In August, twins Asser and Ayssel Abu al-Qumsan were born in Gaza. Four days later their father Mohammed went to collect their birth certificates. On his way home he heard the missile strike from Israeli forces which killed the four-day-old twins, his wife and the their grandmother. Several days later was an Israeli air strike on a Gaza school.
The genocidal acts of the Israeli armed forces over this past 11 months have now resulted in the deaths of more than 40,000 Palestinians, including 16,000 babies and children.
These daily war crimes wouldn’t be possible without the arms and funding being supplied by the US and many of its Western allies.
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) also receives logistical support from companies across the world.
Gaels against Genocide, along with many former and current senior county players, was therefore shocked to learn that Croke Park is hosting a Red Hat summit on September 17.
Red Hat works extensively and closely with multiple units of the Israeli military. Indeed a quote from the technology company’s own website states: “Mamram – the IDF’s central computing system unit – relied on Red Hat to support its primary goal of facilitating multiple edge services to various internal customers across the organisation.”
Gaels against Genocide is demanding that the GAA cancel this Red Hat event on September 17 at Croke Park.
Should the GAA ignore its moral responsibilities and allow the Red Hat event to take place, then we are asking Gaels, human rights and Palestinian activists and the public to join us at a protest at Croke Park at mid-day on September 17 whilst Red Hat delegates are wining and dining inside our national stadium.
Michael Doherty
Gaels against Genocide in Gaza
