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
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
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
The Irish Times view on Israeli politics: Gantz names his price
Retired general seemed to break deadlock with agreement to rotate premiership with Netanyahu
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
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
Paris talks reaffirm support for elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace resolution
Foreign ministers and international bodies reaffirm need for a ‘two-state solution’
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
World View: Is Israel really prepared to accept isolation?
Donald Trump will be the only major global leader to back pro-settler policies
Unmarked anniversaries cast shadow over China and Middle East
World View: Cultural Revolution and Sykes-Picot pact retain a grip on the present
New EU guidelines for products from Israeli settlements
Food labeling measure widely seen as attempt to put political pressure on Israel
EU issues labelling guidelines for goods made in Israeli settlements
Move seen as applying political pressure on Israel, which has fiercely opposed guidelines
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Violence fills political vacuum in Israel
Talk of a third intifada may be premature, but violence can produce its own momentum.
Who is in charge of US foreign policy?
Republicans dismiss political conventions that have served the US well in the past
Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu overplays his hand in Washington
Alternative to an agreement on Iran is likely to trigger an arms race
France’s Jews question future in aftermath of Islamist killings
Members of country’s 500,000-strong Jewish community shaken by Paris killings
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
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