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Foyle DUP MLA Julie Middleton called for antisemitism to be confronted in Northern Ireland, pointing to a recent incident in which Israeli competitors were withdrawn from a Londonderry triathlon.

Call to confront NI antisemitism on third anniversary of October 7 attacks

Belfast City Hall

Belfast City Hall row over word ‘genocide’ in Gaza motion

Noya and Lihi have travelled from Israel to the Peace Players tournament in Belfast.

Israeli and Palestinian girls visit NI to learn about cross-community sport

There was a heavy police presence for the ‘March for Gaza’ in Scarva on Saturday

Letter: Parade raises questions on failures and policing costs

Ann McClure and Jamie Bryson pictured leaving the court after an earlier hearing

TUV member launches appeal in legal action over Belfast's Irish language policy

Unionists have welcomed a court's decision which partially upheld objections to Belfast City Hall flying the Palestinian flag.

Unionists welcome court decision on flying Palestinian flag

The TUV's Ann McClure

Belfast City Council procedures on Irish language policy 'not unlawful'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a business roundtable in Cork today, as part of a series of events arranged around the annual UK-Ireland summit. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Starmer and Taoiseach meet Republic's business leaders before Cork summit

The Israeli Embassy on Shelbourne Road in Dublin on Sunday 28 December, 2025.

Irish focus on Israeli Nations League football match ‘hypocritical’

Ann McClure at the High Court in Belfast

'Absurd' consequences warning over challenge to council on Irish language

Ann McClure arrives at the High Court.

Belfast Council 'piling illegality on illegality' over Irish language policy

Phil Moffatt was elected the head of the Independent Orange Institution last Saturday

New Independent Orange chief recalls sparking flags furore 20 years ago

DUP group leader Sarah Bunting addressing the council tonight, where she attacked the fact the meeting was being held at all given it did not concern ratepayers

Special meeting of council to discuss Palestinian hunger strike criticised

The recent row over the flying of a Palestinian flag at City Hall pitted unionists and republicans firmly against one another

Alf McCreary: Season of celebration overshadowed by division and dysfunction

Morning View

Editorial: Shocking sick note culture in NI’s councils

The flying of the Palestinian flag at Belfast City Hall on Tuesday was no humanitarian act of solidarity. As soon as Israel was mourning October 7, one of the most brutal terror attacks in memory, republicans could not wait to bring out their Palestinian flags

Owen Polley: Only Alliance could not see that SF was flying flag as provocation
There is little doubt that anti-Israel sentiment and anti-semitism in nationalist Ireland are real and visceral.
Owen Polley

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson and TUV member Ann McClure outside the High Court in Belfast on Friday. Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Flag challenge ‘may not be legally allowed’

The Palestine flag flying at Belfast City Hall earlier this week

Letter: City Hall flag row shows how unionists can stand united

The flag of Palestine flies from Belfast City Hall on Tuesday morning (2nd) after a controversial vote on the issue split the council.

Lord Reg Empey horrified as Belfast City Hall now 'playground for cultural war'

The Palestinian flag which was put up at Belfast City Hall five hours after a narrow council vote in favour of it being flown.

Man charged with ‘provocative act’ during protest outside court

The NASUWT teaching union was accused of ‘blindly’ supporting the Palestinian cause

Letter: Teaching union right to criticise bombing of schools

The Palestinian flag has been flying from Belfast City Hall all day, following a contentious vote on Monday night that split the council.

'Fight goes on' over Belfast city hall Palestine flag

East Belfast UUP MLA Andy Allen accused nationalists of focusing on 'stunt politics' instead of delivering on bread and butter issues. Photo: UUP

Unionists and nationalists accuse each other in fallout from Palestine flag row

The Palestine flag flies over Belfast on Tuesday morning.

Alliance flip from supporting Palestine flag to opposing, but now won't say why

The flag of Palestine flies from Belfast City Hall this morning (2nd) after a controversial vote on the issue split the council last night.

Palestine flag flies over Belfast City Hall today, as court action looms

Palestine flag flies on Belfast City Hall

The TUV says it has taken “emergency” legal action to stop Belfast City Hall from flying the Palestinian Flag from midnight tonight.

TUV's urgent' action to stop City Hall flying Palestinian flag tonight
The TUV says it has taken “emergency” legal action to stop Belfast City Hall from flying the Palestinian Flag from midnight tonight.
Philip Bradfield

Councillors at Belfast City Council tonight voted to fly the Palestinian flag after a protracted legal debate.

Belfast City Council votes to fly Palestinian flag after legal battle

Belfast City Hall is to hear a second debate on flying the Palestinian flag tonight.

Council to again debate flying the flag of Palestine from Belfast City Hall

The Palestinian flag is displayed and that cause is blindly supported. Similar solidarity with Israel was not considered after 1,300+ murders on October 7

Letter: NASUWT signals that it is a cold place for anyone who supports Israel

The Palestine flag was due to fly over Belfast City Hall on Saturday, the same day a 2,000-strong pro-Palestine march is due to parade to the building.

Confusion over whether Palestine flag will fly from Belfast City Hall at weekend

Palestinian supporters outside City Hall in Belfast on 15/11/2024

Councillor tells of 'disgust' as Palestine flag to fly at City Hall

Gavin Robinson has hit out at criticism of the education minister's Israel trip. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson slams unions' 'loud and excitable screeching' on Israel visit

Laura Kafif, centre, with a group of African beneficiaries of Save a Child's Heart; originally from Northern Ireland, she now lives in greater Tel Aviv

Israeli resident from Donaghadee: 'Recent rise in anti-semitism extremely hard'

Morning View

Editorial: Irish election shows it gets ever more republican

Unison has a proud record of supporting the Palestinian people against the genocide being committed by the Israeli government.

Nicola Grant Workers Party Regional Spokesperson has calle the actions of the co...

DUP MP Sammy Wilson expressed scepticism that Hamas is serious about committing to peace in Gaza.

Unionist and SF MPs query durability of Gaza peace deal

Michael Black, Deputy Chairman of the Belfast Jewish Community, said there was huge relief among its members.

Irish Jewish community welcomes return of hostages

People celebrate as they watch the hostage release live stream at Hostages Square on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel

Hamas releases all 20 remaining hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal

A section of the Workers Party contingent at Barclays Bank on Saturday.

Gerry Grainger Workers Party International Secretary led a large contingent of P...

Those of us aching for peace in the Middle East should recognise the racism, misogyny, and religious intolerance embedded in Islamist ideology, with Hamas as the exemplar

Liam Kennedy: Two years past Oct 7 the threat's from Islamists, not just Israel

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria Starmer walk with police officers during a visit to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, where two people died in a terror attack on Thursday. Picture date: Friday October 3, 2025.

TUV and Alliance row over protests bringing Belfast to standstill

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer recently announced the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state

Letter: Governments ought to recognise two-state solution here

The DUP's economy spokesman, MLA Philip Brett, has accused Sinn Fein of trying to bask in other people's glory.

Sinn Fein 'passive bystanders' who don't deserve credit on Gaza students: DUP

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly formally launches her presidential election campaign at The Complex, Smithfield in Dublin. Picture date: Monday September 22, 2025.

Taoiseach slams presidential candidate over claim Hamas could lead Palestine

Morning View

Editorial: The UK and two of its closest allies have rewarded Hamas

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will reportedly recognise a Palestinian state this weekend - but this will only entrench Hamas in power and is akin to the US demanding Irish unification during the peak of the Troubles, it is claimed.

‘Starmer plan to recognise Palestine will entrench Hamas’

Screenshot of a video in which Northern Ireland fans chant at pro-Palestine demonstrators in Cologne.

Videos of Northern Ireland fans' chants at Palestinian protestors go viral

Melvin Benn being interviewed during the Electric Picnic press open day at Stradbally in Co Laois. Picture date: Tuesday August 26, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Kneecap performing at Electric Picnic 'really important'

Protesters in London earlier this month carry placards and banners, calling for the ban on supporting Palestine Action to be lifted

Letter: Has Britain lost its way - politically and morally?

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and First Minister Michelle O'Neill have granted the Department of Health approval to join a UK-wide scheme allowing urgent medical treatment for children from Gaza.

‘Gazan children should be treated in NI - but not given residency’

Baroness Foster is among over 40 peers to write to the government's attorney general.

Baroness Foster signs letter warning government its Palestine policy is illegal

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announcing that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine unless the Israeli government takes steps to end the "appalling situation" in Gaza. Photo: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Prime Minister's stance on Palestine 'electoral' - UUP deputy leader

Emily Damari is welcomed back by with Tottenham Hotspur fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in May after being freed by Hamas in Gaza. She has accused the Prime Minister Keir Starmer of “moral failure” over plans to recognise a Palestinian state with Hamas currently in government in Gaza.

Ex-Hamas hostage Emily says Starmer 'on wrong side of history'

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says the government's decision "is about the Palestinian people". Photo: James Manning/PA Wire

Move to recognise Palestinian statehood is not gesture politics, says minister

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