EU seems to suddenly discover it has leverage on Israel
Europe letter: Israel’s aid commitment cuts off momentum for EU sanctions on Gaza
Binyamin Netanyahu
Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition in jeopardy as ultra-Orthodox party quits government
Move leaves prime minister with wafer-thin majority in parliament
Future of Israel’s plan to force Gazans to southern city hangs in balance
Netanyahu demands more ‘realistic’ plan while former Israeli PM says ‘humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians
The role of Tony Blair’s staff in the barbarous Gaza Riviera plan was beyond satire
Blair’s staff participated in calls about plans to build a Dubai-style dynamic trading and tourism hub out of the ruins of Gaza
Trump tariffs: In the US, ‘the EU’ isn’t a concept and Ursula von der Leyen is an unknown
Only if prices rise in the US will tariffs on European goods become a political issue
Some of Iran’s enriched uranium survived attacks, Israeli official says
Official said any attempts by Iran to recover it would almost certainly be detected
Israeli military campaign grinds on as Trump and Netanyahu focus on hostage release
Trump’s Middle East envoy indicates Israel and Hamas nearing agreement on a ceasefire deal
Israeli-American plan seems intended to kill off any hope of a two-state solution by deporting population of Gaza
US-Israeli long-term strategy flouts all notions of international law and amounts to a programme of war crimes
Israeli report accuses Hamas of sexual violence, urges legal action
Report lays out legal framework for prosecutions, even when ‘direct attribution to individuals is impossible’
Media and aid groups should be allowed in to see ‘full horrors’ of Gaza bombardment, Taoiseach says
Tánaiste, meanwhile, said tariff pause a ‘clear indication’ Donald Trump understands need for agreement
Netanyahu and Trump to meet again amid rising Gaza ceasefire hopes
Human rights groups condemn Israeli minister’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’
Netanyahu says he wants peace with Palestine but independent state would be ‘platform to destroy Israel’
Donald Trump expresses confidence that Hamas is willing to end the 21-month conflict that has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians
US-backed aid group proposed building camps for displaced people in Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation proposes ‘Humanitarian Transit Areas’ located inside and outside of war–torn enclave
Hamas and Israel fail to reach agreement on ending war in Gaza
All eyes turn to Washington, where Donald Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu are due to meet
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza as Trump awaits Hamas reply to ceasefire plan
Aid points are run by a US- and Israeli-backed group that largely bypasses the UN-led aid system
Israel steps up deadly bombardment of Gaza, killing at least 90 people, before ceasefire talks
Warships and artillery launch one of the deadliest bombardments of territory for months
Gaza ceasefire: Netanyahu set for Washington meeting with Trump
US plan includes release of 10 living hostages and return of 18 dead in five stages throughout 60-day truce
Gaza death toll passes 57,000 with little clarity on potential ceasefire
US Senator says Occupied Territories Bill would cause Ireland ‘self-inflicted economic harm’
Trump calls on Hamas to accept ‘final proposal’ for Gaza truce
Hamas official says militant group is ‘ready and serious regarding reaching an agreement’
Gaza ceasefire: Far-right Israeli ministers set to oppose truce
Development comes after US president Donald Trump announces Israel agrees to 60-day suspension of hostilities
Optimism grows for Gaza ceasefire but serious obstacles remain
Israeli military has told political leaders to either end the war or order an expansion
Israeli strikes kill at least 58 in Gaza ahead of US talks on ceasefire
Twenty people, including women, children and a local journalist, killed in Israeli air strike on beachfront cafe
Sanctions against individual settlers are hopelessly inadequate. The real settler organisation is Israel
Worldview from Israel: The EU has sent the implicit message that it is fine with what Israel is doing to Palestinians
The origins of Israel’s conflicts with Iran, Hamas and Hizbullah
Almost eight decades of Arab-Israeli conflict explained
At least 72 people killed in latest Israeli strikes on Gaza
Three children and their parents reported killed in Israeli strike on tent camp in Muwasi near city of Khan Younis
US is again betting that installing ‘our sonuvabitch’ will neutralise an adversary. It never does
Every 20 years the US and Israel attempt to remake the Middle East - always with catastrophic consequences
‘Everybody can feel the pain’: Middle Eastern views on the present and future
A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live
Netanyahu asks court to suspend corruption trial so he can focus on possible Gaza ceasefire
Israeli prime minister says efforts being made with US to end war and expand regional peace
Ireland’s jaw-jaw approach is ineffectual in a war-war world
Ireland must find its way through an uncomfortable world of increased defence spending
Two tribes: How Israel and Iran became enemies
The likelihood is that much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain intact, and despite calls for regime change there is no sign of Iranians rising up
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani
The party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams
Middle East in maps: Key territories in the current conflict
A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East
What gives Ursula von der Leyen the right to egg Binyamin Netanyahu on with his killing crusades?
Von der Leyen is living proof against the foolish notion that women don’t tolerate warfare
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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