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# Middle East

Last year
2023
Tom Clonan: Gaza has become hell on earth, while the world just watches
Tom Clonan
Fresh Israeli bombardment of Gaza as Hamas and Islamic Jihad launch rockets into Israel
Bobby McDonagh: The Rule of Law matters more than ever when the world is imploding
Bobby McDonagh
From the West Bank: 'Settler violence and military restrictions strangle Palestinian life'
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill eight, including two journalists
Brian Rowan on the Middle East: Where have all the leaders gone?
Brian Rowan
Gaza health ministry says more than 80 dead in strikes on refugee camp
Holly Cairns: What Israel is doing in Gaza is beyond horrific - we cannot stand idly by
Holly Cairns
Bobby McDonagh on Israel/Gaza: 'Peace requires both sides to accept that they can never win'
Bobby McDonagh
Irish diplomats working behind the scenes in hope of freeing kidnapped Emily Hand
The West Bank: 'Settlers have been pointing guns at Palestinians, telling them to stay inside'
Hannah McCarthy
Higgins says 'collective punishment' is not something world can accept in Israel-Gaza war
Analysis: A land war won't go well and faltering international support means the world knows it
Paul Rogers
Collective punishment in Gaza: 'An old and familiar tactic, on a new and devastating scale'
Shane Darcy
What is a war crime and is international law being broken in Israel and Gaza?
Doctor: 'I have lived through many wars in Gaza - this one is different - we've lost so many'
Dr Hassan
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: Israel's diplomatic mission to Ireland has had a rocky few years
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Taoiseach: Safety of the 300 Irish troops in the Lebanon region is a 'paramount concern'
Celtic fans defy club and display Palestine flags
'The polluter must pay': Ryan hits out at oil giant Saudi Arabia spending millions on football
Israel ups hostage estimate to 222, while Hamas puts Gaza death toll at over 5,000
Bobby McDonagh: In seeking full truth, we must avoid picking sides between the two narratives
Bobby McDonagh
Rishi Sunak tells Benjamin Netanyahu 'we want you to win' during visit to Israel
Biden says hospital blast was apparent result of 'rocket fired by terrorist group in Gaza'
Hamas says threat of Israeli ground invasion of Gaza Strip 'doesn't scare us'
Larry Donnelly: Moderate voices now matter most in the Middle East amid all the hate and anger
Larry Donnelly
Apartheid has led to this Middle East escalation and it's civilians who will pay the price
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
Tom Clonan: International community needs to intervene to stop a catastrophe in the Middle East
Tom Clonan
Ireland, Israel and Palestine: how politics and history have created a complicated relationship
Micheál Martin says it's not time to abandon 'two-state solution' to Israel-Palestine conflict
Micheál Martin: Calling Israel an apartheid state 'doesn't add a whole lot' to peace process
Two years of the Taliban: 'It cannot last as it rules by fear and violence'
David Loyn
Israel prime minister says it 'will not allow Hamas to establish itself in Lebanon'
Iranian general says his country is still seeking to kill Trump
All time
Oil tanker ‘hit by bomb-carrying drone’ off coast of Oman
Israel and Lebanon strike 'historic' maritime border deal as Hezbollah call off threat of attack
US 'will not walk away' from Middle East: Biden to Arab leaders
Biden will use 'all' American power to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons
Joe Biden lands in Israel on first Middle East tour as US president
Two Palestinians shot dead by Israelis in occupied West Bank