FAI should do its job and cancel the Ireland-Israel football matches
We will not sing in Eurovision because of Israel, but we will play them at football
Palestine
At the ‘Art Olympics’ in Venice, the horrors of Gaza have not been forgotten
Prize jury of the Venice Biennale resigned before the doors opened in a protest over the participation of Russia and Israel
Israel’s settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution
Netanyahu boasted in 2025 that ‘we are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state.’
The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world
Until now, there has been a perception and reality that speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Palestine will hurt the bottom line
‘We came to the best place on earth. Irish people have been so generous to Palestine’
Izzedeen Alkarajeh runs Café Izz in Cork city, serving authentic Palestinian food, with his wife Eman
Can anyone end the Netanyahu era?
An Arab party could decide Israel’s future – with a new deputy who is a Jewish lawmaker and paratrooper
‘We have skin in the game’: TD backs ‘half Irish’ Macklemore after Sheeran ditching
Plus: National Library seeks a Deputy Chief Herald, Phil Hogan tours East Africa as he bids for UN job, Marty Whelan honoured to be honoured
New poetry: ‘The most horrifying, exquisite and staggering poems I have ever read’
Mícheál McCann reviews Milk & Moon-water by Milena Williamson; Real Estate by Mark Ward; Landscape with Question by Leeanne Quinn; and 48kg by Batool Abu Akleen
‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a moment of reckoning
‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from US billionaire
British government ‘not in position’ to move on Border poll, says Taoiseach
Taoiseach thanks Andy Burnham for ‘standing’ up for needs and rights of Palestinian people
Macklemore to donate $1 million from Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian charities
He invited Robert Kraft, who asked Sheeran to drop the rapper from the tour, to match his donation
Ed Sheeran controversy: How his North American tour has ended up in crisis
Were Sheeran to cancel the tour, the total economic loss is estimated to be anywhere from $60-$100 million
Children among at least 21 killed as damaged building collapses in Gaza
Nearly 100 people believed to be trapped under rubble
Disputed lands of West Bank have a long history
Co-existence through negotiation and dialogue is the only way forward
Airbnb and the Palestinian people
Company is a target for BDS campaign and a huge driver of Ireland’s housing crisis
Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga quit Ed Sheeran’s US tour in protest over Palestine
Macklemore was previously removed from the tour after saying ‘Free Palestine’ at a concert in New Jersey
Fiction in translation: Hafni Says by Danish writer Helle Helle is close to perfection
Plus new works by Pirkko Saisio, Felix Hartlaub, Karim Kattan and Angélica Gorodischer
We need leaders with the courage of a Kennedy or a de Gaulle
Contrast their bravery with the behaviour of the Irish Government, which has refused visas to 97 Palestinian students, makes excuses about Aughinish and will today welcome a convicted felon
There is still time for Government to re-evaluate stance on Gaza students
Both inhumane and retrogressive to refuse these visas
EU should treat Israeli settlements like Russian-occupied Crimea, says bloc’s top diplomat
Kaja Kallas tells The Irish Times an EU-wide Occupied Territories trade ban would be ‘principled’ stand
Kaja Kallas: EU ban on Israeli settlement trade would be ‘principled stance’
Bloc’s most senior foreign policy official said move does not require unanimous support of all 27 member states
Kenny Cunningham’s comments are at odds with public sentiment
Irish football supporters would not support pundit’s stance on Israel game
What now for the Israel flags flying across the North?
Some of the complaints heard from Israel this week have been of British colonial arrogance. This tired cliche misses the point
Why is Israel’s E1 settlement plan in West Bank so controversial?
Project is designed to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’, far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has said
Israel closes UK consulate over West Bank sanctions row
British foreign secretary says ‘settler terrorists’ have carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestinian territories
Why Andy Burnham is taking on Israel over the West Bank
Britain’s planned trade ban risks a diplomatic and economic backlash, but Labour sees an opportunity to rebuild support on its left flank
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teens after settlers encircle village in West Bank
Khalil Abu Alia (16), who was shot by sniper, and Omar al-Nassan (19) killed after settlers entered Palestinian village of Hebron
Israeli athletes will not take part in Derry triathlon after concerns raised, organisers say
North West Triathlon Club says it had ‘no involvement whatsoever in accepting or approving these international entries’
Kneecap get special visa exemption for New Zealand gigs after ban from Hungary
New Zealand immigration say ‘political views’ not a valid cause for exclusion
Ireland should not greet Donald Trump’s theatre of the absurd with deference
Nothing to admire in US president’s bullying and provocation
Denying Palestinian students academic opportunities in Ireland is indefensible
Justifying objections by referencing challenges faced by Irish students is contemptible
Daisy Johnson: ‘I like writing about the entanglements of family’
The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave
Opposing views on Palestinian student visas
Green Party councillor calls on Jim O’Callaghan to intervene; UCC academic says universities showing contempt for native Irish students
Latest Gaza flotilla sets sail from Kinsale with ‘trepidation’
Freedom Flotilla Coalition is likely to be intercepted by Israeli forces
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