GAA supporters are being urged to raise the Palestinian flag when Derry and All-Ireland champions Dublin clash this weekend.
The two counties are set to meet in the national football league in Derry’s Celtic Park on Saturday, in a match due to be televised by RTE.
The ‘Bring a Palestine Flag’ show of solidarity has been organised by Gaels Against Genocide, a group set up by GAA members to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people.
Around 30,000 Palestinians, including thousands of women and children, have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since last October.
Calls for a ceasefire have been largely ignored since Israel launched its ongoing operation in Gaza after around 1,200 people were killed during a Hamas-led attack inside Israeli territory last October during which around 200 hostages were taken.
Senior GAA figures previously have backed calls for an end to the bombardment of civilians in the region.
Earlier this month high profile members of the GAA in Co Derry backed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza including All-Ireland winning camogie captain, Aoife Ní Chasáide, former county hurling captain, Connor Murray along with dual stars, Liam Óg Hinphey and Ashleen McCaul.
Ex county players, including ladies football star Nodlaig Ni Bhrollaigh and Kieran McKeever, who won an All-Ireland title with Derry in 1993, have added their voices to calls for peace.
GAA members and supporters from across the north attended a march organised by Gaels Against Genocide in Belfast earlier this month, while thousands of people held up their mobile phones on the 20th minute in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people during the Dublin v Kerry national league game at Croke Park last Saturday.
Organised displays of the Palestinian flag during high profile games in other codes have previously received international media attention, including at Celtic Park in Glasgow.
Gaels Against Genocide spokesman Michael Doherty said the GAA community has come together at times of need in the past.
“We all came together during Covid, it’s just what the GAA does,” he said.
“People in Gaza are voiceless, this is an opportunity to show people you care.
“I think it’s time for people to come out and speak up, we are talking about non-violent peaceful protest.”
Mr Doherty has urged the new president of the GAA, Armagh man Jarlath Burns, to meet the Gaels Against Genocide group.
