Irish pro-Palestine activist set to be deported from Israel

Irish great-grandmother Máire ní Mhurchú deported by Israeli authorities despite bid to stay in West Bank

An Irish great-grandmother arrested by the Israeli police on May 31 in the occupied West Bank has been deported, amid claims a village she visited is being demolished.

Irish pro-Palestine activist set to be deported from Israel

Máire ní Mhurchú, also known as 'D' Murphy (70), is to return to her home in Swansea, Wales

Palestinian activist from Cork is homeward bound

A 71-year-old Cork activist is set to return to her home after being deported from Israel for protesting the demolition of homes in the occupied West Bank. Cork woman Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy was arrested by Israeli authorities at the small village of Khalet al-Daba’a on May 31 and spent close to two weeks in prison. The long-standing member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) for Palestine was arrested alongside a Swedish woman after being…

Irish activist set to return home as Israeli forces demolish again in Masafer Yatta | West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond

June 11, occupied Palestine – UK based, Irish national D. Murphy (70) is set to return to her home in Swansea today after having fought the unjust decision to deport her for ten days from within an Israeli prison. This morning, Israeli bulldozers have returned to Khalet Al-Daba’a, the West Bank village in the demolition-plagued region of Masafer Yatta where Murphy was arrested. The forces have once more raided the village with the intent of razi…

Activist returns home to Wales from Israeli prison

Stephen Price A woman who had been detained by Israeli police in Palestine is set to return to her home in Swansea today, according to an activist group. Irish national D. Murphy, aged 70, is scheduled to arrive back in Swansea today after having fought the decision to deport her for ten days from within […]

Cork activist (70) imprisoned in Israel to be deported today

Supporters say she's being illegally thrown out of the country