Palestine

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Irish Examiner view: Citizens' Assembly asked vital questions for future good of society
Irish Examiner view: Citizens' Assembly asked vital questions for future good of society
We should thank everyone who has participated and given their time to consider one of the most important issues that we will face together for many years

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023

Martin: Government preparing to recognise Palestine as independent state
Martin: Government preparing to recognise Palestine as independent state
Tánaiste Micheál Martin suggested that Ireland will soon recognise Palestine in support of a two-state solution in the Middle East

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle
Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle
Israeli authorities evicted a Palestinian family from a contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, capping a decades-long legal battle that has come to symbolise the conflicting claims to the holy city.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2023

CC SINN FEIN
Concerns over IDA plans to hire business development consultant in Israel
The Israeli military recently concluded military operations in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, with 13 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier killed in the fighting.

Thu, 06 Jul, 2023

Palestinian and Israeli officials meet ahead of holy month as violence soars
Palestinian and Israeli officials meet ahead of holy month as violence soars
High-level Palestinian and Israeli delegations will meet in Jordan in a bid to reduce surging tensions ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Sun, 26 Feb, 2023

Nine Palestinians killed in deadliest single raid by Israel in two decades
Nine Palestinians killed in deadliest single raid by Israel in two decades
Of the five rockets fired at Israel, three were intercepted, one fell in an open area and another fell short inside Gaza, the military said

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

The two sides of Bethlehem
The two sides of Bethlehem
The story of the nativity is central to the Christmas season and each year thousands of people visit Bethlehem to see where Jesus is said to have been born. However, Bethlehem is also home to 25,000 Palestinians who live in the shadow of a separation wall. They cannot move freely, struggle to maintain a livelihood, and cannot return to their ancestral villages.

Sun, 25 Dec, 2022

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2022 set to be deadliest year for Palestinians in West Bank
More than 125 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year. 

Sat, 29 Oct, 2022

Irish MEPs' delegation blocked by Israel from entering Gaza 
Irish MEPs' delegation blocked by Israel from entering Gaza 
The Israeli authorities said that they 'cannot allow the visit to Gaza of delegations with political affiliation and legislators'

Sun, 22 May, 2022

Foot Soldiers
Letters to the editor: Propaganda persists that 26 counties is nation of Ireland
The people living in the northeast have been left at the mercy of a foreign power that implemented a brutal sectarian apartheid in that part of our country

Sat, 05 Feb, 2022

Sally Rooney defends decision to block Hebrew translation of new book
Sally Rooney defends decision to block Hebrew translation of new book
Her third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, was published in September and quickly became a bestseller in the UK and Ireland.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

Israel Palestinians Prisoners Escape
Israel carries out air strikes on Gaza after launch of incendiary balloons
Israel launched air strikes on what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip, after incendiary balloons were sent into Israeli territory, the army said.

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

Benny Gantz
Israel and Palestine hold first high-level talks in years
Israel’s defence minister has held talks with the Palestinian president in Ramallah, the first high-level meeting between the two sides in years, officials said.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

Restaurant review: Two Cork food stalwarts reign supreme with top quality dishes
Restaurant review: Two Cork food stalwarts reign supreme with top quality dishes
Flavoursome and fresh food from Izz Cafe and The Castle Café in Cork

Sat, 05 Jun, 2021

Izz Café in Cork raises over €6k for Gaza through coffee and cake sales
Izz Café in Cork raises over €6k for Gaza through coffee and cake sales
Izzeddeen Akarajeh says he and his wife are "are so proud to call Cork our home"

Thu, 27 May, 2021

Ireland to become the first EU state to label Israeli settlement programme 'annexation'
Ireland to become the first EU state to label Israeli settlement programme 'annexation'
In hard-hitting Dáil speech, foreign minister Simon Coveney says we cannot return to 'illegal settlements' and 'forced evisions' 

Tue, 25 May, 2021

Palestinian-owned Izz Cafe in Cork sees queues out the door for Gaza fundraiser
Palestinian-owned Izz Cafe in Cork sees queues out the door for Gaza fundraiser
Izz Cafe on George's Quay donated proceeds from yesterday's coffee and cake sales to Trócaire's Gaza Fund, following Saturday's march in support of people in the region

Mon, 24 May, 2021

Palestine solidarity march - Dublin
Thousands march on Israeli Embassy in pro-Palestine demonstration
The largest demonstration was held in Dublin, with protesters meeting at the Spire on O’Connell St and marching to the Israeli Embassy in Ballsbridge

Sat, 22 May, 2021

Letters to the Editor: Time to enact Occupied Territories Bill
Letters to the Editor: Time to enact Occupied Territories Bill
It merely seeks to ban produce from the illegal West Bank settlements, rather than from Israel - a very modest proposal

Thu, 20 May, 2021

Police Stock
Police officer under investigation for chanting ‘Free Palestine’ at protest
Clips of the female officer were posted on Twitter, with users questioning whether she should have been expressing political views while on duty

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Israel Palestinians
Biden expresses support for Israel-Gaza ceasefire in call to Netanyahu
Mr Biden stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli air strikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than 200 people, most of them Palestinian

Tue, 18 May, 2021

Human waste spills on to Gaza's blacked-out streets as crisis looms
Human waste spills on to Gaza's blacked-out streets as crisis looms
Fears are mounting of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the enclave

Mon, 17 May, 2021

Dun Emer Lusk, Sod Turning
Letters to the editor: Time for young people to make a stand
Unless there is radical change to housing policy then funding State functions should stop 

Mon, 17 May, 2021

Irish Examiner view: The least we can hope for is a ceasefire 
Irish Examiner view: The least we can hope for is a ceasefire 
Middle East: Minister Coveney insists Israel must abide by international law

Mon, 17 May, 2021

Thousands attend rallies in Dublin and Cork to show support for people of Palestine
Thousands attend rallies in Dublin and Cork to show support for people of Palestine
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said it was “not acceptable” that children were being killed by Israeli fire.

Sat, 15 May, 2021

Palestine solidarity march - London
Thousands join UK protest against Gaza violence
Organisers say “immediate action” is needed by the UK Government to help end the “brutal” violence against the Palestinian people.

Sat, 15 May, 2021

Israel Palestinians
Israel takes VIP status from Palestine’s foreign minister over ICC trip
Israel revoked the VIP permit of the Palestinian foreign minister after he returned to the West Bank from a trip to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Israeli and Palestinian officials confirmed.

Sun, 21 Mar, 2021

Taoiseach visit to the US
Irish Examiner view: Middle East relations are one positive in Trump’s legacy
Israel is now moving towards establishing normal diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan

Thu, 29 Oct, 2020

Taoiseach visit to the US
UK urges Palestinian leaders to make Trump a peace plan counteroffer
The UK has urged the Palestinian authorities to make a counteroffer to Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan.

Thu, 24 Sep, 2020

Comment: Arab ‘olive branch’ will be used to brutalise occupied Palestine
Comment: Arab ‘olive branch’ will be used to brutalise occupied Palestine
The deal signed by two tiny Arabian Gulf states underwrites Israel’s colonial power over Palestine, and will facilitate an even harder line on its beleaguered citizens, writes Daoud Kuttab

Thu, 17 Sep, 2020

CC GREEN PARTY
Green TD files advertising complaint against AirBnB listings in Palestine
A Green Party TD has complained to the Advertising Standards Agency for Ireland (ASAI) regarding AirBnB in Palestine.

Sun, 09 Aug, 2020

Daoud Kuttab: Time for all of EU to recognise Palestine as occupied state
Daoud Kuttab: Time for all of EU to recognise Palestine as occupied state

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

Meet the migrant chefs revolutionising Cork's food scene
Meet the migrant chefs revolutionising Cork's food scene

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

Thu, 30 May, 2019

No end in sight to resolving problems of the Middle East
No end in sight to resolving problems of the Middle East

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

Mon, 22 Apr, 2019

Three young Palestinians killed as tens of thousands join Gaza Strip protest
Three young Palestinians killed as tens of thousands join Gaza Strip protest

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.

Sat, 30 Mar, 2019

UN finds 'reasonable grounds' Israeli forces violated human rights and committed war crimes at Gaza border
UN finds 'reasonable grounds' Israeli forces violated human rights and committed war crimes at Gaza border

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.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2019

We are nothing if we do not act on the promptings of our conscience
We are nothing if we do not act on the promptings of our conscience

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.

Thu, 07 Feb, 2019

Ireland risks seeming antisemitic - Occupied Territories Bill
Ireland risks seeming antisemitic - Occupied Territories Bill

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.

Thu, 24 Jan, 2019

Simon Community
Ireland will recognise Palestine if impasse with Israel not broken, Coveney says

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.

Sat, 22 Sep, 2018

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit Ireland
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit Ireland

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

Sun, 16 Sep, 2018

Face of Gaza’s traumatised people
Face of Gaza’s traumatised people

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

Thu, 06 Sep, 2018

Ireland must recognise Palestinian statehood
Ireland must recognise Palestinian statehood

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.

Tue, 04 Sep, 2018

Coveney: US decision to pull funding to UN relief agency 'heartless and dangerous'
Coveney: US decision to pull funding to UN relief agency 'heartless and dangerous'

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.

Sat, 01 Sep, 2018

Dispelling the myth of ‘Jews-only roads’ in the West Bank
Dispelling the myth of ‘Jews-only roads’ in the West Bank

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

Thu, 19 Jul, 2018

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