The Irish Times view on Israel’s international reputation: sliding ever downward
A poll this week showed support for the country in western Europe at its lowest ever level
Palestine
Irish pro-Palestinian activist detained in West Bank faces July hearing in Israel
‘D’ Murphy claims she was denied access to lawyer before court appearance in Israel where she is challenging deportation order
Almost 400 Irish writers sign statement calling for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann statement calls for release of hostages and protection of the lives and human rights of all innocent people
Maybe what the world needs right now is another Anthony Bourdain
Chef, TV star, rhetorician and more, he proved the truth of a culinary universal language
Gaza aid group halts distribution due to civilian safety concerns after dozens killed seeking aid
Israeli military warns Palestinians not to move in areas leading to aid distribution sites as they are ‘combat zones’
The Encampments review: Taut, disciplined documentary about Palestine protests at Columbia University
Kei Pritsker and Michael Workman’s film may win over few hostile to the college occupations, but it offers an important record of how the campaign developed
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack
Hamdi al-Najjar’s son Adam (11) remains in hospital following bombing of family home
Israeli attack in Gaza saw tank open fire at thousands of people en route to get aid, medics say
Israeli attack in Rafah near aid distribution point kills at least 31 people
Trump envoy Witkoff dismisses ‘unacceptable’ Hamas response to US ceasefire proposal
Palestinian group offered to release 10 hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for prisoners
Israel blocks Ramallah meeting with Arab ministers, official says
Delegation included representatives from Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
Israel approves biggest expansion of settlements in West Bank in decades
Move to build 22 new Jewish communities in occupied territory criticised by Israeli human rights groups
Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy
Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory
Occupied Territories Bill: what’s in it, how it has changed and what the implications might be
Even without some of the provisions contained in Senator Frances Black’s original Bill, it could face opposition
Renewed political pressure to expand opposition to Israeli assault on Gaza
Tánaiste Simon Harris secures Cabinet approval to begin drafting legislation
Dáil suspended as pro-Palestine protesters disrupt proceedings
Mary Lou McDonald describes speech by Paschal Donohue dismisses as ‘utter, utter disgrace’
Desperate Palestinians storm US-backed aid centres despite concern over checks
UN insists humanitarian aid should be distributed independently of the parties to the conflict
Almost all of Gaza’s farmland rendered unusable as famine risk rises, finds UN report
‘What once provided food, income and stability for hundreds of thousands is now in ruins,’ says senior UN official
Why are Kneecap facing consequences when Israel is not?
When protesting is policed, but the legitimate reasons for protest are not, then people lose trust
Lebanon begins drive to defang militant groups
Push to demilitarise Palestinian factions seen as precursor to far tougher bid to disarm Hizbullah
Israeli use of Palestinian human shields in Gaza is widespread, detainees say
Israeli soldiers say practice has become ubiquitous over 19 months of war
Diary of a widowed Gazan mother of nine and her family’s descent toward starvation
Widowed mother of nine Mervat Hijazi (38), living in a Gaza City tent, says she feels ‘ashamed’ for not being able to feed her children
Why is Trump attacking South Africa over an imaginary genocide?
The intention could hardly be more transparent; the motivation could hardly be more abject
Tánaiste open to campaigners’ push for bill banning services in Occupied Palestinian territories
Online letting firms would be affected if legislation passes, but Government is divided by legal and economic concerns
Bernie Sanders: Senator has ‘no apologies’ for his position on Israel’s attack on Gaza
Veteran US senator, who is visiting Ireland this week, has been criticised by Palestinian supporters
Lone suspect charged with murdering two Israeli embassy staff in shooting near Jewish museum in Washington
Suspect (30) yelled ‘free, free Palestine’ after he was arrested, police said
Humanitarian agencies warn aid still not getting into Gaza
Taoiseach calls for EU to suspend preferential trade deal with Israel
Pressure builds on Israel to stop military offensive in Gaza
UN humanitarian chief says 14,000 babies at risk of dying in Gaza in next two days
Ramaphosa to face into a storm when he meets Trump, whose list of grievances against South Africa is long
US president unhappy at plight of Afrikaners, Pretoria’s court case against Israel and its ties with ‘rogue’ states like Iran
If you want to see how democracies cede to autocracies, watch as US universities bend to Trump
If a rich and famous institution such as Columbia doesn’t stand up for itself, what chance have millions of ordinary people?
Israel’s plan to ‘take control’ of Gaza, explained
In the News podcast: Sky news correspondent Alistair Bunkall on the intensifying violence in Gaza and Israel’s latest ground offensive
Will we use those empty words ‘we did all we can’?
Those with influence over Israel must urgently use their political and economic leverage to stop the instrumentalisation of aid
Francesca Albanese: ‘The struggle against the Mafia has marked me and my sense of justice’
UN special rapporteur on Palestine assesses Ireland’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict and says Trump is ‘wildly and fastly contributing to the dismantlement of the world order’
Ireland joins six other countries in calling on Israel to ‘immediately’ lift Gaza blockade
Amid a ‘man-made humanitarian catastrophe’ in Palestine, Taoiseach and six other European leaders urge Israel to ‘reverse its current policy’
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