human rights groups and Palestinian solidarity campaigns can ensure that no country will train Israeli engineers and drivers, then perhaps we can help to "derail" this criminal project entirely.

 

Zusammenfassender Inhalt:

Die Solidaritätskampagne Irland-Palästina (IPSC) kann einen kleinen, aber bedeutenden Sieg im internationalen Kampf gegen Connex und den illegalen Bau von Strassenbahnnetzen in besetztem, palästinensischem Gebiet verzeichnen. Connex (operiert in Irland unter dem Namen „Veolia Irland“) betreibt ebenfalls Dublin’s Luas light railway. Das Luas-System ist erst seit ein paar Jahren in Betrieb und weist ein fast identisches System wie die im Bau befindlichen Strassenbahnlinien im besetzten Gebiet rund um Jerusalem auf.

Aus diesem Grund nahmen Vertreter israelischer Firmen Verhandlungen mit Veolia auf und vereinbarten einen Transfer von israelischen Mechanikern und Fahrern nach Irland, um sie in Dublin in Bezug auf ihre Arbeit in den Strassenbahnnetzen rund um Jerusalem zu schulen. Dieses Training sollte nächsten Monat beginnen. In den letzten Tagen jedoch musste Veolia dem Druck des irischen Wirtschaftsverbandes nachgeben und den Vertrag mit Connex  – und die damit verbundene Zusammenarbeit mit Israel – auflösen. Dies ist vor allem auf die Vorarbeit der Solidaritätskampagne Irland-Palästina und den öffentlichen Druck in Irland zurückzuführen.

Artikel vom: 18.08.2006

Englischer Volltext (Publikation, IPSC): PACBI 

Irish tramline forced to cancel contract with Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem
Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Friday, August 18, 2006

 

 

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is delighted to announce a small but significant victory in the international struggle against Connex and the illegal Israeli tramline being built by them on occupied Palestinian territory. Connex had been planning to allow the Israeli staff of an illegal tramline project in occupied Easy Jerusalem to train on Dublin's Luas light railway.

Connex (who in Ireland now operate under the name Veolia) also runs the Luas system. The Luas has only been running for a few years and it is likely that the tramline currently being built by Connex in occupied East Jerusalem is a near identical system. For this reason, representatives from Israel had been in negotiations with Veolia Ireland to have Israeli engineers and drivers trained on the Dublin Luas, with a view to then operating the illegal tramline in Jerusalem. The training was due to begin next month, and a contract was being finalised.

But in recent days, Veolia has been forced to cancel the proposed deal with its Israeli counterpart following pressure from Irish trade union representatives, in turn responding to overtures from the IPSC.

An IPSC spokesperson stated: "This is a small but significant victory for the Palestinian right to self-determination. This tramline, like the Apartheid Wall, is an integral component of Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem. You would expect a tramline to be fairly innocuous, but the lesson is no: when you do business with Israel, you invariably do business with the Occupation. Veolia clearly understand that there is a growing awareness of this within Irish society. People are realising that diplomacy has utterly failed to curb Israeli crimes. We must cut ties with Israel in order to force it to end its Occupation,"

The spokesperson further stated, "Veolia's position, however, is extraordinary. In cancelling this contract, Veolia acknowledge that the Israeli line is illegal and unsupportable. Yet it is they who are building it! The hypocrisy is inexcusable, and their attempts to deny that they bowed to pressure are laughable. Since the Minister for Transport and the Railway Procurement Agency have ultimate control over who runs the Luas, the IPSC now calls on Martin Cullen and the RPA to cancel Veolia's contract unless they cease building this illegal tramline on occupied Palestinian territory."

The tramline being built by Connex/Veolia will run between Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The settlements, which have been built on annexed Palestinian land, are illegal under the 4th Geneva Convention, and are recognised as such by the Irish government. If completed, the Israeli tramline will permanently link Jewish-only settlements such as Pisgat Ze'ev, French Hill, Neve Ya'akov and Gilo, to Israeli West Jerusalem, thereby cementing Israel's hold on occupied East Jerusalem, and ensuring that there can never be a Palestinian state.

The IPSC had initially learned that a delegation from Israel was in Dublin last month to inspect the Luas. Subsequently, it has emeged that Veolia have hosted three Israeli visits to Dublin in the last eighteen months. The IPSC will ensure that there will be no further cooperation between the Dublin Luas and the Jerusalem tram, and indeed we will step up our campaign for the Irish government to cancel Veolia's contract. However, the IPSC would also stress that we were completely unaware of the previous two visits from Israel. We thus urge solidarity campaigns, in countries where Connex operates, to contact the relevant unions and determine whether any support or assistance is being given to the Israeli tramline. Clearly, the Israeli drivers and engineers must get training from somewhere, and soon, if they are to operate this line in occupied East Jerusalem. This campaign thus has great potential. If human rights groups and Palestinian solidarity campaigns can ensure that no country will train Israeli engineers and drivers, then perhaps we can help to "derail" this criminal project entirely.

 

Zusammenfassender Inhalt:

Die Solidaritätskampagne Irland-Palästina (IPSC) kann einen kleinen, aber bedeutenden Sieg im internationalen Kampf gegen Connex und den illegalen Bau von Strassenbahnnetzen in besetztem, palästinensischem Gebiet verzeichnen. Connex (operiert in Irland unter dem Namen „Veolia Irland“) betreibt ebenfalls Dublin’s Luas light railway. Das Luas-System ist erst seit ein paar Jahren in Betrieb und weist ein fast identisches System wie die im Bau befindlichen Strassenbahnlinien im besetzten Gebiet rund um Jerusalem auf.

Aus diesem Grund nahmen Vertreter israelischer Firmen Verhandlungen mit Veolia auf und vereinbarten einen Transfer von israelischen Mechanikern und Fahrern nach Irland, um sie in Dublin in Bezug auf ihre Arbeit in den Strassenbahnnetzen rund um Jerusalem zu schulen. Dieses Training sollte nächsten Monat beginnen. In den letzten Tagen jedoch musste Veolia dem Druck des irischen Wirtschaftsverbandes nachgeben und den Vertrag mit Connex  – und die damit verbundene Zusammenarbeit mit Israel – auflösen. Dies ist vor allem auf die Vorarbeit der Solidaritätskampagne Irland-Palästina und den öffentlichen Druck in Irland zurückzuführen.

Artikel vom: 18.08.2006

Englischer Volltext (Publikation, IPSC): PACBI 

 

Stoppt Connex und Alstom

Connex Sub-Unternehmer der TPG baut die Apartheidstrassenbahn

 

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