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The New Arab ✊ After being terminated from Sinn Féin without explanation, Farrah Koutteineh explores the Irish party's evolution from a revolutionary one that stood with Palestine to one that prioritises election results over Palestinian voices.

16-May-2023
Three weeks ago a letter was sent to my home in Belfast addressed from the Sinn Féin Headquarters in Dublin. A letter stating that my membership of the party had been terminated indefinitely, without any reason as to why this was happening.

I immediately contacted the head of my local Sinn Féin branch, and another Sinn Féin paid member of staff, asking as to why I was sent this letter. Both of them responded instantly in shock saying it ‘must have been a mistake’ and that they would look into it for me.

A few days afterwards they contacted me stating that the letter was not a mistake but they ‘wish me well’. Upon asking for what reason my membership had been terminated, I was ignored, and the reason as to why left shrouded in secrecy.

I believe my input in a Sinn Féin meeting on Palestine partnered with the party’s deceptive stance on Palestine had a role to play in my ejection from the party.

Continue reading @ The New Arab.

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