Four stories that Albert Camus might choose to tell if he were alive today
Author’s speech 80 years ago, on how ideology is used to excuse or celebrate death, feels suddenly current
West Bank
Sympathy for Palestinians’ plight should not be conflated with anti-Semitism
It is wrong to assume that people of left-wing disposition are prejudiced against Jews
US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran
Binyamin Netanyahu seems intent on obliterating Israel’s international standing
Trump says he told Israel to not repeat strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure
Netanyahu claims, without evidence, Tehran no longer capable of enriching uranium or producing ballistic missiles
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip
Surge in Israeli settler violence in West Bank since start of Iran war
At least five Palestinians killed during attacks by settlers in 11 days
A Holocaust survivor’s essential book for anyone concerned with law or human rights
Theodor Meron’s A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide
Ireland’s Jewish Council reports 143 anti-Semitic incidents in six-month period
Body expresses ‘deep concern’ and urges ‘rapid development of dedicated national plan to counter growing antisemitism’
Michael D Higgins regrets not calling out ‘disastrous capitalism’ more
Former president said much of world’s wealth was now concentrated among ‘a few hundred people’
Letters: Mainstream media have gone quiet on Gaza since the ‘ceasefire’
Western media interest seems to have fallen off a cliff, yet the suffering continues
New Delhi seeking more balanced approach to Israel-Palestine conflict during Modi visit
Indian PM holds talks with Binyamin Netanyahu aimed at ‘deepening and strengthening relations’ between countries
‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses
Experts warn of grave consequences from actions of Israeli government-backed extremists
Ireland among 100 countries and groups to ‘strongly condemn’ Israel’s West Bank expansion
UN security council told world is witnessing ‘de facto annexation’ of occupied Palestinian territory by Israel
McEntee upbeat following ‘conciliatory’ US position on European relations
‘The UN has served us extremely well ... but reform is needed’ Minister for Foreign Affairs says at Munich Defence Conference
Israel criticised over expansion of powers in West Bank
‘We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state,’ Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says
Deportations and Shannon Airport
The use of Shannon Airport by Ice and the US military is a flagrant abuse of Irish neutrality
Palestine: Peace de Resistance review – A tricky attempt to extract laughs from bleak material
Theatre: Sami Abu Wardeh seems caught up in an effort to tell a story of ongoing slaughter in Palestine too raw to confront directly
Palestinian prisoners ‘severely mistreated, abused’ in Israeli jails, rights watchdog says
Harsh treatment and conditions have led to at least 84 deaths, says Jerusalem-based B’Tselem
Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency’s East Jerusalem compound
Unrwa condemns action as violation of international law as staff say facility used to store aid for Gaza and West Bank
Ireland allocates €42m to Palestine, almost half for UN agency restricted by Israel
‘Ireland’s support for Unrwa remains unwavering,’ says Helen McEntee
A Dublin woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Ireland
Trudy Davis’s grandfather settled in Cork in 1903 after a Yiddish-speaking family told him he was in Ireland, not the US
Israel to ban dozens of aid groups in Gaza as EU warns of severe impact
Foreign ministers of 10 states express ‘serious concerns’ over humanitarian situation in devastated territory
Aid groups warn of further Gaza devastation as Save the Children among charities facing ban
Israel’s new registration procedures could deny life-giving care to Palestinians in 2026
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Israeli government presents new settlement plan for occupied West Bank
Development would effectively block establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, says watchdog
UN aid agency says Israeli police forcibly entered compound in Jerusalem
Unrwa says unauthorised entry is an unacceptable violation of its privileges as a UN agency
Bethlehem holds first Christmas celebrations for two years
West Bank city had suspended celebrations due to conflict in Gaza
Complaint filed against Microsoft Ireland alleging it facilitated mass processing of ‘illegal’ surveillance data on Palestinians
Irish Council for Civil Liberties made the complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Dublin
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
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrendering
Video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest the men were unarmed when shot
Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank
Assault extends military operations launched across parts of the northern West Bank this year
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
Twenty years in an Israeli prison: ‘We will never accept being sent away. We’re not terrorists’
A Palestinian man released from Israel’s prison system is happy to be getting married, but ex-prisoners and their families tell of harsh conditions, inside and out
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