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Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has confirmed she will travel to Washington, DC next month for St Patrick’s Day.

Stormont deputy First Minister will travel to US for St Patrick’s Day

Northern Ireland's First Minister, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill, speaking during a press conference at the Alex Hotel in Dublin. The First Minister has announced she will not attend the White House for traditional St Patrick's Day events in protest at the US administration's stance on Gaza: Friday February 21, 2025. Gareth Chaney/PA Wire

DUP describes Sinn Fein boycott of White House over Palestine as 'reckless'

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill have said they will not travel to Washington

Sinn Fein will not attend an event at the White House around St Patrick’s Day

Tanaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris

Ireland to ban goods but not services from illegally occupied Palestinian lands

Left is Israeli-British citizen Ethan Godsi, who is studying at QUB. Centre is Khalil Lafi and right, Fawqia Lafi, the mother-in-law and brother-in-law of Belfast doctor Omar Alshaqaqi who were killed in an airstrike in Gaza last month.

Israeli and Palestinian give contrasting views of ceasefire deal

Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Israel to close embassy as it accuses Ireland of 'crossing every red line'

Letters to editor

Letter: How disturbing to see Jews being hunted through a European capital

The Nova Music Festival which was attacked by Hamas on October 7 2023. The conflict in the Middle East has raged for over a year now, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people

Letter: Leaders in Middle East must pursue peace not war

Abjan Acharya had his business targeted in a racially motivated attack earlier this week. Photo: BBC Northern Ireland / BBC News NI

Poots questions loyalists involved in race attacks

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University set to bring more Palestinian students to Northern Ireland

Queen's University in Belfast say additional financial support is to be provided to help Palestinian students take up scholarships

Queen's University to offer more support to bring Palestine students to NI

Iranian dissident Hamid Savar speaking at a protest event at Belfast City Hall.

Iranian says Irish recognition of Palestine undermines peace

Protesters outside Leinster House in Dublin, after they interrupted, parliamentary statements on recognising Palestine to call for sanctions to be imposed on Israel. The group of demonstrators, who were sitting in the public gallery, got to their feet and chanted pro-Palestinian messages

Protesters interrupt Irish Parliament calling for sanctions on Israel

Letters to editor

Letter: Two-state solution is nonsensical, only a one-state solution will work

An Ex-Irish Justice Minister and Defence minister Alan Shatter says Dublin’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state will only teach Hamas “that murder rape and torture works”.

Ex-Irish Minister slams Irish recognition of Palestinian state

Taoiseach Simon Harris said that Ireland will recognise Palestinian statehood 'in the coming days'

Ireland will ‘recognise Palestinian statehood’ despite reports of diplomatic row
Ireland will recognise Palestinian statehood before the end of this month, Ireland’s premier Simon Harris has insisted.
Jonathan McCambridge

Letters to editor

Letter: Genocides and attempted genocides are fuelled by hatred

Letters to editor

Letter: As a unionist, I think Gaza too serious to be misused in our squabbles

Ireland's deputy premier Micheal Martin speaks to the media at Government Buildings, Dublin, where he said Ireland will intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel

Ireland to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

Morning View

Editorial: The UN resolution vote against Israel is a worrying development

Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in 2022. It was then rebranded as X last year

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Thanks to Musk, it is harder to suppress the truth

A judge ruled last month that three IRA victims in England can sue Gerry Adams in a personal capacity. Adams denies ever being a leader or member of the IRA

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Gerry Adams is under pressure – I'm rather enjoying this

Screengrab from a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, by left wing protest group Social Rights Ireland @SocialRightsIRL apparently showing a Gaza-born protestor being removed from a Sinn Fein-run pro-Palestine meeting in Belfast. Protestors disrupted speeches at the meeting and called for Sinn Fein to boycott the annual St Patrick's Day event at the White House.

Palestinian protestors kicked out of Sinn Fein event

Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill confirmed her party would not boycott the US trip but would instead travel to Washington DC for the annual St Patrick’s Day trip in 'pursuit of peace'

St Patrick’s Day: Michelle O'Neill rules out SF boycott of US trip

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Photo: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

UK ‘disappointed’ at Israeli PM comments

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

Morning View

Editorial: It's relief to see hostages freed but their release is no victory
News Letter editorial on Saturday November 25 2023:
Editorial

People react as they hear the news of the release of 13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Unionists welcome the release of hostages by Hamas

Just a few examples of PFLP flags on display at Palestine demonstrations in the Republic of Ireland

DUP to write to Gardai over displays in support of PFLP terror group

Image from a Hamas bodycam of a man storming an Israeli border post at the start of the October 7 killing spree

Quashing of complaint against MLA over Palestinian remark 'inexplicable'

Gerry Carroll MLA

Complaint about MLA's 'victory to the Palestinian resistance' post rejected

Protests took place in central London on Armistice Day. Police confirmed seven people had been charged after 145 arrests were made. (Pic: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Letter: October 7 should be seen as a wake-up call for us all

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald holding a gay pride rainbow flag the day after Lyra McKee was killed in Londonderry; Miss McKee, a gay activist and writer, was shot by accident when dissident republicans opened fire on police during rioting in 2019

McDonald says gay rights in Palestine 'is an issue for another day'

Morning View

Editorial: Met hasn't tackled Islamic hate elements in pro Palestinian marches

Speakers at the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Athlone, County Westmeath. A main theme of the conference was the military actions of Israel which has resulted in thousands of Palestinian civilians being killed. Party figures cynically and hypocritically exploited their suffering. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

John Cushnahan: SF have no authority to condemn Israel for killing civilians

Pupils, teachers, governors, old boys and military representatives at the remembrance service at Campbell College in east Belfast on Friday November 10, 2023. There will be services across the UK on Armistice Day today, at 11am, as well as services tomorrow, on Remembrance Sunday

Ben Lowry: Remembering the dead of the world wars, including a relative in 1917

Liam Kennedy, holding a sign that reads 'End Iran-Hamas collusion' last weekend at pro Palestinian rally in Belfast, says the 600 Irish academics who in a letter to the Irish Times called for a boycott of Israeli universities have done themselves a disservice

Letter: Boycotts are unlikely to be helpful in search for Middle East solutions

Letters to editor

Letter: Solution for Arabs, Jews, Muslims and Christians - one country

Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Israel warns civilians as it plans to launch ground offensive

Parents with empty prams in front of the Houses of Parliament in London earlier this week, in support of Israeli families who have had children taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7 terror attacks. Peace can be achieved in the Middle East if all those involved are prepared to put their children first, writes UUP MLA Robbie Butler

Letter: Israeli and Palestinian - all children deserve to live in peace

SDLP councillor Paul Doherty at the Celtic game last night (note the flag of the Irish province of Ulster in the top left, alongside all the Palestinian ones)

SDLP man among those with Palestine flag at Celtic vs Atletico Madrid clash

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of al-Ahli Hospital after explosion in Gaza City

Hospital strike in Gaza caused by missile heading towards Israel, says Sunak

Destroyed houses are seen in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, southern Israel, after the kibbutz was overrun by Hamas terrorists from the nearby Gaza Strip on October 7. There are many within Northern Ireland who see a similarity with our own troubles and who unashamedly try to sanitise the actions of Hamas, says letter writer Leslie Marshall

Letter: Unionism facilitated the sanitisation of republican terrorism

Letters to editor

Letter: Liquidating Hamas while exalting Sinn Fein to the top of government

DUP peer Peter Weir addressing the vigil for Israel at Belfast City Hall on Sunday 15 October. Picture By: Arthur Allison: Pacemaker.

Hundreds attend vigil for Israel at Belfast City Hall

Iraq War veteran Colonel Tim Collins recommended Israel learn lessons from Northern Ireland in its battle against Hamas in Gaza. Photo: PA Wire

Collins asks Israel to learn from NI in its attack on Gaza

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

Footage circulates showing Palestinian protest at Irish language school

Mass destruction was caused when Palestinian terror group Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and has launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price”

William Matchett: World did not get full story of how peace was won in NI

King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales have utterly condemned the “barbaric acts” and appalling “horrors” inflicted in Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Photo: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

King, William and Kate condemn ‘horrors of Hamas’ attacks on Israel

The Israel Defense Force has said that it has sealed the border with Gaza as 1,500 Hamas militant bodies were found in Israeli territory. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bodies of 1,500 Hamas fighters found on Israeli territory

A pro-Palestinian event was held in Belfast city centre at the weekend. The demonstration took place just hours after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault into Israel, killing hundreds of people

Letter: How can anyone support Hamas attacks?

Morning View

Editorial: Hamas terror attacks flag up deep divisions in whole UK, not just NI

Israeli soldiers are seen in a staging ground near the Israeli Gaza border, southern Israel, on Monday

UK backing Israel after it declares ‘siege’ on Gaza following Hamas attacks

Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

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