Half of Israelis oppose pardon for Netanyahu over corruption charges, survey shows
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu has asked president Yitzhak Herzog for a pardon over the charges
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Jewish community to be invited to meet Dublin mayor, councillors over Herzog Park controversy
Councillors want to provide assurance they are ‘not anti-Semitic’ in light of recent recommendation to rename park
From Belfast to Dublin to Israel’s president: Who was Chaim Herzog?
Herzog’s son is the current president of Israel, while his father was Chief Rabbi of Ireland
Councillors could not have renamed Herzog Park due to legislative delay, meeting hears
Minister has yet to make regulations for public consultation and ballot that are required to change a placename
President Herzog faces defining choice as Israel’s Netanyahu seeks unprecedented pardon
Move fuels fierce debate between supporters seeking closure and critics warning of democratic backsliding
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended
City council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord Mayor
Binyamin Netanyahu submits request to Israel’s president for pardon in corruption trial
PM has been on trial for five years, indicted on three criminal charges including bribery, fraud and breach of trust
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
President says Israeli counterpart misled him on Irish aid being delivered to Gaza
Michael D Higgins believes Israel and those who support it with armaments should be excluded from United Nations
Gaza ceasefire talks gain momentum as most recent Israeli strikes kill 20 people
Palestinian official says mediators have narrowed gaps on most of agreement’s clauses and deal could be signed in coming days
Hizbullah’s head of communications killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut
Some 100 Palestinians reportedly killed following three Israeli attacks on central and northern Gaza
The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diary
Micheal D Higgins, Simon Harris and Micheál Martin make headlines with comments on homelessness and immigration, Israel and Iran, a trip to Washington and time spent with Meryl Streep
‘Six-million puzzles pieces’: The Jerusalem centre working to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust
Yad Vashem has just opened a new facility exhibiting a vast collection of Holocaust-era items, each one linked to an individual victim or survivor
No wish to cut diplomatic ties with Israel as Ireland proceeds with plan to recognise Palestine, says Harris
Taoiseach addresses reports of diplomatic row after his phone call with Israeli president Yitzhak Herzog
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