The Irish Times

The Irish Times view on Israel’s election: More gridlock on the cards

For the first time in Israeli electoral history, the main challengers to Bibi’s continued reign will come from further to the right

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 00:03

The Irish Times view on Israel’s peace deals: less than meets the eye

The much-hyped signging of recognition deals in the White House is little more than a campaign stunt

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 18:45

The Irish Times view on the Israel-UAE deal: Normalising the occupation

A politically weakened Palestinian community is facing a paradigm shift expressed clearly in the UAE deal – that it can no longer rely on old allies to put its case at the top of their agenda

Sat Aug 15 2020 - 00:05

The Irish Times view on Israeli politics: Gantz names his price

Retired general seemed to break deadlock with agreement to rotate premiership with Netanyahu

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 21:30

Varadkar to give speech to over 70 heads of state in New York

Taoiseach to speak at Nelson Mandela Peace Summit as Ireland seeks seat on UN security council

Mon Sept 24 2018 - 12:36

Israel-Palestine: time for the EU to step up

With the United States in effect having left the pitch, other states must now stand up

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 00:05

Paris talks reaffirm support for elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace resolution

Foreign ministers and international bodies reaffirm need for a ‘two-state solution’

Sun Jan 15 2017 - 20:30

Theresa May plays the Trump card on the Middle East

A somewhat miffed State Department noted it was an odd intervention, not least given the UK had actually voted in favour of the UN resolution

Fri Jan 06 2017 - 00:00

World View: Is Israel really prepared to accept isolation?

Donald Trump will be the only major global leader to back pro-settler policies

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 01:00

Unmarked anniversaries cast shadow over China and Middle East

World View: Cultural Revolution and Sykes-Picot pact retain a grip on the present

Sat May 21 2016 - 01:00

New EU guidelines for products from Israeli settlements

Food labeling measure widely seen as attempt to put political pressure on Israel

Mon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00

EU issues labelling guidelines for goods made in Israeli settlements

Move seen as applying political pressure on Israel, which has fiercely opposed guidelines

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 17:35

Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Violence fills political vacuum in Israel

Talk of a third intifada may be premature, but violence can produce its own momentum.

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 04:40

Who is in charge of US foreign policy?

Republicans dismiss political conventions that have served the US well in the past

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 00:01

Benyamin Netanyahu on the back foot

Seeking a fourth term as president of Israel

Fri Mar 13 2015 - 00:00

Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu overplays his hand in Washington

Alternative to an agreement on Iran is likely to trigger an arms race

Thu Mar 05 2015 - 00:00

France’s Jews question future in aftermath of Islamist killings

Members of country’s 500,000-strong Jewish community shaken by Paris killings

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 05:00

Struggling with legacies of past

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 09:20

Israel’s move to lay down fundamental law on Jewish state

Tue Nov 25 2014 - 00:00

Jerusalem massacre piles religious hatred on nationalist bitterness

Thu Nov 20 2014 - 00:01

Amos Oz: ‘One pen I use to tell stories, the other to tell the government to go to hell’

The campaigning Israeli writer, who’ll be at Dalkey Book Festival next weekend, says that spending his early childhood under British administration in Jerusalem gives him an affinity with Ireland

Sat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00