President Michael D Higgins meeting members of the Palestinian women's football team, including Jeniver Shattara and Mira Natour, together with Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, and Sabina Higgins. Photograph: MaxwellsIn 1948, my grandmother made dough for bread and left her home when the Zionist militia attacked Yafa and forced its people to flee. She thought she would return in a few hours when the dough would be ready to bake.
Israel has attacked aid workers and relief convoys ‘over and over again’, says Human Rights Watch reportand tens of thousands maimed or missing under the rubble, the vast majority being women and children. More than 470 people have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israel in the same period.
With each day, the suffering of our people deepens. I have personally lost many of my cousins and their families. We have not been able to grieve or to give our loved ones proper burials. Many of my extended family have been displaced numerous times. The same questions are repeated every time.
In these darkest of days for Palestine, one event that has lightened my heart is to welcome the Palestinian National women’s football team to Ireland. Today, May 15th, the date that commemorates the Nakba, they will play Bohemians FC. We, as a people, are honoured that this event will take place in Ireland, a country that has a strong affinity and connection with the Palestinian people.
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