Abbas enters his 17th year in power amid criticism and uncertainty
Long-tenured Palestinian leader’s crowning achievement has yet to achieve desired results
Long-tenured Palestinian leader’s crowning achievement has yet to achieve desired results
Biden administration ‘deeply concerned’ about plans for thousands of settlement units
New power-sharing coalition sworn in after tense vote, includes Arab party for first time
As conflict with Palestinian militants escalates, Joe Biden makes clear where he stands
Hamas has warned that delay would harm efforts to achieve Palestinian unity
Parties could be forced into uneasy coalition, with Fatah fractured by two defectors
Votes aim to inject democratic legitimacy into discredited leadership as support wanes
State denies responsibility for health care in the West Bank or Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip
Key figure who helped shape Oslo accords had lung transplant three years ago
Blockade of Gaza described as ‘almost a death sentence during the pandemic’
Gulf Arab state joins UAE in establishing ties, in move that threatens to isolate Palestinians
Simon Coveney expresses ‘grave concern’ that plan fails to achieve balance between both sides to conflict
Promise of talks towards truncated state falls way short of minimum Palestinian demands
Trump administration’s carrot for secret peace deal met with widespread criticism
PLO regards shutting of de facto embassy to Palestinians as an assault on their rights
President begins consulations to form new government
Hamas stopped car with elite unit renowned for slipping behind enemy lines
Irish ambassador Alison Kelly summoned to foreign ministry over ‘populist’ initiative
Israeli army says protesters threw grenades and explosives and used incendiary kites
Donald Trump will reverse seven decades of policy with embassy opening on Monday
Mahmoud Abbas suggests Jews not persecuted on religious grounds, but because of their conduct
Vote in response to Trump’s Jerusalem move would require implementation by Abbas
Palestinian president accused by Israelis of abandoning prospect of negotiations
As the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem approaches, Fatah and Hamas are under popular pressure to reconcile
Trump’s abandonment of policy could put weak pro-Western Arab regimes at risk
Israeli parliament passes law retroactively approving settler homes in the West Bank
Tributes to Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was architect of Israel’s nuclear programme
Defence minister denies Israel attempting to interfere in internal Palestinian affairs
Former London mayor branded a ‘disgusting Nazi apologist’ after his Hitler ‘Zionist’ claim
Move seen as applying political pressure on Israel, which has fiercely opposed guidelines
Mufti of Jerusalem persuaded Hitler to carry out Final Solution, Israeli PM says
Spate of assaults on Israelis triggers concern that yet another uprising on way
Leading human rights lawyer Raji Sourani appears before Oireachtas committee
First legal document negotiated between Holy See and state means official recognition
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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