Cork 2024 Spirit of Mother Jones Award to be presented to people of Palestine

Award to be presented to  Zeina Alazzeh, research and policy officer of the Embassy of the State of Palestine

The Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign during a protst march in Cork city centre. Picture: Larry Cummins

The people of Palestine have been awarded the Cork 2024 Spirit of Mother Jones Award in what organisers said was “a gesture of support to an entire population facing genocide”.

It will be presented on Friday to Zeina Alazzeh, the research and policy officer of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, at the request of the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, who is out of Ireland at the moment.