The Irish Times

Why did Jeffrey Epstein buy one of the best cellos in the world?

The powerful sexual predator took many secrets with him, including one prized cello

Mon Apr 25 2022 - 10:57

Seeking restart with Biden, Palestinians eye end to prisoner payments

Palestinian Authority pays prisoners held by Israel in a system critics call ‘pay to slay’

Sun Nov 22 2020 - 15:16

The end of the Netanyahu era

Israeli premier will leave behind a deeply fractured society

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00

Fierce optimism of Oslo Accords has vanished 25 years on

September 1993 was the best of times for Palestinians. Now they face the worst of times

Thu Sept 13 2018 - 01:00

Two stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered from Italian mafia

Artworks taken from museum in Amsterdam 14 years ago recovered after tipoff

Fri Sept 30 2016 - 16:14

World leaders attend funeral of Shimon Peres in Israel

Obama pays tribute to ‘dear friend’, former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Fri Sept 30 2016 - 11:53

Palestinian president to attend funeral of Shimon Peres

Mahmoud Abbas pays tribute to former Israeli leader’s ‘brave’ efforts to make peace

Fri Sept 30 2016 - 11:01

‘Aleppo moment’ as Gary Johnson can’t name single foreign leader

Libertarian US presidential candidate freezes when asked to name his favourite leader

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 12:46

US considers tougher response to Russia over Syria crisis

John Kerry threatens to halt diplomacy with Russia following recent strikes on Aleppo

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 10:08

Shimon Peres ‘carried a whole nation on the wings of imagination’

Israel’s last surviving founding father eulogised as a ‘political giant’ ahead of funeral

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00

Israel has lost one of its finest sons

Shimon Peres never realised his vision of a new Middle East but his optimism never died

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 00:00

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres dies aged 93

Tributes to Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was architect of Israel’s nuclear programme

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 16:32

Shimon Peres was a ‘war criminal’, say Irish Palestinian groups

Death of Israeli politician at the age of 93 has been followed by tributes internationally

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 16:31

Shimon Peres: Last surviving member of Israel’s founding generation

Former president, prime minister and foreign minister won Nobel Peace Prize

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 09:22

Five things you need to know today

Zappone and FG; Shimon Peres dies; Sam Allardyce; Dresden latest; US election

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 07:30

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres in grave condition

Reports suggest Nobel Peace Prize winner close to death, two weeks after major stroke

Tue Sept 27 2016 - 19:16

Joe Biden arrives in Israel as US tourist is killed in attack

Three Palestinian assailants killed in three separate incidents across Israel

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 01:01

American dies after 10 stabbed by lone Tel Aviv attacker

Four Palestinians shot dead after attacks across Israel as US vice-president Joe Biden visits

Tue Mar 08 2016 - 18:23

Noel Whelan: Coalition with Fine Gael looks like best option for Fianna Fáil

The party as likely to perform as well in the next election coming out of government as they are from opposition

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 01:42

Ex-Israeli president Shimon Peres in hospital with chest pains

Elder statesman admitted last week after heart attack and now has chest pains

Sun Jan 24 2016 - 20:43

Peter Robinson on shortlist for Tipperary International Peace Award

North’s outgoing First Minister praised for forming Stormont’s coalition government

Sat Jan 02 2016 - 01:00

Israeli politician who sought accord with Palestinians

Yossi Sarid: October 24th, 1940 - December 4th, 2015

Sat Dec 12 2015 - 09:52

Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in a country reeling from recent violence

On the 20th anniversary of the former Israeli leader’s killing, people are asking ‘what if?’

Mon Nov 02 2015 - 01:01

Remembering Rabin in a country reeling from recent violence

On the 20th anniversary of his killing, people are still asking ‘what if?’

Mon Nov 02 2015 - 01:00

Revisiting the lessons of the Suez crisis nearly six decades on

The October 1956 war was ‘an act of imperial madness’ that the West has ignored

Fri Oct 16 2015 - 01:01

Centre-left Zionist Union maintains lead in Israeli polls

New centrist formation Kulanu could end up with the balance of power

Thu Mar 12 2015 - 22:20

Israel demolishes home of Palestinian in hit-and-run attack

Policy of punitive house demolitions reintroduced after deadly attacks on synagogue

Thu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00

Pope at centre of Nobel Peace Prize speculation

Francis’ historic visit to the Holy Land last May was marked by symbolic moments of prayer

Thu Oct 09 2014 - 19:09

Israel PM phones father of murdered Palestinian teen

Netanyahu promises attackers of boy will be prosecuted as anger over death fuels street protests

Mon Jul 07 2014 - 14:10

Likud’s Reuven Rivlin elected president of Israel

Winner given tepid backing by Netanyahu in contest riddled with subterfuge

Wed Jun 11 2014 - 01:01

Pope brings Israeli, Palestinian presidents together in Vatican

Pope Francis hosts moving ceremony with shared prayer for peace

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:01

Abbas and Peres join pope at Vatican to pray for peace in Middle East

Three-way prayer beteen Francis, Israeli and Palestinian presidents a moment of huge solemnity

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00

Pope to pray with Israeli and Palestinian presidents

Francis, Peres and Abbas will shake hands during ceremony as a ‘gesture of peace’

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 16:29

Israeli, Palestinian leaders to pray with Pope in Rome

Pontiff had on recent visit invited both to visit Vatican and ‘beseech God for gift of peace’

Fri Jun 06 2014 - 18:43