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Stevens’ decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch

Worldview: Any potential peace deal will necessarily involve robust security guarantees for Ukraine. Would Ireland be prepared to allow Russia to block us from participating?

The film Fatherland is too harsh on the uncommitted, but shows Thomas Mann’s detachment as a survival technique

New EU military support mission in Lebanon will be limited to training Lebanese troops

Metropolitan Police allege demonstrators ‘meeting to purposefully commit a crime’ in largest such gathering under Burnham

Options are limited after Netanyahu lost ground and his rival Eisenkot failed to make a breakthrough. There could be new elections or renewed strikes on Iran

Ever the political survivor, Binyamin Netanyahu retains a chance at a fresh term even after the failures of October 7th

If the opposition refuses to go into coalition with the Arab parties, it will not only squander a decisive victory, it will be guilty of moral bankruptcy

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

In the News podcast

NAZA documentary shows how modern warfare is pushing man’s inhumanity to man to terrifying new frontiers

The alternatives he now faces involve one or more retreats on solemn election commitments

Qatar denies allegations it intended to influence outcome

Yousef Jabareen, the leader of the ​Arab-dominated Joint List, has said he wants to ‘facilitate getting rid of Netanyahu’s government’

Netanyahu could launch new campaign with US while caretaker prime minister during coalition talks, security experts say

A stronger-than-expected showing by Netanyahu has narrowed the opposition’s options

Ireland’s higher-education community has a moral obligation to ensure our Government acts to stop genocide

Victory for rival Gadi Eisenkot appears increasingly out of reach, but counting continues

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

With half of votes counted, a starkly different tally from last night’s exit polls has emerged

Global Briefing: For Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a change of Israeli government may bring little relief from relentless violence

The short term outlook for the war-torn region remains very gloomy

Record turnout delivers unprecedented gains for Arab parties, but anti-Netanyahu camp also falls short of a parliamentary majority

On Tuesday, Israelis go to the polls, with Binyamin Netanyahu in a fight for his political survival

Neither Netanyahu nor rival alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot has a clear path to power

Country backtracks on decision to rejoin competition ‘due to sensitivities surrounding the themes currently at play’

Minister wrongly asserted Shaymaa Abudalu (20) had not provided certain financial documentation

European Parliament employee says border guards told him ‘they see Ireland as like an anti-Israel country’

Prime minister warns of a ‘second Holocaust’ if he loses election

Minister visits Camp Shamrock as Unifil mission winds down amid debate back home about ‘triple lock’

NAZA lays bare the horror of AI-enhanced war but there is a glimmer of hope

Insurance giant accuses campaigners of making ‘grave allegations’ in emails to more than 100 schools

Binyamin Netanyahu’s hold on power is in the balance as neither his far-right coalition nor the opposition is forecast to win a majority

More than 400 different locations affected over weekend and 40 Palestinians arrested, says military

John Gillick claimed his X account, which accused Jewish people of being ‘filthy dogs’ and ‘human scum’, was hacked

Israeli troops reportedly forced dozens of residents from their homes in parts of Hebron

The repetition of history Fintan O’Toole fears has already occurred

Reports of US escalation plan in Iran send oil prices up again

Ian Hutcheson travelled from Dublin to support Palestinian farmers with the olive harvest

Order comes after Israel’s army said it had killed two gunmen and thwarted a ‘terror attack’ that injured several people