Palestine

Pogues, Fontaines DC and Lankum among Irish artists defending Kneecap against ‘political repression’

With farmland and grazing areas devastated, Gazans depend entirely on supplies from outside

Ten killed by Israeli strike on Gaza City home, including five children

The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader

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

Late pontiff visited nine countries in the region and north Africa, cultivating ties between Christians and Muslims

Teachers’ union passes motion condemning Israeli government’s actions in Gaza

Children’s hospital in Gaza City is damaged in separate attack

Commanding officer is to be reprimanded and deputy commander dismissed

Neutrality has, in effect, meant whatever the government of the day says it means

Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds wealthier voters and women are most likely to support current model of neutrality

Brief reviews of new books by Ben Okri, Philip Marsden, Myozan Ian Kilroy, Funmi Fetto, Mahmoud Muna/Matthew Teller and Ama Ata Aidoo

Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich urges Netanyahu to ‘open gates of hell’ in Gaza

Ruling comes amid protests against efforts to expel four pro-Palestinian activists from Germany, including two Irish citizens

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

UN secretary general ‘deeply alarmed’ at Sunday’s strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital

Hamas sticking to its position that any agreement must lead to an end to the war in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian sources say

USA-TRUMP/COLUMBIA (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-US immigration judge rules Palestinian Columbia student Khalil can be deported

Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says

Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order

Student-led movement describes Garda response as ‘intense’

Lack of electricity and phone connection in Gaza means the women rarely speak to family

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

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

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Irish surgeon returns from six-week humanitarian mission in Gaza

Lawyers say the move undermines civil liberties for EU citizens

Public spaces, some of them scarred by Syria’s conflict, host civilian and community-organised events

Situation ‘catastrophic’ and camp rendered uninhabitable, says Jenin mayor

The Stunning and The Walls musician and actor on honesty, activism and a life in the arts

Critics describe the Bill as an attempt by the government to seize control over the judiciary

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon are ‘safe’, Tánaiste Simon Harris says amid escalation in violence

Thousands of people called for the Government to impose sanctions on Israel

Immediately following the resumption of the war, Netanyahu’s scheduled testimony in a corruption trial, now in its fifth year, was cancelled

Independent senator concerned Occupied Territories Bill will be ‘watered down’ following Donald Trump’s election

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities say

Having come under extreme pressure on the front line of the recent war between Israel and Hizbullah, Irish Unifil soldiers far from home are getting on with the job of peacekeeping

Book explores what Palestinians have lost since their displacement

Consultant paediatrician Afif El-Khuffash on his Palestinian-Irish identity and his perspective on the Irish healthcare system

‘Gaza Is Not For Sale’ painted in three-metre high letters on the lawn