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