Arab parties could be kingmakers in Israel’s election. Netanyahu has reason to worry
Opposition parties are discussing an alliance that could strip the prime minister of key powers even if they fail to win an outright majority
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All sides primed for a fight in Dáil over plans to scrap the triple lock
Inside Politics: Uproar in chamber as debate dredges up old wounds, while Jim O’Callaghan’s long war rumbles on
Ireland’s relationship with Israel
There is undoubtedly a range of feelings among Irish people about what is happening in Gaza
More than 300,000 US visas revoked during second term, says Trump administration
Rights advocates say crackdown has violated due process and created an unsafe environment, particularly for minorities
Trump’s backing fails to lift Netanyahu as Israel heads for defining vote
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has staged a remarkable political recovery. Now, with the US president at his side, he is seeking to extend it
Zionism is not racism, any more than Irish nationalism is sectarianism
If Israel-Palestine is, for us, a story about Ireland, it ought to be, not a simplistic narrative of good and evil
World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza due to funding shortages
Food rations halved and cash assistance cut for thousands of families
Being Irish and Jewish: I love my home, but I am so angry
The pride I once had in being Irish is fleeting
Sally Rooney could have made things a great deal easier for herself. She chose not to
There are very few writers as famous as Rooney, and almost none as willing to leverage that fame as bravely for a moral cause
Trump endorses Netanyahu in Israeli election
US president praises Netanyahu as a ‘great warrior prime minister’ and peace partner
Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, French mayor and archbishop in West Bank
Settler violence surges during the olive harvest
Sinéad Gibney on The Fall of The West by Owen Jones: ‘We all need to read this book’
Despite us being brought up to believe the West is a place of democracy and peace, for many it’s justifiably linked only to death, destruction and corruption
Jewish group weighs legal action after Dublin hotel cancels bookings for anti-Semitism event
Venue asked if conference had links to Israel Defense Forces, Jewish Representative Council of Ireland says
Israeli settlers burn olive trees and attack Palestinians and US journalist in West Bank
Militant settlers attacked Palestinians and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Washington Post
Sally Rooney’s novels are not easy to find in Israeli bookstores despite their popularity
Author’s works still for sale from East Jerusalem’s Palestinian booksellers after being pulled from Israel’s shelves in 2021
Israel’s former spy chief sues Netanyahu for ‘blood libel’ over October 7th attacks
Ronen Bar has accused Netanyahu of trying to shift the blame on to him
Actions of Irish footballers were measured but impactful
Describing them as ‘anti-Semitic’ and harmful to the Jewish community in Ireland is a denial of the wider truth
Complex political issues reduced to slogans
I sincerely hope there is a change in leadership in Israel on October 27th
Ryanair ‘recognises’ disputed Western Sahara territory in controversial marketing campaign
Advertising Standards Authority agrees ‘Moroccan adventure’ advert likely to be misleading
Raphaël Glucksmann’s refusal to use the word ‘genocide’ divides France’s left
Splitting the electorate has been disastrous for the left, but their differences appear too deep to repair before presidential election
Why can’t Saudi Arabia stop the Houthi attacks?
Lethal strikes show growing military power of Iran-backed militia
Ireland players’ actions at Israel football games ‘shameful’, Jewish advocacy leader says
Jonathan Greenblatt spoke at event at Herzog Park, Dublin, highlighting ‘hostile environment’ for Irish Jews
For Houthis, war in Gaza is a chance to strengthen role in Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’
The attacks raise the obvious likelihood of Saudi retaliation with the concomitant danger of escalation into wider conflict in a region that has known little else for years
‘You hack her phone, then you kill her’: What Israeli intelligence officers told Naza director Yuval Abraham about their tactics in Gaza
Naza has incensed the Netanyahu administration. That means the documentary’s revelations have frightened it, says the film-maker
Conflict began long before 2023
Thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel in the decade before October 7th attacks
Letters to the Editor, October 12th: On Wednesday’s strike, prisoner rehabilitation and growing fruit and veg
Government’s approach reflects ‘staggering disconnect from frontline realities’
‘People afraid to say they are Jewish’: Dublin event marks October 7th attacks on Israel
Jewish community ‘told whether we belong in Ireland depends on how we feel about Israel’, synagogue hears
About 10,000 people march through Dublin in support of Palestine
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has failed Gaza, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairwoman Zoe Lawlor says
Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas postpones legislative elections
New date in September 2027 set for elections, as well as a vote on the presidency
Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat as Polanski and Greens lose sheen
Greens have been on the slide in polls since Polanski became the target of intense media scrutiny
October 7th was a piercing, shrieking alarm call for all Jews
To some people it makes no difference whether we are Zionist or not, distressed by images of Gaza or not. We are Jews
Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums
Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums
What is the row over the UK’s nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem?
UK’s diplomatic mission will operate on a smaller scale after Israel ordered it shut over a sanctions row
Anger, misogyny and radicalisation: the online trail of the Flydubai attacker
Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
Fear of ‘physical harm’ prevents public October 7th events, says Ireland’s chief rabbi
Jewish community ‘taking the necessary precautions’ after attacks in United States, Britain and Australia
Protests across Israel call for October 7th inquiry on third anniversary of attack
Thousands observed a moment of silence as Netanyahu promised to ‘complete the mission’
In pictures: Three years of war in Gaza
October 7th marks three years since a Hamas-led attack in Israel
The astonishing fall of a German spymaster
Espionage, state secrets and foreign agents: the case engulfing former head of Germany’s intelligence reads like a spy thriller
How Israel lost the world’s support after October 7th
Global Briefing: Three years after Hamas’s attack, the war in Gaza and mounting international outrage have made Israel more isolated and possibly less secure
Netanyahu faces fresh scrutiny over pre-October 7th warnings
New reports on warnings received before the Hamas attack threaten the Israeli prime minister’s general election campaign
Germany arrests former spy chief over alleged spying
August Hanning served as president of federal intelligence service from 1998 to 2005
Call for sporting sanctions is due to profound concerns over Israel’s actions in Gaza
Many who support engagement with Israelis also believe sports bodies should apply rules consistently
At Plaid Cymru’s annual party conference, it wasn’t always clear who the protesters were
After destroying Labour in May’s Senedd elections, Plaid Cymru is now in charge
Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash into Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, say Israeli officials
Co-pilot told interrogators in United Arab Emirates he planned the attack before being hired by the airline
‘They want to kill all of us’: Life on Israel’s anxious frontier
Three years after the October 7th attacks, real security feels elusive in the Israeli community nearest the Gaza border fence
Behind the mystery that first set off fears of Iranian threats at a UK military base
A mysterious call near Fairford airbase set in motion a huge counterterrorism response and days of uncertainty
At the end, Ireland’s players just wanted to get out of the nightmare
Finn Azaz’s creativity was missed against Israel but leaving him on the bench spared him from the criticism that would inevitably have come his way
‘It’s off the charts’: Satellite images show how three years of war have devastated Gaza
UN says number of destroyed structures in Gaza up by 9% since ceasefire of October 2025, amid mass displacement and acute humanitarian need
Ireland 1 Israel 1: Draw in Serbia as Troy Parrott penalty not enough – as it happened
Ireland in Serbia for ‘home’ leg against Israel following 3-0 win in Hungary last week
British Green Party votes to equate Zionism with racism
Move expected to be challenged by some party members under equality legislation
Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia under investigation after cockpit incident
Australian federal police says multiple agencies are investigating man’s connections to the country
Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin ‘sincerity’ over Garvaghy Road situation
Micheál Martin says one football match is not going to get Israeli government to ‘change direction’
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s press conference ended after ‘verbal attack’ from Israeli reporters
Manager subsequently spoke to the Irish written press in the changing room before training
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