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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.

Amnesty International is equal in its condemnation of Palestine atrocities

When it comes to basic rights, Israel has nothing to boast about

It’s easy to lecture from the West when you have your freedoms

Palestinians want Palestine in its entirety

Israel has murdered 2,000 children in the last 15 years. That is cowardly

Israeli crackdown after surge in Palestinian violence

Israel has set up roadblocks in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, and deployed soldiers in cities across the country, to combat the worst surge of violence in months.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2015

Responsibility for the Palestinians’ living conditions lies with Israel

The demonisation of the Palestinian people by Desmond Fitzgerald continues unabated (Letters, October 8).

Sat, 10 Oct, 2015

We must wake up to human rights abuses by Arabs in Palestinian Gaza

It’s remarkable how selective apologists for the myth of a Palestinian state are about what offends them.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2015

Israel PM in US to warn on risks of Iran nuclear deal

Defying US president Barack Obama, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington to warn Congress about the risks of a possible nuclear deal with Iran in a speech that has imperilled ties between the two allies.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2015

There were no crimes against humanity in Gaza

While I agree with Edward Horgan (Letters, January 28) that “perpetrators of genocide are often not held to account”, his comment that “many people are justifiably opposed to crimes against humanity committed by Israel against Palestinians” is disturbing.

Thu, 29 Jan, 2015

The real threat to a peace deal - A Palestinian right recognised

It is not surprising that Israel has criticised the Dáil decision to recognise the right of right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2014

Obama offers intervention in Gaza violence

President Barack Obama offered the help of the United States in negotiating a ceasefire to end escalating violence between Israel and Hamas.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2014

UN chief urges Gaza ceasefire

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said it is more urgent than ever to avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war that could spill into the Middle East and called on both sides to agree a ceasefire.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2014

Google 'recognises' Palestine

Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said that Google had decided to change the name of the Palestinian Territories to just Palestine in its products.

Fri, 03 May, 2013

School rejects paper’s accusation of antisemitism

The principal of a secondary school in Kerry has rejected claims made by an Israeli journalist of antisemitism and pro-Palestinian bias in the school.

Thu, 31 Jan, 2013

Israel misses human-rights review without giving reason

Israel has become the first nation to miss a UN review of its human rights record without giving a reason.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2013

Netanyahu poised for victory Israelis head to the polls

Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised for re-election as Israel’s Prime Minister because of the failure of his opponents to unite behind a viable candidate against him .

Tue, 22 Jan, 2013

Fatah stages mass rally in Gaza

The Fatah party of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has staged a massive rally in the Gaza Strip, the first such gathering in the territory since the Islamist Hamas group took control there in 2007.

Fri, 04 Jan, 2013

Netanyahu hits out at 'double standards'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the international community of double standards.

Mon, 10 Dec, 2012

Humiliation is not a firm basis for stability

Israel’s response to the Palestinians’ new UN status is to deprive and humiliate which may maintain the status quo but will sabotage chances of long-term peace, writes Ian Buruma

Wed, 05 Dec, 2012

Israel deputy foreign minister: Settlement plan response 'not the end of the world'

Israel’s deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon has said that Israel is not happy about the international response to the plan for settlements in east Jerusalem, but “it’s not the end of the world”.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2012

UN upgrade of Palestine status a sharp rebuke for Israel and US

The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognise a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: they do not control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in Gaza and the West Bank, and they have no unified army or police.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2012

UN vote gives recognition to Palestinian state

The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution last night to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s observer status at the UN from “entity” to “non-member state”, implicitly recognising a Palestinian state.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2012

UN votes to recognise Palestine

The United Nations voted overwhelmingly today to recognise a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.

Thu, 29 Nov, 2012

Dismay and frustration as world leaders gather

Democratic uprisings across the Arab world and the Palestinians’ bid for UN membership sparked hope and excitement at last year’s meeting of world leaders.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2012

US blamed for not condemning Israel

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

US fury as Karzai backs Pakistan

The Obama administration should rethink its commitment to the fight in Afghanistan, according to American politicians furious with Afghan president Hamid Karzai for saying his country would back Pakistan in a war with the United States.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2011

Council takes first step in consideration of Palestinian UN request

THE Security Council took its first official step yesterday to consider the Palestinians’ request for UN membership.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2011

Palestinians at the UN - Deadlock is oxygen for extremists

LESS than two weeks ago America and its friends — including Ireland — marked the tenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attack that country has faced.

Thu, 22 Sep, 2011

Palestinians’ UN bid starts

FRANTIC diplomatic efforts gathered pace yesterday as the Palestinians rode roughshod over Israeli and US opposition and pressed their bid to demand full UN membership for a Palestinian state.

Wed, 21 Sep, 2011

Abbas to make UN statehood bid

The Palestinian president is to ask the UN Security Council next week to endorse his statehood bid, a step that would risk a threatened US veto in the council.

Fri, 16 Sep, 2011

Israel set to approve 4,300 new homes in East Jerusalem

ISRAEL’S interior minister gave final authorisation to build 1,600 apartments in disputed east Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more apartments in days, officials said yesterday, detailing a plan that could complicate diplomatic efforts to dissuade Palestinians from declaring statehood at the United Nations.

Fri, 12 Aug, 2011

Norris should consider the national interest

IT has been argued by thousands of human rights protestors, including Trocaire, in recent years that Ezra Nawi is merely a pacifist protestor in the mould of Mahatma Gandhi who has been unfairly prosecuted and convicted by the Israeli courts when he attempted to halt the Israeli Defence Forces demolition of Palestinians’ homes in South Hebron in July 2007.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2011

Mideast peace efforts in ‘crisis’ as US bid fails

THE Middle East peace process lay in tatters yesterday after Washington admitted defeat in its efforts to secure an Israeli freeze on settlement building, the Palestinians’ condition for resuming talks.

Thu, 09 Dec, 2010

Israeli Cabinet considers peace talks plan

Washington’s new proposal for reviving Middle East talks was presented to Israel’s Cabinet.

Mon, 15 Nov, 2010

Palestinians back Abbas in settlements row

Dozens of senior Palestinians backed President Mahmoud Abbas’ refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it builds in West Bank settlements.

Sun, 03 Oct, 2010

Palestinians stand firm on settlements pause

Dozens of senior Palestinians today backed President Mahmoud Abbas’ refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it builds in West Bank settlements.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2010

New round of Middle East talks begin today

The US prepared today to plunge into a new round of Middle East peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for face-to-face talks for the first time in nearly two years.

Wed, 01 Sep, 2010

Obama tells Israel to ease Gaza blockade

US president Barack Obama wants to sharply limit Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the botched naval raid that is straining American and Israeli relations with allies around the world.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2010

Gaza activists were ‘useful idiots’ in a much bigger Turkish power game

IN my first year at Queen’s in Belfast, no subject exercised the monthly meetings of the students’ union more than the name of the hall where our meetings were held.

Wed, 09 Jun, 2010

An isolated state - Israel losing friends it badly needs

JUST as the international community, almost with a single voice, angrily condemned the murder of nine peace protestors – or Hamas sleepers as Israel would like us to believe – Israel shrugged off the condemnation with indignation and considerable arrogance.

Wed, 02 Jun, 2010