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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said on Twitter that the deal perpetuates Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
Israel’s plan to redraw the map has come under fierce international criticism.
Duncan Casey argues that the Bill, which would prohibit the import of goods from the West Bank, should no longer be delayed.
Israeli annexation of West Bank territory would be highly controversial.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs’ comments come as a new government is set to be formed in Israel.
The militant was killed by Israeli forces as he tried to plant an explosive device near the border fence in Gaza.
The plans were unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night.
Trump said that his plan “could be the last opportunity” for Palestinians.
There is scepticism over the plan’s chances of success in the Middle East.
This comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington no longer considers them to be illegal.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the change in position today.
Israel was attacked with rockets following the strike on the Palestinian militants.
It follows a case taken by a French tribunal in 2016.
The move was announced by Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mohammed Dahlan’s lawyers have moved their focus from England to Ireland.
A senior Palestinian official has said that Netanyahu’s plan destroys all chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace.
The police officers died at checkpoints last night.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called it a “terrorist” attack and reinforcements have been sent.
RTÉ received dozens of emails in the days leading up to this year’s competition.
Parliament voted 74-45 in favour of dissolving itself and setting elections for 17 September.
Fine Gael voted against the Bill, which passed second stage in the Dáil this year.
The demonstrations came two weeks after a ceasefire was announced in the region.
GCC passed a motion last night calling on RTÉ not to broadcast the contest.
You can show solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom against Israeli apartheid, occupation and war crimes by supporting the boycott, writes Zoe Lawlor.
They pretend that the Jewish people have no right to live in the places where they were born and where their history, religion and culture are deeply rooted, writes the Israeli ambassador to Ireland, Ophir Kariv.
The Hamas rocket launches come as tensions in the region have ratcheted upwards.
The move came as a result of multiple lawsuits being filed by hosts against the company.
Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday.
Sligo County Council has previously voted to fly the Palestinian flag from Council Officers for a month in 2017, as well as voting to support a bill to ban goods from Israeli settlements in 2018.
He was hit in the head by shrapnel.
Israel deployed several thousand troops along the border, with the anniversary coming at a sensitive time ahead of its 9 April elections.
“Our response was very powerful, very very powerful,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The property was located in around 20km north of Tel Aviv.
His comments come in the wake of renewed calls for RTÉ to sit out this year’s contest.
The protest follows this morning’s announcement that Sarah McTernan will represent Ireland at this year’s contest.
The claims have echoes of those against Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.
‘At first, I hated shooting school children with rubber-coated bullets … but after a few months in Hebron, we would high-five each other every time we hit one’, writes Dean Issacharoff.
The programme will allow an “increased cohort” of Palestinian students to study in Ireland, the Tánaiste said.
The government lost by 75 votes to 45 votes, with three abstentions.
Despite government opposition, the Bill has cross-party support from Labour, Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil as well as independent senators.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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