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.

An exhibition by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir is about to open at IMMA in Dublin. She tells Alan O’Riordan why some of her new work taps into Irish history

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.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to undergo a heart test in hospital.

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I take grave objection to the description of the Palestinian people put forward by Desmond Fitzgerald (Letters, October 2).

Dozens of Palestinian protesters have hurled eggs and shoes at the convoy of the visiting Canadian foreign minister.

Jewish settlers have attacked US consular officials during a visit to the West Bank to investigate claims of damage to Palestinian agricultural property, Israeli police said.

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

There will not be an enduring stability between Israel and Palestinians in the near future, President Barack Obama has warned, unless leaders on both sides take political risks.

Israel’s Security Cabinet has unanimously rejected a US proposal for a temporary pause in Israel-Hamas fighting.

The UN chief and the US secretary of state have made a new attempt to nail down a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli aircraft have struck 30 houses in the Gaza Strip, killing a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group and two of his sons.

Thousands of Palestinians protesting against the fighting in Gaza clashed with Israeli soldiers as the violence spread to the West Bank.

Ireland’s refusal to support a United Nations inquiry into allegations of war crimes in Gaza is a dereliction of the state’s proud humanitarian history, it has been claimed.

John Kerry flew into Israel’s main airport today despite a US ban in a sign of his determination to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip – despite little evidence of progress in negotiations.

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.

Israeli troops arrested some 80 Palestinians, including dozens of members of Hamas, in an overnight raid in the West Bank as the prime minister accused the Islamic militant group of kidnapping three teenagers who went missing last week.

President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Palestinian unity government yesterday in a reconciliation deal with Hamas Islamists that led Israel to freeze US-brokered peace talks.

Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners yesterday, days before US secretary of state John Kerry was due back in the Middle East to press the two sides to reach a framework peace deal.

Russia said yesterday that former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, but the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow said an investigation would continue, Russian news agencies reported.

Irish troops serving in Syria have come under attack from anti-government armed forces.

The Palestinians said yesterday that Israel is the only suspect in the “assassination” of Yasser Arafat, a day after Swiss experts said tests suggested their veteran leader was killed by polonium poisoning.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha said yesterday after receiving the results of Swiss forensic tests on her husband’s corpse.

Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinians in clashes during an arrest raid in the West Bank in the deadliest incident in the area in years.

Syrian state media has accused rebels of using chemical arms today against government troops trying to storm a contested area of Damascus.

Israel has released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted over killings, ahead of long-stalled Middle East peace talks.

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.

A senior Israeli official has accused Google of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting “Palestine” under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories.

Changes in South Africa and the North show that what can seem fanciful is in fact possible, says Ann Cahill

US president Barack Obama insisted a two-state solution was still viable, but disappointed his Palestinian hosts by failing to take a clear stance on freezing settlement activity.

Gaza militants have fired two rockets at southern Israel on the second day of President Barack Obama’s visit to the region, police say.

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.

The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave today so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death, Palestinian officials said.

Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a ceasefire to end the week-long Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but a deal remained elusive after a day of furious diplomatic efforts.

The prospect of a Hamas-Israel ceasefire drew closer tonight after encouraging hints that both sides were near to a deal.

US President Barack Obama is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Middle East in the hope that she can help mediate an end to the bloody conflict in the region.

A former Israeli official has denied suspicions that the country poisoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as France began an investigation into his possible murder.

Israel has handed over the remains of 91 Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, to the West Bank government in an effort to persuade President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks.

An Israeli envoy is to meet meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tonight to submit a letter regarding the possibility of substantive talks.

A Palestinian protester in Gaza has reportedly died from Israeli army gunfire as thousands took part in an annual protest against Israeli land policy.

Seven children and a teacher were killed when a truck lost control in rainy weather and crashed into a Palestinian school bus.