Israel plans big settlement push across occupied West Bank
‘We are continuing to build the Land of Israel in practice,’ finance minister says
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel criticised over expansion of powers in West Bank
‘We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state,’ Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says
Tough stance on Israel offers respite to Spain’s embattled Sánchez
Socialist leader says his government is ‘on right side of history’ as political foes accuse him of cynical distraction tactics
Jewish settlers condemned for ‘crossing red line’ after escalation of violence in West Bank
Robust Israeli measures against attacks on Palestinian people and property unlikely in an election year
US bars Palestinian leader Abbas and 80 officials from annual UN meeting as allies pledge statehood
Britain, France, Australia and Canada vow to formally recognise Palestinian state at summit
Lebanon begins disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps
Hamas, which is not part of the process, described the handover of weapons as an ‘internal matter within the Fatah movement’
‘Instead of hope, Palestinians were back in prison’: How Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza 20 years ago went sour
In August 2005 Israeli settlers were told to leave by their government, a move opposed by Binyamin Netanyahu
US says France’s decision to recognise Palestinian state ‘reckless’
Binyamin Netanyahu said decision by Macron ‘rewards terror’, Simon Harris welcomes the French move
Ireland joins 25 other countries urging end to Gaza war and condemning ‘horrifying’ aid deaths
Britain, France and Australia among signatories to letter also calling on Israel to allow UN to carry out life-saving work
Lebanon begins drive to defang militant groups
Push to demilitarise Palestinian factions seen as precursor to far tougher bid to disarm Hizbullah
Israeli air strikes kill 10 in school where displaced families were sheltering, medics say
Children’s hospital in Gaza City is damaged in separate attack
Arab leaders agree to Egyptian plan for Gaza reconstruction, avoiding Palestinian resettlement
Cairo summit hears proposal in contrast to Trump’s ‘Riviera’ vision
Simon Harris hedges bets to include both Biden and Trump on his Christmas card list
Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants
Taoiseach expresses ‘unbreakable support’ to people of Palestine during call with Abbas
Simon Harris says call was made to express ‘solidarity’ between people of Ireland and Palestine
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