Why didn’t Ireland stand up for Palestine at the ICJ?
It is one of only six states that made submissions but did not also present oral arguments
Israel-Hamas conflict
Stories relating to the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants
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
Israel to scale up military operations in Gaza following security cabinet decision
Plan includes blocking Hamas from distributing aid, which UN and aid agencies say is ‘a breach of basic humanitarian principles’
‘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’
Gaza: At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death under Israeli blockade, say aid agencies
No food, potable water and medical supplies have entered Gaza since March 2nd
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
Kneecap should be commended rather than condemned
Belfast rappers' choice of word may have been crass but at least they were using their artform to create a space for politics
In pictures: Many in Gaza face malnutrition as blockade enters third month
A shortage of food and supplies has driven the territory toward starvation, say aid agencies
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 people in Gaza, officials say
Irish WHO director Mike Ryan says slaughter and suffering in Gaza must stop
Kneecap’s manager says rap trio ‘happy to meet’ and apologise to family of murdered MP
David Amess’s daughter said she would be willing to meet the group and tell them how her life has been ‘obliterated’ by her father’s death
Humanitarian response in Gaza ‘on verge of collapse’, say aid agencies
Thousands more deaths in Gaza Strip are imminent, humanitarian agencies warn
Kneecap controversy: dozens of music acts come out in support of Belfast group
Paul Weller, Christy Moore, Primal Scream and Massive Attack among acts criticising UK government stance
Ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO says
Ship issued SOS distress call after being hit 31.5km east of Malta
Israeli intelligence chief announces resignation after spat with Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime minister’s attempt to fire Ronen Bar pushed country to brink of constitutional crisis
Kneecap Cornwall gig cancelled, as British government warns Glastonbury organisers to ‘think carefully’ about proceeding with band
Families of murdered MPs reject band’s ‘half an apology’
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
Israel flattens Rafah ruins; Gazans fear plan to herd them there
No food or medical supplies have reached the 2.3 million residents of the Gaza Strip in nearly two months
Gazans fear Israel is enacting Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan
Binyamin Netanyahu has embraced US president’s idea to expel Palestinian population
Israel’s ban on working with Gaza aid agency threatens aims of UN, ICJ hears
Israel has not backed up some of its claims of mass Hamas infiltration of Unrwa with evidence, UN official indicates
Was Bono morally wrong to accept a US medal of freedom? It’s not that simple
Unthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle East
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
Critics of Israeli government policies being labelled anti-Semitic is ‘outrageous’, Higgins says
President says absence of some leaders at pope’s funeral is ‘very significant’
Kneecap in process of securing new US visa sponsor ahead of North America tour
Trio’s visas understood to no longer be valid after being dropped by agent following Coachella performance
In Trump’s America, it can be dangerous to criticise the president’s friends
Worldview: The administration has rescinded the legal status of close to 1,000 international university students since mid-March
Gaza: Mediators to present new proposal to Israel and Hamas for ceasefire
New proposal calls for long-term ceasefire of at least five to seven years, backed by international guarantees
Israeli strikes kill at least 44 in Gaza, health authorities say
Dozens wounded and ten reported dead in air strike on police station in Jabalia
‘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
Spain cancels ammunition purchase from Israel amid political outcry
Madrid insists on weapons boycott after backlash from within coalition government
The Eyes of Gaza. A Diary of Resilience: Surviving one of the deadliest military campaigns in recorded history
Since October 7th, 2023, Israel has killed 167 Palestinian journalists. One of those who survived is Plestia Alaqad (22)
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
Kneecap say they have received ‘hundreds of violent threats’ over Coachella performance
Sharon Osbourne and Fox News respond as Kneecap spark controversy at Coachella with anti-Israel message
Israel steps up Gaza strikes as polio vaccination halted by blockade
Health ministry in war-torn enclave says 60,000 children have malnutrition symptoms
Affidavit from Shin Bet chief alleges Binyamin Netanyahu requested illegal actions
Ronen Bar claims Israeli PM asked him to argue that due to security concerns there was no safe venue to host his corruption trial
Pope Francis kept up daily links with Catholics under siege in Gaza
Pontiff had on Easter Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, release of remaining Israeli hostages and aid for ‘starving’ Palestinian people
A Palestinian in Ireland: ‘I like Cork more than Dublin, to be brutally honest. It’s a very lovely place’
After moving to Ireland in September 2023, Palestinian student Sarraj Alswersawi graduated top of his DCU class
Donald Trump’s Gaza plan piles pressure on his ‘favourite dictator’
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to kill proposal to expel population while preserving good relations with US president
Israeli military says review into killing of Gaza aid workers found ‘professional failures’
Commanding officer is to be reprimanded and deputy commander dismissed
Recovering Pope Francis appears on basilica balcony for Easter message
Pontiff did not preside over the Vatican’s Mass for Easter but appeared after for blessing and message
Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US
Demonstrators oppose US president’s policies on deportations, government firings, and wars in Gaza and Ukraine
What is the reactionary international movement, Europe’s new political force?
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
Tensions rising in Germany amid criticism of Israeli government
Growing conflict in Berlin, with state politicians and police facing off against pro-Gaza protestors, is seeping slowly into German federal politics
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, say Palestinians
Toll includes people who were ‘sheltering in a designated humanitarian zone’
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
Latest Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill 17 as mediators work to restore ceasefire
Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill dozens as UN raises alarm over food blockade
Israeli attack in city of Khan Younis kills five children, four women and a man from one family
No plans to allow any aid into Gaza, says Israeli minister
Médecins Sans Frontières says enclave is becoming a ‘mass grave for Palestinians’
Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as truce bid stalls
Medical charity MSF says Strip is ‘mass grave’
Low turnout of reservists gives Israeli military pause for thought
Thousands of Israel Defense Forces reservists and veterans sign letters critical of war in Gaza
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
Destruction of Gaza hospital supported by Dublin diocese ‘an outrage’, says senior Irish cleric
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough Michael Jackson says bombing of Al-Ahli Arab hospital tore at his heart
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