Ultra-Orthodox parties in Netanyahu’s coalition threaten to vote for Bill calling for early elections
Ultra-Orthodox community angry over Israeli government’s failure to pass military exemption law for yeshiva students
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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’
Liam Cunningham says Government is ‘siding with warmongers’ as he endorses Irish neutrality campaign
Cunningham urges public to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to retain triple lock and accuses Government of ‘lying’
Binyamin Netanyahu cross-examined for the first time in corruption trial
Israeli prime minister’s trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust began five years ago and is set to last another two years
Pro-Palestinian detainee in Israel: ‘How they treated us is nothing compared to how they treat even Palestinian children’
Activist Susanne Björk was deported on Monday, but Irish pensioner Deirdre ‘D’ Murphy remains in Ben Gurion Airport while fighting deportation order
Irish pro-Palestinian activist detained by Israeli police in West Bank
Activist was arrested with a Swedish woman in a Palestinian village largely demolished by Israeli forces in early May
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
Netanyahu’s claim that Israel is fighting ‘barbarians’ is a ploy to legitimise genocidal murder
Worldview: ‘Barbarian’ is a term occurring in most civilisations to describe less well organised neighbours and colonial adversaries
Ireland to lodge letter of objection to Israel over shots fired close to Unifil patrol in south Lebanon
Irish troops uninjured and Unifil patrols resumed as normal on Friday
Entire Gaza population at risk of famine, says UN
Latest warning on starving population comes as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal
Gaza’s last hospitals battle to save patients amid severe depletion of life-saving medical items
Bacteria ‘like monsters’ on overcrowded wards as doctors run out of basic supplies including antibiotics
Israeli army used laser weapons for first time to down Hizbullah drones
Military chief says €5-a-shot technological breakthrough heralds new era in warfare, ‘the laser era’
‘It’s nuclear meltdown’: Re-elected Australian leader Albanese powers ahead as opposition tears itself apart
He faces criticism on climate policy and pension tax, but wins support for condemning Israel’s war in Gaza
Branding those opposed to Netanyahu policies as anti-Semitic is ‘slander’, says Michael D Higgins
Food, medical aid and water must be made available to Gazans immediately, says President
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
Gaza aid group opens third distribution site as thousands seek food
At least 45 killed as Israeli jets continue to pound areas of the Strip
Sligo-based doctor whose nine nieces and nephews were killed in Gaza: ‘I’m not seeking revenge, I just want this madness to end’
Dr Ali Alnajjar, an uncle to nine children who died in Gaza last week, calls for an end to Israel’s ‘impunity’
As Trump seeks Iran deal, Israel again raises possibility of strikes on nuclear sites
At the core of the tension between Netanyahu and Trump is their differing views of how best to exploit Iranian weakness
For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
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
War in Gaza strains historical German-Israeli relationship
Nearly three months into Israel’s humanitarian blockade on Gaza, a shifting mood is palpable
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
Iran will survive if nuclear deal not agreed with US, says president
Uranium enrichment remains a core issue of contention between the sides
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
Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip kill at least 30 Palestinians
Israel now controls 77% of Gaza Strip, says Hamas media office, as journalist and senior rescue official among latest casualties
‘We are part of this land’ - Thousands of Israel’s Bedouin face demolitions and evictions in the Negev desert
About a third of the Bedouin community in the Negev live in villages not legally recognised by Israel. They are denied basic services, while facing eviction and demolition orders
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