Binyamin Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister is fixed on replacing gatekeepers of democracy with figures he considers more loyal

It may not be pragmatic to officially disinvite Trump but he might not come if a mass of the Irish public signed a petition saying: 'We don’t want you in our country'

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly remain reassuringly sensible presenters, while Ivan Yates plays puckish guest host

President’s remarks come in wake of renewed Israeli strikes on Palestinian territory

Israeli prime minister says he ordered strikes because Hamas rejected proposals to secure extension to first phase of ceasefire deal that began in January

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities say

Analysis: Israel conveniently forgets that it was the cause of Gaza ceasefire collapsing

Tension also high between Netanyahu and the Shin Bet over ongoing affair dubbed ‘Qatargate’

Israel angered as Washington negotiates directly with Hamas over hostage release

Israel to send delegation to Doha on Monday as mediators push ahead with discussions to extend fragile truce

Have a fanfare sound as you unfurl some paper decorated with squiggles. Tell him it is an invitation written in ancient Ogham from the Little People inviting him to visit the land of the leprechauns

Netanyahu’s right wing regime keen to further curb independent judicial powers

The prime minister is resisting an inquiry into what brought about the devasting attack by Palestinian militants

Analysis: Israeli prime minister reportedly prepared to resume war with Hamas but wants to first increase pressure gradually

Worldview: Was his AI video a rant or a ruse? I have no idea. But what I do know is that after 16 months and the rivers of blood, neither Palestinians nor Israelis are going anywhere

Phase two comprises permanent suspension of hostilities and complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from enclave

Book review: Steve Crawshaw looks at the historical development of international justice and the various challenges and crises it has faced, and continues to face

Israel Defense Forces inquiry focused on military aspects of the attack but political leadership has yet to examine multiple other factors in the lead-up to the attack

Belief was that Hamas could be influenced through pressures that would reduce its motivation for war, primarily by improving Gaza Strip living conditions, report says

Army engineering teams seen making preparations for long-term stay

Trump’s envoy to Middle East has to ensure final clauses of first stage are honoured before peace deal can progress

Israel says releases delayed until the release of next hostages ‘has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies’

The six are the last living hostages from group of 33 due to be freed under first stage of ceasefire deal

Israeli prime minister Netanyahu threatens revenge after wrong body was returned on Thursday

UN says parading of bodies is abhorrent and flies in the face of international law

Palestinian militant group says six living hostages will be released this weekend

Directorate set up within Israeli defence ministry to offer ‘among other things, special departure arrangements by sea, air and land’

Israel expected to receive bodies of four hostages on Thursday

Netanyahu again describes US president as the greatest friend Israel has had in the White House

The question implicit in US foreign policy - ‘who’s going to stop us?' - is now live in the country’s domestic affairs

The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy

Onslaught points to growing frustration in Gulf state’s royal court with Israeli prime minister and war in Gaza

Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday

The essential question for Ireland is: to grovel or not to grovel?

Three captives report having been tortured and deliberately starved, and that captors denied them water for days at a time

Outlandish and utterly unacceptable as the Riviera of the Middle East plan is, it may succeed in derailing negotiations to bring a long-term end to the conflict in Gaza

Joy of some Israelis watching release turned to shock when they saw emaciated state of hostages

Worldview: Gérard Araud says the idea of fighting for democracy is completely alien to Trump

Militant group hands over Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy to Red Cross in Deir Al-Balah

From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone before