Palestine

Remarks from Frances Black, who introduced Occupied Territories Bill, come in advance of meeting with Tánaiste

Claim of need to ‘start from scratch’ is to ‘avoid taking action’, Roderic O’Gorman says

St Patrick’s Day visit should be cancelled if US president remains on ‘trajectory towards ethnic cleansing’, Social Democrats say

Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid calls for humanitarian support, not ‘business deals’, for devastated enclave

The Israel leader hopes to return from Washington with significant achievements on two fronts

Critics decry Michael D Higgins speech for Holocaust Memorial Day, politicians’ stance on Gaza and the Occupied Territories Bill

West Bank at risk of even more violence, and events in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria have significantly weakened Iranian regime

The details of their ordeals vary, but all yearn for the return of the people still held captive

Occupied Territories Bill ‘might pose problems’ for multinationals and other businesses in Ireland, Department of Enterprise briefing note states

Ceasefire in Gaza and election of pro-Israel US president Donald Trump likely to feed into deliberations on Occupied Territories Bill

Amr al-Najjar and his cousins died in an air strike just hours before the Israel-Hamas truce took effect

Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon will be handed over on Saturday

Mass movement of Palestinians back into Gaza encountering lack of basic supplies, sewage treatment systems, freshwater and public waste management. It is claimed the war has reversed development by 60 years

Trump suggests move to resettle population to ‘clean out’ war-ravaged territory

‘Commentators found it impossible to imagine a different camp: the camp of life’ when faced with demands to cease the slaughter of innocents

Palestinians have cause for increased concern

Khalida Jarrar most prominent of 90 Palestinians released on Sunday as part of first phase of ceasefire agreement

Micheál Martin stands over his criticism of Michael Lowry when the Moriarty tribunal’s report was published in 2011, and said what was revealed by the tribunal was ‘shocking’

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire

Romy Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28) and Doron Steinbrecher (31) brought to Tel Aviv hospital after 471 days in captivity

Jewish Representative Council ‘delighted’ Ireland is to adopt framework for stamping out targeting of Jewish people

My eight-year-old daughter Ella’s excitement didn’t rub off on the other passengers on the bus, who seemed unfazed by the breaking news

Binyamin Netanyahu’s aim of returning 200,000 Israelis to southern and northern communities abandoned during war is unlikely until Gaza has been pacified by political means

Contentious proposed law would ban trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory

There are several reasons why our sympathy for the Palestinian cause has not been tempered by the pragmatic realities of international diplomatic relations, as is the case elsewhere

Three Palestinians killed in the West Bank as Israeli military operations intensify

Israel’s military claims it hit around 40 Hamas gathering points and command centres while taking measures to reduce harm to civilians

Jumaa al-Batran is one of six Palestinians who have died of exposure and cold in recent days

Trump’s re-election fuels global turmoil in which Putin is the biggest of many autocrats blending kleptocracy and dictatorship. US institutions and international treaties are fading, and Ukraine and Palestine have been betrayed

Dancer Amir Sabra arrived in Ireland from a Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus in 2021

In the space of a single year, the Islamic Republic of Iran effectively lost three of the key elements in its so-called axis of resistance

Palestinian and UN officials say no place is safe in Gaza and that evacuations worsen humanitarian conditions

Future Israeli prime minister defended opposition to Palestinian statehood and downplayed settlements and occupations

From Lynda Barry’s moving and frequently hilarious workbook for making and thinking to Seán Hogan’s ripping yarn set in a Tipperary town

At least 25 killed in latest strikes by Israel on Palestinian enclave, including 15 in one Gaza City house

Hamas and Israel trade blame over failure to conclude ceasefire agreement despite recent reported progress

Tánaiste says hunger caused by conflicts is being exacerbated by denial of humanitarian aid by warring parties

Israel receives major boost as pro-Iranian militias in Iraq announce they are stopping their attacks against Israel

Simon Harris says call was made to express ‘solidarity’ between people of Ireland and Palestine

War means there will be little visitor presence in the birthplace of Jesus this Christmas