#Israel-Palestine

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Irish-funded Christmas project a lifeline for Palestinian craftspeople in Bethlehem
Irish-funded Christmas project a lifeline for Palestinian craftspeople in Bethlehem
The job creation project in Bethlehem is overseen by Sr Bridget Tighe, an Irish nun based in Jerusalem

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Eurovision 2025
Iceland joins Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia in boycotting Eurovision 2026
The 2026 contest will be held in Vienna in May

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Herzog Park row shows name changes need proper discussion to avoid polarisation
Herzog Park row shows name changes need proper discussion to avoid polarisation
Last week saw much debate over the suggested name change of a small park in Rathgar, a delightfully secluded spot known only in my youth as ‘the quarry’.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Hamas Israel Conflict
S Mick Clifford: The Herzog Park debacle is what happens when symbolism replaces sense
The attempt to rename Herzog Park shows how exaggerated gestures and extreme rhetoric can hinder Ireland’s credibility on Israel–Palestine

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

Palestinians Daily Life Holiday Lights
‘Life coming back’ to Bethlehem as Christmas celebrations muted by war return
Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem as the shaky ceasefire holds in Gaza. For the past two Christmases, most businesses in the traditional birthplace of Jesus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were shuttered and eerily empty.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Qatari leader says Gaza ceasefire is at a critical moment
Qatar’s prime minister has said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down, with the remains of just one Israeli hostage still held by militants in Gaza.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Eurovision 2024
Eurovision: ‘Israel doesn’t care’ about Irish exit. 'You have not sent a decent song in 25 years'
Former Israeli delegate says Ireland could 'return stronger' after RTÉ decides to pull out of next year's Eurovision in light of the humanitarian crisis in Palestine

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Human rights groups allege Microsoft Ireland's data processing on behalf of IDF 'put millions of Palestinians in danger'
Complaint to Data protection Commission alleges processing by Microsoft Ireland facilitated the killing of civilians in Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces, continues to enable mass surveillance of individuals in the entire occupied Palestinian territory, and enables Israeli occupation of Palestine

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

TĂĄnaiste praises ambassador to Israel for rejecting suggestions Ireland is antisemitic
TĂĄnaiste praises ambassador to Israel for rejecting suggestions Ireland is antisemitic
Israel's foreign minister had accused the Government of being antisemitic following a Dublin City Council motion to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Ukraine Invasion War Crimes
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe should be convulsing at US sanctions against French ICC judge
The US government has sanctioned a European judge for carrying out his official duties in Europe while working in an institution established by Europe’s elected representatives at great cost and effort, writes Yanis Varoufakis

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Government committed to passing Occupied Territories Bill, TĂĄnaiste Simon Harris says
Government committed to passing Occupied Territories Bill, TĂĄnaiste Simon Harris says
Mr Harris said Government 'intends to proceed with the legislation as per the programme for government'

Mon, 01 Dec, 2025

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Inside Gaza’s apocalypse: A doctor’s testimony from a landscape of rubble and starvation
A veteran volunteer surgeon describes deliberate shootings, starvation and mass devastation in Gaza as he prepares to speak in Clare

Sat, 29 Nov, 2025

Bill to ban all trade with Israel to go before DĂĄil
Bill to ban all trade with Israel to go before DĂĄil
People Before Profit's Sanctions Against Israel Bill 2025 calls for 'a complete boycott of all economic relations with the state of Israel'

Thu, 27 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel identifies latest remains returned from Gaza as hostage Dror Or
That leaves the bodies of two hostages in Gaza as the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement nears a conclusion

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Hamas to return Israeli hostage’s body as fragile ceasefire holds
Hamas says it will return the body of an Israeli hostage on Tuesday, as part of the fragile ceasefire that has held despite Israeli strikes on , mounting Palestinian casualties and mutual accusations of violations.

Tue, 25 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
At least 24 die as Israel launches fresh airstrikes against Hamas militants
Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025

Taoiseach calls for global push to end conflicts during Ireland’s first G20 summit speech
Taoiseach calls for global push to end conflicts during Ireland’s first G20 summit speech
In a landmark G20 appearance, MicheĂĄl Martin pressed world leaders to end major conflicts and support inclusive global growth

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025

Colin Sheridan: Under Trump's plan, a VIP lounge of powerful nations is carving up Palestine
Colin Sheridan: Under Trump's plan, a VIP lounge of powerful nations is carving up Palestine
The UN Security Council 'increasingly resembles an Epstein Island of nations — a sun-bleached VIP lounge of the powerful.'

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Occupied Territories Bill protest
Government accused of stalling on Occupied Territories Bill
Protesters at the DĂĄil called for the urgent passing of the bill

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

Lebanon Israel
Israel’s military carries out strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens
The Israeli military has carried out multiple barrages of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on what it said were Hezbollah weapons storage facilities after a drone strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded several others, including ...

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

Mideast Wars-UN Aid
Israel must let Unrwa back into Gaza
UN resolution will have no impact on the desperate humanitarian situation in devastated enclave

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
UN approves US plan authorising international stabilisation force in Gaza
The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

UN General Assembly Israel
Outrage in Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu says government will oversee inquiry
Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, called the decision insulting to the victims of October 7 and to the hundreds of soldiers who have died in the war

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

Labour party still has 'significant differences' with Sinn FĂ©in, says Ivana Bacik
Labour party still has 'significant differences' with Sinn FĂ©in, says Ivana Bacik
Labour leader says Government is made up of 'relics of a bygone era' as she eyes alternative future

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025

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Gaza health officials receive bodies of 15 Palestinians returned by Israel
Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said.

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

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Dorcha Lee: What the end of Unifil means for Lebanon and for Ireland's Defence Forces
As the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon prepares to wind down, Dorcha Lee examines the prospects for the region — and what the 49-year mission has meant for our Defence Forces

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Joining boycott movement is an antidote to despair over Gaza
Joining boycott movement is an antidote to despair over Gaza
It wasn’t until I understood the tenets of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that as both a consumer and a business person, my power lies in where I put my money, writes Laura O'Connell

Tue, 11 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Gaza health officials say Israel has handed over more bodies of Palestinians
The Gaza Health Ministry said the Red Cross handed over the bodies on Monday, raising the total number received so far to 315

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Red Cross receives body Hamas claims is Israeli soldier killed in 2014
Hamas said it found the body of Hadar Goldin in a tunnel in the city of Rafah on Saturday

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Latest hostage remains returned from Gaza identified as Israeli man
The body was identified as that of Lior Rudaeff, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025

BBC job cuts
BBC Middle East editor sues Owen Jones for libel at High Court over Gaza article
Jones said he looked forward to “vigorously defending my reporting”.

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Election 2025 NYC Mayor
Marion McKeone: Zohran Mamdani win rings starting bell for Donald Trump vs New York fight
Billionaire-backed Andrew Cuomo was swept away by ordinary New Yorkers galvanised by a cheery 34-year-old who kept his campaign focused on the cost of living 

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Colin Sheridan: Israel's 'ceasefire' a placatory piece of theatre that continues its genocide
American power projecting itself is always clothed in peace, democracy, and rights, but always enforcing the very opposite, writes Colin Sheridan 

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians
Health officials in Gaza have said Israel has handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians. Zaher al-Wahidi, a spokesperson at the Gaza health ministry, said Nasser Hospital in Gaza received the bodies on Monday morning.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Remains of Israeli soldiers killed in October 7 attack returned
Israeli officials have said the remains of three hostages returned from Gaza the previous night belong to soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on October 7 2023 that triggered the war.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Red Cross says it has transferred unidentified remains of three people to Israel
The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late on Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages, an Israeli military official said.

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel hands over bodies of 30 Palestinians as ceasefire agreement edges forward
Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to health authorities in Gaza on Friday, completing an exchange after militants turned over remains of two hostages, in a sign that the tense Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement is edging forward.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Palestinian militants hand over the remains of two more hostages
Israel’s military said on Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over two coffins containing the remains of dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Israeli planes strike Gaza in test of US-brokered ceasefire
Israeli planes strike Gaza in test of US-brokered ceasefire
At least nine people were killed in the strikes, including four in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood and five in a car targeted in Khan Younis, according to local health authorities

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu orders military to immediately carry out attacks in Gaza
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu orders military to immediately carry out attacks in Gaza
The order will be a new test for the US-brokered ceasefire

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force, says Israel’s top diplomat
Israel will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international force the United States has proposed to oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Israel’s top diplomat said.

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Seven seriously ill children brought from Gaza to Ireland for treatment
The flight from Palestine to Jordan and on to Ireland was arranged in response to an appeal from the World Health Organization

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

A young woman protects herself by exposing her hand in front of her
Irish Examiner view: Societal cancer that is gender-based violence must be cut out
The moves to introduce Jennie’s Law, which would allow for a public register of people convicted of domestic violence against a partner or former partner, are welcome, overdue, and should be accelerated

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians US
Vance brands Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation ‘an insult’
US vice president JD Vance has criticised Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, saying it amounted to an “insult”.

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

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