Khan al-Ahmar and Clerys workers
Senator Norris strongly condemned the planned demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and then criticised the treatment of former Clerys workers, saying the owner profited while pension obligations were ignored. He also praised Jeremy Corbyn and criticised British politics.
I strongly support Senator Gavan's comments on the village of Khan al-Ahmar. It is a Bedouin village I visited two weeks ago with my former partner, Ezra Yizhak Nawi, who is a very strong defender of Palestinian human rights. It is proposed that this village be demolished illegally. The people there were removed from their homes 70 years ago and formed this village, which is a pathetic construction. A school has been built on motor car tyres. It is proposed to demolish the village and move the people either to a garbage dump or a sewage facility.
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It is absolutely disgraceful and a violation of every form of decent human rights. I will also speak to another form of abuse of human rights related to the former Clerys shop in the centre of Dublin. It was bought by a woman rescued by the Irish taxpayer, but she failed to honour the pension obligations to Clerys staff. She turfed them out on their ear, including people who had been there for 40 years. Now she has made a profit of something like €30 million on the backs of these workers. It is the unacceptable face of capitalism.
I will comment on the state of British politics. God almighty. First, there is the buffoonery of Boris Johnson and then there is the geriatric gyrations of bloody Mrs. May. Thank God for Jeremy Corbyn, a man of intelligence, sensitivity to human rights and idealism.