Gaza Strip

‘It’s a bit of a shift for the land of free speech’: US visa applicants switch social media profiles to public

People seeking to enter the US must list all social media accounts for ‘national security’ and public safety reasons, embassy says

Middle East in maps: Key territories in the current conflict

A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East

Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation receives $30m in US funding

Some US officials opposed giving funds to group over concerns about violence near aid distribution sites

‘There’s people being bombed from the f**king sky’: Kneecap’s Mo Chara would ‘get over’ US visa being revoked

Kneecap are due to perform a much-anticipated set at Glastonbury on Saturday

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

Government briefs pro-Palestine EU allies on Occupied Territories Bill

Tánaiste Simon Harris says other EU members need to bring forward their own legislation

Situation in Gaza is ‘abhorrent and unbearable’, Ursula von der Leyen says

But Spain’s prime minister accuses European Union of having ‘double standards’ on conflict

EU leaders agree the situation in Gaza is ‘dire’ – but that’s where agreement ends

Irish pleas fall on deaf ears amid ‘incomprehensible’ opposition to collective action

Israel stops aid to northern Gaza, officials say, as clans deny Hamas is stealing it

Hamas denies role as Gaza’s Higher Commission for Tribal Affairs says aid trucks protected ‘solely through tribal efforts’

Refusal by EU states to address ‘catastrophic’ Gaza situation is incomprehensible, Martin says

Middle East, defence spending and war in Ukraine on the agenda as EU leaders meet for summit

Will the EU sanction Israel?

Ireland and other countries favour sanctions against Israel, including suspending a trade agreement

Israeli bond investors risk complicity in genocide, TD claims in letter to Central Bank governor

Gary Gannon says he is willing to take a High Court challenge to Central Bank’s policy

Pro-Israel countries to block Irish efforts to sanction Israel at EU summit

Several member states will not agree for EU to take action despite review of EU-Israel trade agreement

Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in Gaza

Hamas militants plant bomb on Israeli military vehicle in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fire

Hours after Netanyahu spoke of a historic victory over Iran, Israel was hit by a painful reminder

Death of seven Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis leads key ally of prime minister to question war in Gaza

Israel kills 40 in Gaza after agreeing to ceasefire with Iran

Israel-Iran deal raises hopes among Palestinians of end to Gaza war

How Gaza became the world’s deadliest place for journalists

In the News podcast: At least 184 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023

Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel

Israel successfully created a reality distortion field in which the possible (Iran might get nuclear weapons) obscures the actual (Israel already has them)

Taoiseach warns against forgetting Gaza as international focus turns to Israel-Iran conflict

Ireland to push for sanctions on Israel at EU summit

Renewed calls for EU to suspend Israel trade deal

EU had been far to slow to act in the face of genocide in Gaza, says Simon Harris

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