Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalise 60-day Gaza ceasefire
Hamas official says militant group is ‘ready and serious regarding reaching an agreement’
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Optimism grows for Gaza ceasefire but serious obstacles remain
Israeli military has told political leaders to either end the war or order an expansion
Israeli strikes kill at least 58 in Gaza ahead of US talks on ceasefire
Twenty people, including women, children and a local journalist, killed in Israeli air strike on beachfront cafe
Sanctions against individual settlers are hopelessly inadequate. The real settler organisation is Israel
Worldview from Israel: The EU has sent the implicit message that it is fine with what Israel is doing to Palestinians
The origins of Israel’s conflicts with Iran, Hamas and Hizbullah
Almost eight decades of Arab-Israeli conflict explained
At least 72 people killed in latest Israeli strikes on Gaza
Three children and their parents reported killed in Israeli strike on tent camp in Muwasi near city of Khan Younis
US is again betting that installing ‘our sonuvabitch’ will neutralise an adversary. It never does
Every 20 years the US and Israel attempt to remake the Middle East - always with catastrophic consequences
‘Everybody can feel the pain’: Middle Eastern views on the present and future
A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live
Netanyahu asks court to suspend corruption trial so he can focus on possible Gaza ceasefire
Israeli prime minister says efforts being made with US to end war and expand regional peace
Ireland’s jaw-jaw approach is ineffectual in a war-war world
Ireland must find its way through an uncomfortable world of increased defence spending
Two tribes: How Israel and Iran became enemies
The likelihood is that much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain intact, and despite calls for regime change there is no sign of Iranians rising up
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani
The party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams
Middle East in maps: Key territories in the current conflict
A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East
What gives Ursula von der Leyen the right to egg Binyamin Netanyahu on with his killing crusades?
Von der Leyen is living proof against the foolish notion that women don’t tolerate warfare
Government briefs pro-Palestine EU allies on Occupied Territories Bill
Tánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation
Situation in Gaza is ‘abhorrent and unbearable’, Ursula von der Leyen says
But Spain’s prime minister accuses European Union of having ‘double standards’ on conflict
EU leaders agree the situation in Gaza is ‘dire’ – but that’s where agreement ends
Irish pleas fall on deaf ears amid ‘incomprehensible’ opposition to collective action
Hours after Netanyahu spoke of a historic victory over Iran, Israel was hit by a painful reminder
Death of seven Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis leads key ally of prime minister to question war in Gaza
Israel-Iran ceasefire leaves key questions unanswered
It remains to be seen whether the Iranian nuclear programme was obliterated or merely set back
Iran launches attack on US air base in Qatar, all missiles intercepted
US asks China to put pressure on Iran not to close the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route
Israel-Iran conflict: hostilities may end ‘within days’
‘Once the goals are achieved... the fighting will stop’ says Binyamin Netanyahu
Renewed calls for EU to suspend Israel trade deal
EU had been far to slow to act in the face of genocide in Gaza, says Simon Harris
Did Iran move its uranium? Opinions split on fate of 400kg stockpile
Has Iran’s programme been destroyed or simply pushed into smaller, secret facilities that are harder to find?
Middle East must avoid ‘rathole of retaliation’, Guterres warns
Israel-Iran conflict: World braces for Iranian response after US attacks on key nuclear sites
US attack on Iran was carried out ‘in full co-ordination’ with Israel
Netanyahu says he has delivered on promise to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities
‘Avoid a spiral of chaos’: World leaders react to US attack on Iran
Binyamin Netanyahu congratulates Donald Trump; UN head warns against ‘spiral of chaos’
Trump and Netanyahu should beware of the unintended consequences of their actions in Iran
Worldview: Donald Trump must steer a path between the domestic promise of no more foreign wars and Netanyahu’s serial gambles on his support in Gaza and Iran
If Netanyahu wants regime change in Iran, it is unlikely to end well
Popular mobilisation in Iran for more than 100 years has been driven by domestic actors in pursuit of domestic agendas - never by external forces
Netanyahu’s ruling party gets popularity boost in wake of Iran conflict
Rival right-wing party Yisrael Beiteinu is the second most popular party with 19 seats
Growing concern about fate of Iranian political prisoners during conflict with Israel
Dublin-based Iranian woman says contact has been lost with her brother
Israel-Iran war: Gulf states scramble to secure diplomatic solution
War could destabilise region and destroy decades of hard-won economic advancement
Israel’s secret intelligence operations in Iran: Hacked phones, deep-cover agents and covert warehouses
How Israel’s security services pulled off parallel operations in Iran may never fully become public, but early hints are trickling out
The Irish Times view on the G7 summit: tensions in the foreground
President Donald Trump headed back to Washington, amid speculation of direct US action against Iran
Without an exit strategy, Israel risks bringing destruction to its doorstep in a war of attrition against Iran
More than 80% of Jewish Israelis support the conflict, researchers say
How the Israel-Iran war may develop
If Iran is losing a conventional conflict, there is a danger that it will resort to unconventional means of retaliation
Iran and Israel broaden attacks as Trump urges ‘everyone’ to evacuate Tehran
Iran threatens to leave nuclear weapons treaty and tells UN Security Council its strikes on Israel are self-defence
Oil price falls back as flow of crude through Strait of Hormuz unaffected
Traders have shrugged off escalation of Israel-Iran conflict amid lack of disruption to exports from region
Was Iran developing nuclear weapons?
Experts question Israel’s claim Tehran had begun an atomic bomb programme but warn it has the capacity to weaponise its nuclear programme
Israel and Iran continue to exchange attacks as death tolls and calls for de-escalation grow
Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them
Israel and Iran escalate strikes, killing and injuring hundreds
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to take out Iran’s supreme leader, US officials say
Israeli attacks may give Iran’s nuclear programme greater impetus
Iran’s regime may feel a more urgent need to protect itself after Israeli attacks, saying the world now understands its need for enrichment and missile power
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock
Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar
Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to attacks
Israel warns strikes are just start of its campaign, while Donald Trump says Iran could halt attacks by ending its nuclear programme
The Irish Times view on Israel’s attack on Iran: a reckless act
Binyamin Netanyahu’s willingness to escalate should concern the international community
Most Israelis view a nuclear Iran as an existential threat
Already speculation that a successful outcome for Israel could prompt Binyamin Netanyahu to call early election
Israel’s ambition: Destroy the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme
The Natanz facility is where Iran has produced the vast majority of its nuclear fuel
The great tragedy is there’s no political pendulum to restrain Israel’s Cromwellian impulses
What was deemed politically unacceptable by British imperialists a century ago is permitted today at hideous cost to the people of Gaza
Hamas accused of attack on bus that killed eight Gaza food aid workers
At least 30 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in Gaza
Dozens of Irish people to join ‘March to Gaza’ from Cairo to Rafah in protest at Israel
About 2,500 people from more than 50 countries are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian walk to Egypt-Gaza border
Israeli strikes kill at least 60 in Gaza, many at aid site, say health officials
Total of 163 already killed trying to reach US-backed Gaza aid foundation’s sites since operations began two weeks ago
Netanyahu under pressure as ultra-Orthodox parties threaten to dissolve parliament
Israel's Knesset set to vote on disbanding in first step to possible election
Israelis slowly begin to confront morality of war in Gaza
After 20 months of fighting against Hamas, mainstream debate has started to consider the plight of Palestinians
Protest planned in Israel at marriage of Netanyahu’s son
Big police operation scheduled to enable wedding to take place without disruption
Even here in Israel, government statements about Greta Thunberg’s ‘selfie yacht’ are seen as crass
Mainstream television coverage took the story more seriously than mocking statements by the Netanyahu government
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