Councillors vote to raise Palestinian flag over Belfast City Hall
Sinn Féin motion passed by 32 votes to 28 at council meeting
Israel-Hamas conflict
Stories relating to the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants
President Herzog faces defining choice as Israel’s Netanyahu seeks unprecedented pardon
Move fuels fierce debate between supporters seeking closure and critics warning of democratic backsliding
The Irish Times view on Herzog Park: this proposal should be rejected
Many will see the proposal to rename a Dublin park as an act of erasure that would write the Jewish community out of Ireland’s story
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended
City council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord Mayor
Binyamin Netanyahu submits request to Israel’s president for pardon in corruption trial
PM has been on trial for five years, indicted on three criminal charges including bribery, fraud and breach of trust
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
‘No plans’ to drop Occupied Territories Bill but legislation ‘not straightforward’, says McEntee
Government criticised for ‘delays and delays and delays’ on legislation banning trade with illegal settlements
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
Israeli police open inquiry after two Palestinians shot and killed in West Bank
Video footages appears to show both men exiting a building in city of Jenin and lying on ground in apparent surrender
From Gaza to Dublin: ‘When I saw bananas for the first time in two years, I almost screamed’
Gazan student says new life in Dublin is ‘a miracle’
Occupied Territories Bill: ‘considerable uncertainty’ over including services
McEntee tells Dáil ‘legal clarity’ is needed and that Government is awaiting Attorney General’s advice
Ciarán Murphy: GAA should not be cowards and must cut ties with Allianz over Gaza
The GAA is being pushed by its own members - not outside forces - to cut ties with sponsors Allianz over Gaza
Body of Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as vow to recover all dead hostages intensifies
Dror Or’s body is identified following forensic tests; attention now fixed on Thai national and one Israeli police officer still unaccounted for
Israel receives remains of hostage held in Gaza from Red Cross
Palestinian enclave’s health ministry reports 345 killed and 588 bodies recovered since fragile ceasefire began in October
Palestinian economy suffers collapse after Israel-Hamas conflict, UN says
Gaza war and economic restrictions in Israeli-occupied West Bank have wiped out decades of growth
Controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ceases aid operations
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed while seeking food amid chaotic scenes near its aid distribution sites
Army personnel draw weapons as pro-Palestinian activists spray-paint US plane at Shannon
Three people in court in Ennis charged with criminal damage of US military aircraft at Shannon on Saturday
US government labels Occupied Territories Bill ‘virtue signalling’
State department monitoring proposed legislation which could ‘adversely affect’ United States companies
Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip kill 33 people and injure 88 in 24 hours
Israel and Hamas continue to trade blame for ceasefire violations with 12 children among those most recently killed
What’s in the in-trays of the new Ministers? Just some very big political challenges
Occupied Territories Bill, volatile tax receipts and school spaces for those with additional needs among responsibilities
Tens of thousands in Gaza still at ‘significant risk’ of starvation, says McEntee
Conversation ‘needs to be had’ with Israel about helping to fund Gaza reconstruction, new Minister for Foreign Affairs says
Israeli air strikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, testing fragile ceasefire
Hamas and Israel have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce
Protest outside Dáil calls for inclusion of services in Occupied Territories Bill
Activists and Opposition concerned legislation would only include trade of goods from illegal Israeli settlements
Israel’s far right pushes death-penalty Bill critics say will target Palestinians
Controversial plan prompts warnings from rights groups of a discriminatory and dangerous shift in Israel’s legal system
Trump’s shocking response to reporter’s question part of a trend
Oval Office meeting with Mohammed bin Salman was a triumph for the Saudi crown prince
The Irish Times view on the UN resolution on Gaza: crucial to push ahead
Much of the road ahead still remains uncharted after Monday’s landmark security council vote
UN vote to approve Gaza peace plan angers Israeli right-wingers
Netanyahu reiterates ‘opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed’ in response to far-right ministers
After hundreds of Gazans arrive on mystery flights, South Africa asks how
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise
One of the oddest UN resolutions in history puts Donald Trump in supreme control of Gaza
Little appetite among the would-be troop contributors to new international stabilisation force
A precarious path to peace in Gaza
Indonesia, Azerbaijan and others could contribute troops to 20,000-strong international stabilisation force
UN Security Council votes to adopt US resolution on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Text authorises an international stabilisation force which would ensure process of demilitarising Palestinian enclave
Government will not oppose joint Opposition motion on Occupied Territories Bill
Still unclear if services will be included in legislation as urged by other parties and pro-Palestinian campaigners
Challenge to Bob Vylan concert at Vicar Street dropped by councillor
Objection by Independent Ireland’s Linda de Courcy was found not legitimate by judge who granted venue’s licence
Germany moves to resume sales of weapons to Israel
Berlin says it will return to ‘case-by-case review’ for arms exports to Israel
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