Trump is in the middle of an impeachment trial while Netanyahu is a prime minister under indictment on corruption charges and is about to face his third election in a year.
Wed, 29 Jan, 2020
The latest declaration by the US government has put a greater onus on other countries unite against Israeli occupation, writes Daoud Kuttab
Thu, 28 Nov, 2019
Israel's foreign ministry has summoned Ireland's ambassador to express dismay over Dublin's mayor attending an "anti-Israel" event in Ramallah.
Thu, 12 Apr, 2018
He commands the second-highest political position in the country and is leading fragile negotiations for Ireland which could affect and dictate the lives of generations to come.
Fri, 29 Dec, 2017
The defence minister of Israel is calling for a boycott of Arab businesses where residents carried out violent protests against the US president's recognition of Jerusalem as his country's capital.
Sun, 10 Dec, 2017
Arab foreign ministers have demanded that the United States rescind Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it a "grave" development that puts Washington on the same side as "occupation" and the violation of international law.
US President Donald Trump has declared it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Wed, 06 Dec, 2017
Muslim leaders have urged the faithful to keep up their prayer protests and avoid entering a contested Jerusalem shrine, even after Israel dismantled metal detectors which initially triggered the tensions.
Tue, 25 Jul, 2017
Ireland is giving €200,000 to the disputed West Bank territory in the Middle East.
Thu, 13 Jul, 2017
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House, the Trump administration is going back and forth over whether its vision for Middle East peace includes a Palestinian state.
Wed, 15 Feb, 2017
The ongoing building of illegal settlements is just one feature of a brutal occupation that foments Palestinian resentment, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe
Mon, 07 Nov, 2016
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s senior adviser has warned Israel that if it rejects a fresh initiative to restart the dormant peace talks, that a third intifada or uprising could erupt, reports Juno McEnroe of the Irish Examiner.
Tue, 25 Oct, 2016
Ambassador Zeev Boker has a tough task appeasing sentiment here about Israeli activity in Gaza, but our countries have much in common, he tells Juno McEnroe
Mon, 10 Oct, 2016
A new poll of Israelis and Palestinians found that a slim majority on both sides still favour a peace settlement establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel, despite years of conflict and deadlock in negotiations.
Tue, 23 Aug, 2016
France’s president said yesterday that spiralling Middle East upheaval since the collapse of the round of Israel-Palestinian peace talks has complicated the process and makes it even more urgent to bring the two sides back to the table.
Sat, 04 Jun, 2016
Donald Trump called off a planned December trip to Israel, shelving what was shaping up to be an awkward visit by the Republican presidential front-runner following comments that managed to offend Muslims and Jews alike.
Fri, 11 Dec, 2015
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sparked uproar after suggesting a Second World War-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt the “final solution” to exterminate European Jews.
Thu, 22 Oct, 2015
Hillary Clinton and her aides at the US State Department were acutely aware of the need to protect sensitive information when discussing international affairs over email.
Wed, 02 Sep, 2015
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Wed, 08 Jul, 2015
Israelis and Palestinians would gain billions of dollars from making peace with each other, while both would face daunting economic losses in case of other alternatives, particularly in case of a return to violence, according to a study.
Tue, 09 Jun, 2015
Critics believe Iran will use the deal to boost its economy while continuing to try to build a bomb, but the agreement may be the best global powers could get, writes Dan Perry
Tue, 07 Apr, 2015
Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians will join the International Criminal Court – a move that sets the stage for filing a war crimes case against Israel.
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
An Israeli soldier has been stabbed in a Tel Aviv train station and police have arrested a Palestinian suspected of attacking him as part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Mon, 10 Nov, 2014
Obama is allowing himself to be drawn back into Iraq mostly because he doesn’t know what else to do, says Andrew J Bacevich
Fri, 12 Sep, 2014
Hamas has signed a pledge to back any Palestinian bid to join the International Criminal Court, two senior officials in the group said today.
Sat, 23 Aug, 2014
Malik, who was brought up a Muslim, posted the hashtag #freePalestine to his 13m followers yesterday, and it has already been shared more than 140,000 times.
Tue, 29 Jul, 2014
The United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Libya and evacuated its diplomats to neighbouring Tunisia under US military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli, the State Department said.
Sat, 26 Jul, 2014
The UN secretary-general said it is his “hope and belief” that his emergency mission to the Middle East will lead to an end to the fighting between Hamas and Israel.
Wed, 23 Jul, 2014
Israeli air strikes targeting Hamas in Gaza have hit a mosque as the Palestinian death toll topped 120 in an offensive that shows no signs of slowing down.
Sat, 12 Jul, 2014
Hundreds of Israelis lined up outside Israel’s parliament building yesterday to pay their last respects to Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister and general who died over the weekend.
Mon, 13 Jan, 2014
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to stop fuelling the bloodshed in Syria with weapons and get both sides to the negotiating table to end the “biggest challenge to peace and security in the world”.
Tue, 24 Sep, 2013
Israeli and Palestinian officials will meet soon in Washington to work out final details on relaunching Mideast peace negotiations for the first time in five years, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Sat, 20 Jul, 2013
Israel has advanced the process of building 942 more settler homes in east Jerusalem under a new fast-track plan to tighten its grip on the territory, which the Palestinians claim as the capital of a future state.
Wed, 26 Dec, 2012
FOR some time now, a certain strategic vision has been gaining traction: the United States is becoming energy independent, paving the way for its political retreat from the Middle East and justifying its strategic “pivot” toward Asia.
Mon, 10 Dec, 2012
From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world have cheered Barack Obama’s re-election as US president today.
Wed, 07 Nov, 2012
The Corona Cork Film Festival has adapted constantly to retain its position as one of the country’s top arts events, writes Carl Dixon
Thu, 01 Nov, 2012
The US president will not succeed abroad by trying to avoid the worst rather than achieve the best, says Zaki Laidi
Wed, 24 Oct, 2012
It is good to see that John McCarthy, who survived five years of brutal captivity in Lebanon at the hands of Islamic terrorists, has not been deterred from returning to the Middle East to expand his knowledge and understanding of that troubled region.
Fri, 06 Jul, 2012
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Syria’s president to swiftly end his regime’s bloody crackdown and appealed to the divided UN Security Council to unite and help the country “pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe.”
Mon, 12 Mar, 2012
Fourteen members of the United Nations Security Council pointed a collective finger at the United States for blocking condemnation of Israel’s stepped-up settlement programme in Palestinian territory.
Wed, 21 Dec, 2011
A deeply divided United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a European and US-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters.
Thu, 28 Apr, 2011
EXHORTING world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism, President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations yesterday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve agreement within a year to create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel.
Fri, 24 Sep, 2010
US President Barack Obama is exhorting the world to unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, challenging the United Nations to support an agreement that would create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel in a year's time.
Thu, 23 Sep, 2010
CROWDS of Palestinian youths went on violent rampages in east Jerusalem yesterday, stoning buses, overturning cars and facing down Israeli riot police at the holy city’s most sensitive religious site following the shooting death of a local man.
Crowds of Palestinian youths went on the rampage in east Jerusalem today as a sudden burst of violence clouded fragile peace efforts.
Wed, 22 Sep, 2010
EU foreign ministers urged Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza, now entering its fourth year, but put off concrete proposals until their next meeting next month.
Tue, 15 Jun, 2010
ISRAEL has lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.
Thu, 18 Mar, 2010
The rift in US-Israel relations deepened today after American envoy George Mitchell cancelled a visit and Jerusalem insisted it would not back down over building plans at the heart of the row.
Tue, 16 Mar, 2010
Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will travel tomorrow evening to Cairo on a visit which will include meetings with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit, it was announced this evening.
Mon, 22 Feb, 2010
FORMER British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told the country’s Iraq Inquiry yesterday that he agonised over the decision to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with force, but feels officials made the best decision they could.
Fri, 22 Jan, 2010
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