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Commemorative Joe Biden mural greyed-out in Dundalk over US veto of ceasefire in Gaza.
Upwards of 16,000 people have signed an online petition revoking the symbolic support of Irish citizens for Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign.
The petition follows the United States’ recent decision to veto the UN Security Council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza - the only member to do so.
According to Dungiven singer / songwriter Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh called on people to support the petition, which takes the form of an open letter to President Biden.
The letter says: “Dear President Biden, Just this year on your visit to Ireland you spoke in the Dáil about your Irish ancestry and it is widely known that you wear your Irishness as a badge of honour and with a deep pride.
“However, no son of Ireland, in good conscience and aware of their own history of subjugation and colonisation, would support the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in front of our eyes.
“In that same Dáil speech you told us that your mother would often remind you that ‘courage is the greatest virtue of all, for without courage, you can’t love with abandon.’
“Show your courage now and reverse the US veto United Nations resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire under article 99 of the UN Charter.
“If you do not do so, President Biden, we the citizens of Ireland revoke our symbolic support of you, as an Irish American, running for re-election as President of the United States of America in 2024.
“Not in our name, explicitly or tacitly. Not Hewitt, not Hanafee, not Finnegan, not in the name of any of your Irish ancestors and relatives.”
The letter is signed: “Sincerely, The Irish people”.
It has also emerged a mural in County Louth, painted to coincide with President Biden’s visit to Dundalk in April has been painted out by members of the local community.
The Louth for Palestine Group welcomed the greying out of a significant portion of the mural at Batchelor’s walk in the city, which had depicted how the descendant of an Irish shoemaker who emigrated in the 1850s became the President of the United States. The portion of the mural depicting a cobbler remains visible.
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