The latest declaration by the US government has put a greater onus on other countries unite against Israeli occupation, writes Daoud Kuttab

Izz Alkarajeh emerged from direct provision to open one of Cork’s most exciting new restaurants – Izz Cafe. Joe McNamee on our new migrant chefs, their respective cuisines and the impact on our native dishes

As Israeli politics shift rightward, It is time for a paradigm shift in how we think about the Middle East, writes Richard N Haass.

A third young Palestinian has died as tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the Israeli border to mark the first anniversary of weekly demos in the Gaza Strip.

An independent United Nations (UN) report into the demonstrations held in Gaza between March 30, 2018 and December 31, 2018 has found 'reasonable grounds' to believe that Israeli forces may have violated international human rights.

Even a crash-out Brexit will be a children’s birthday party compared with what has been, and is being, suffered by the Palestinian people, writes Victoria White.

THE best that can be said about the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 is that it is a well meaning show of solidarity with the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank area.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Ireland will recognise the state of Palestine if the impasse in negotiations with Israel is not broken.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Ireland next weekend accompanied by a high-level delegation, it has been announced.

A documentary to be broadcast tonight tells the stories of the Palestinian people living under blockade and military occupation, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Criticism of its ‘apartheid-like’ Palestinian policy is shouted down as anti-Semitism by Israel’s right-wing government and by the Jewish lobby in the US, says TP O’Mahony.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has issued a strong reaction to the US decision to end all funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

The claim that religiously exclusive roads exist in the West Bank needs to be debunked, suggests Adam Levick.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney says Ireland will “fan the flames” of conflict in the Middle East if Opposition senators drive through plans to ban the sale of goods from illegal Israeli settlements here.

The Seanad has voted in favour of a ban on importing goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine.

Four of Ireland’s leading development and human rights organisations have called for Ireland to make history this week by becoming the first country to vote for a trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Tomorrow Frances Black’s Occupied Territories Bill 2018 will go before the Seanad for vote.

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has urged support for a Seanad motion to ban the sale of goods in Ireland produced from Israeli-occupied territories.

The International Criminal Court has been asked to open an "immediate investigation" into alleged Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.

The Palestinian president's condition has seen a "clear improvement" after he was taken to hospital with a fever, a politician has said.

The Tánaiste Simon Coveney says cutting diplomatic ties with Israel would not be helpful for Palestinians or Israelis.

US President Donald Trump hailed Monday’s opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem as a “great day for Israel”. That reckless act was anything but for the dozens killed, and thousands wounded, by Israeli troops.

The Palestine state must be recognised as Israel was and the illegal occupation must end without delay — 70 years of Nakba is enough, writes Ahmad Abdelrazek, Ambassador Ahmad Abdelrazek, Mission of the State of Palestine to Ireland.

The UN high commissioner for human rights has urged Israel to refrain from using excessive force against Palestinians, as hundreds gathered near the Gaza-Israel border for a fifth round of weekly protests.

Thousands of Palestinians have staged a mass protest along Gaza's sealed border with Israel, some burning large Israeli flags and torching tyres while soldiers fired tear gas and live bullets.

Thousands of Palestinians have staged a mass protest along Gaza's sealed border with Israel, some burning large Israeli flags and torching tyres while soldiers fired tear gas and live bullets.

Palestinians are streaming into tent camps on Gaza's border with Israel for a third mass protest, amid concerns about more bloodshed after 27 Palestinians were killed and hundreds during rallies in the last two weeks.

Soldiers heard in video footage cheering as a Palestinian is shot during Gaza border clashes will be disciplined, Israel's military has said.

Thousands of Palestinians have protested along Gaza's sealed border with Israel, engulfing the volatile area in black smoke from burning tyres.

Latest: Palestinians have torched piles of tyres near Gaza's border with Israel, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and drawing Israeli fire that killed six men in a second mass protest in a week.

Israel's defence minister has said the military will not change its tough response to Hamas-led mass protests near Gaza's border with the country, warning those who approach will endanger their lives.

The Palestinian death toll in last week's mass protest on the Gaza-Israel border has risen to 18, officials said, as Israel rejected allegations of unlawful use of lethal force against unarmed demonstrators.

An image of a young boy using onions to try and protect himself from gas fired into Palestinian marchers during protests on the Gaza strip looks likely to become the latest symbol of resistance in the region.

Michelle O'Neill has called for an Irish unity referendum within five years.

Israel will target "terror organisations" in Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned, a day after 15 Palestinians were killed amid protests involving thousands of people near the border fence.

Thousands of Palestinians marched to Gaza's border with Israel on Friday in the largest such demonstration in recent memory with more than a dozen killed by Israeli fire.

Large crowds of flag-waving Palestinian protesters have marched towards the Gaza border fence with Israel, some of them throwing stones and drawing Israeli fire that officials said killed at least five people.

The 17-year-old Palestinian girl who attracted international attention after slapping and kicking a pair of Israeli soldiers outside her West Bank home was today sentenced to eight months in prison.

The Palestinian president has called the US ambassador to Israel a "son of a dog" in an angry rant against the Trump administration.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full UN membership for the state of Palestine and a timeframe for a two-state solution.

President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold aid money from the Palestinians until they return to peace talks with Israel as he sat down with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of an economic summit in Switzerland.

US vice president Mike Pence has told Israel’s parliament that the US embassy will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019.

Jordan’s king has appealed to US Vice President Mike Pence to "rebuild trust and confidence" in the possibility of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

An Israeli military court has denied bail for a 16-year-old Palestinian girl, ordering her to be held until her trial on charges that she slapped and pushed two Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said US president Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was "sinful".

The Foreign Affairs Minister will visit Israel and Palestine over the next two days, where he will meet with senior representatives.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has faced protests over press freedom and the deteriorating state of human rights in his country as he arrived in Paris for talks with French leader Emmanuel Macron.

Israel's parliament has passed a law requiring a super-majority to relinquish control over any part of Jerusalem, a move that could hamstring the city's division in any future peace deal.