Israel and Iran escalate strikes, killing and injuring hundreds
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to take out Iran’s supreme leader, US officials say
Binyamin Netanyahu
Israeli attacks may give Iran’s nuclear programme greater impetus
Iran’s regime may feel a more urgent need to protect itself after Israeli attacks, saying the world now understands its need for enrichment and missile power
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock
Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar
Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to attacks
Israel warns strikes are just start of its campaign, while Donald Trump says Iran could halt attacks by ending its nuclear programme
The Irish Times view on Israel’s attack on Iran: a reckless act
Binyamin Netanyahu’s willingness to escalate should concern the international community
Most Israelis view a nuclear Iran as an existential threat
Already speculation that a successful outcome for Israel could prompt Binyamin Netanyahu to call early election
Israel’s ambition: Destroy the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme
The Natanz facility is where Iran has produced the vast majority of its nuclear fuel
The great tragedy is there’s no political pendulum to restrain Israel’s Cromwellian impulses
What was deemed politically unacceptable by British imperialists a century ago is permitted today at hideous cost to the people of Gaza
Hamas accused of attack on bus that killed eight Gaza food aid workers
At least 30 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in Gaza
Dozens of Irish people to join ‘March to Gaza’ from Cairo to Rafah in protest at Israel
About 2,500 people from more than 50 countries are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian walk to Egypt-Gaza border
Israeli strikes kill at least 60 in Gaza, many at aid site, say health officials
Total of 163 already killed trying to reach US-backed Gaza aid foundation’s sites since operations began two weeks ago
Netanyahu under pressure as ultra-Orthodox parties threaten to dissolve parliament
Israel's Knesset set to vote on disbanding in first step to possible election
Israelis slowly begin to confront morality of war in Gaza
After 20 months of fighting against Hamas, mainstream debate has started to consider the plight of Palestinians
Protest planned in Israel at marriage of Netanyahu’s son
Big police operation scheduled to enable wedding to take place without disruption
Even here in Israel, government statements about Greta Thunberg’s ‘selfie yacht’ are seen as crass
Mainstream television coverage took the story more seriously than mocking statements by the Netanyahu government
Despite the politics, Ireland is Israel’s second-biggest export market for goods
Figures from UN’s trade database Comtrade highlight Ireland’s compromised political position as EU takes harder tone on Gaza
The Irish Times view on Israel’s international reputation: sliding ever downward
A poll this week showed support for the country in western Europe at its lowest ever level
Israel confirms it is arming ‘clans’ in Gaza to combat Hamas
Netanyahu says reports army has given guns to crime families are true after opposition warns scheme could backfire
It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel
Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US
Israeli military recovers bodies of two hostages held by Hamas, says Netanyahu
Judy Weinstein and Gad Haggai, a couple in their 70s, were taken hostage in the October 2023 Hamas attack
Friedrich Merz gets ready for Trump’s Oval Office endurance test
Ahead of their meeting in Washington, the German chancellor has sought advice from recent survivors of Trump’s new reality television format
Ultra-Orthodox parties in Netanyahu’s coalition threaten to vote for Bill calling for early elections
Ultra-Orthodox community angry over Israeli government’s failure to pass military exemption law for yeshiva students
Binyamin Netanyahu cross-examined for the first time in corruption trial
Israeli prime minister’s trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust began five years ago and is set to last another two years
Netanyahu’s big lie is that ‘They’ are not really the same species as ‘Us’
Right from the start of his assault on the population of Gaza, this has been Netanyahu’s mantra
Iran has increased stockpile of highly enriched uranium, watchdog reveals
UN nuclear agency reiterates urgent call for co-operation
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
Netanyahu’s claim that Israel is fighting ‘barbarians’ is a ploy to legitimise genocidal murder
Worldview: ‘Barbarian’ is a term occurring in most civilisations to describe less well organised neighbours and colonial adversaries
Israel signs off on Gaza truce plan that proposes 60-day ceasefire, says White House
Hamas says Israeli response to Gaza ceasefire offer presented by US fails to meet group’s demands
Branding those opposed to Netanyahu policies as anti-Semitic is ‘slander’, says Michael D Higgins
Food, medical aid and water must be made available to Gazans immediately, says President
Gaza aid group opens third distribution site as thousands seek food
At least 45 killed as Israeli jets continue to pound areas of the Strip
As Trump seeks Iran deal, Israel again raises possibility of strikes on nuclear sites
At the core of the tension between Netanyahu and Trump is their differing views of how best to exploit Iranian weakness
Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy
Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory
For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
War in Gaza strains historical German-Israeli relationship
Nearly three months into Israel’s humanitarian blockade on Gaza, a shifting mood is palpable
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