State must ‘stand by values’, Ministers to say at Government forum
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and several Ministers to address Global Ireland Summit
Palestine
‘Despicable and unconscionable’: Tánaiste says Israeli plans to seize all of Gaza ‘alarming’
Israeli authorities accused of aiming to ‘manipulate and militarise all aid to civilians’
Popemobile converted into mobile children’s health clinic in Gaza
Patients will get to sit in pope’s seat while being treated
Israeli ministers to vote on expanding Gaza fighting as Houthi missile strike targets Tel Aviv airport
Yemeni Houthi rebels claim responsibility for missile that landed near Tel Aviv airport
In The Settlers, Louis Theroux does something we have rarely seen him do in 30 years of TV
Louis Theroux has encountered such people before but they have tended to be fringe propositions with no real power. The Israeli settler movement is different
Ireland ‘out of step’ with United States on Israel, US ambassador nominee is told
Edward Walsh, who is Trump’s pick to be envoy to Dublin, pledges to build on relations between America and Ireland
Kneecap videos to be investigated by UK’s counter-terrorism police
Pogues, Fontaines DC and Lankum among Irish artists defending Kneecap against ‘political repression’
Unrwa calls on Israel to lift blockade on aid into Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens
With farmland and grazing areas devastated, Gazans depend entirely on supplies from outside
Several killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as mediators look to restart ceasefire
Ten killed by Israeli strike on Gaza City home, including five children
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
More than €10m of Irish State funds invested in Israeli companies with links to occupied territories
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe discloses that direct investment by the State in business with direct links to illegal settlements has fallen to €1.25 million
‘Dedicated to the oppressed, refugees and marginalised’: How Pope Francis is remembered in Middle East
Late pontiff visited nine countries in the region and north Africa, cultivating ties between Christians and Muslims
Education infrastructure another casualty of Gaza war, TUI conference hears
Teachers’ union passes motion condemning Israeli government’s actions in Gaza
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
Israeli military says review into killing of Gaza aid workers found ‘professional failures’
Commanding officer is to be reprimanded and deputy commander dismissed
Poll shows Ireland’s attachment to neutrality is strong but nuanced
Neutrality has, in effect, meant whatever the government of the day says it means
Irish Times poll: Current model of neutrality backed by 63% of voters
Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds wealthier voters and women are most likely to support current model of neutrality
Book reviews in brief: Six new works take readers on journeys through tradition, spirituality, culture, fantasy and fantastical reality
Brief reviews of new books by Ben Okri, Philip Marsden, Myozan Ian Kilroy, Funmi Fetto, Mahmoud Muna/Matthew Teller and Ama Ata Aidoo
Hamas rejects ceasefire proposal as Israeli strikes kill at least 47
Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich urges Netanyahu to ‘open gates of hell’ in Gaza
Berlin court sentences man to three years over anti-Semitic attack on German-Jewish student
Ruling comes amid protests against efforts to expel four pro-Palestinian activists from Germany, including two Irish citizens
A mother rescued from Gaza: ‘I’m happy to be here in Ireland – no violence, no air strikes’
Najwa Alsabbagh, one of 23 Gazans who arrived in Dublin on Friday, is reunited with her daughter after 17 months and an odyssey through five countries
Gazan hospitals, needed more than ever, are back in the firing line
UN secretary general ‘deeply alarmed’ at Sunday’s strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital
No breakthrough in Gaza truce talks
Hamas sticking to its position that any agreement must lead to an end to the war in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian sources say
US immigration judge rules Palestinian Columbia student Khalil can be deported
USA-TRUMP/COLUMBIA (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-US immigration judge rules Palestinian Columbia student Khalil can be deported
Irish activist in Berlin welcomes decision to pause his removal over Palestine protests
Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says
Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners
Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order
Man (20s) arrested at Palestine protest during Taoiseach visit to DCU
Student-led movement describes Garda response as ‘intense’
‘We are begging for help to bring them here’: Mothers of sick Palestinian children plead with Government for loved ones to join
Lack of electricity and phone connection in Gaza means the women rarely speak to family
Taoiseach to raise case of two Irish nationals facing deportation with German authorities
Bert Murray (31) and Shane O’Brien (29) were ordered to leave Germany by April 21st over alleged actions at pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin
Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hears
TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’
‘I have no plans to go home’: the Irish citizens fighting deportation from Germany
In the News podcast
Irish surgeon returns from Gaza: ‘Every night there were more children brought in dead’
Irish surgeon returns from six-week humanitarian mission in Gaza
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