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Donald Trump speaks with reporters on his flight back to the US after his weekend visit to the Republic of Ireland

Letter: Donald Trump delighted united Irelanders with his brash talk

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank last week

Owen Polley: Israel debate cannot be left to ‘progressives’ and nationalists

Jim Shannon MP has told the House of Commons that the UK's new "one-sided trade restrictions" against Israel risks undermining the channel of anti-terror intelligence from Israel - and Britain's relations with the US.

MP: UK restrictions on Israel risks vital intelligence and US relations

The term ‘anti-semitic’ might actually fuel anti-Jewish sentiment

Letter: Looking at the bigger picture over anti-semitism

There have been a considerable number of rallies for Gaza in Dublin, in the Republic

Letter: No sacrifice too small for Ireland over Gaza people

A woman places an Israeli flag over flowers at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after Sunday’s shooting. Fifteen people were killed when father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, armed with what police described as “long guns”, opened fire on more than 1,000 people attending a Jewish festival in the Archer Park area of the popular beach at 6.47pm local time

Ruth Dudley Edwards: I have no Jewish blood but I know where I stand

Letters to editor

Letter: Thank Trump not Starmer for waging a peace deal in the Middle East

Colum Eastwood was charged with taking part in an unnotified parade, in connection with a pro-Gaza rally that took place in Londonderry last February

PPS to withdraw charges against Colum Eastwood over Palestine parade, court told

Michael Black, Deputy Chair of the Belfast Jewish Community, was speaking after the Israeli cabinet appoved Trump’s peace plan on Thursday night..

Belfast Jewish leader gives cautious welcome to Trump peace plan

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

Palestinians collect aid that landed in the Mediterranean Sea after being airdropped over central Gaza. Like many Zionists, Ruth is now unhappy with the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Amos Oz tried to understand Palestinians as I did unionists

Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaking to the media at Burlington Plaza, Dublin about the impact of tariff uncertainty on budgetary planning. Picture date: Wednesday July 16, 2025.

Taoiseach criticises US diplomat over Israel import law

Disorder in Ballymena last month was sparked by concerns over immigration but perhaps this experience will help us reassess our view on the Palestinian/Israeli problem

Letter: Let’s reassess our attitude towards Palestinians

Unfortunately, too many unionists fall for Kneecap’s infantile republican insinuations and allusions, undermining their own credibility, writes James Dingley

James Dingley: Kneecap should be shown up for the ignorant yobs they are

On October 7, 2023, the militant group Hamas launched what would become the deadliest terrorist attack in Israeli history. Some 1,200 civilians were murdered

Letter: Turning a blind eye to Israel

First Minister, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill at the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Sinn Fein’s White House boycott is a "manoeuvre" to set First Minister Michelle O’Neill up for an Irish presidential bid, the leader of the DUP has suggested

DUP says Sinn Fein’s US boycott is ‘manoeuvre’ for O’Neill Irish presidency bid
Sinn Fein's White House boycott is a "manoeuvre" to set First Minister Michelle O'Neill up for an Irish presidential bid, the leader of the DUP has suggested.
By Cillian Sherlock, PA

TUV vice-chairman, Allister Kyle, accuses the Republic of 'sickening hypocrisy' over their dismissal of Israel's call for them to take in Palestinian refugees.

Republic's 'sickening hypocrisy' for rubbishing Palestine refugee call

There has been great unrest between Israel and Gaza since the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023

Letter: Israel is claiming back the land promised to it

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins appears to have forgotten the hideous atrocities of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched their attack on Israel, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Higgins’ persistence over Israel is damaging relations

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Israel’s Netanyahu to visit White House following invitation from Trump

Former U.S. President Donald Trump

Sinn Fein leader warns against ‘fatalist instincts’ associated with Donald Trump

Donald Trump brings chaos, uncertainty and weakness to America and possibly to the world, writes Arnold Carton

Letter: None of us really know what Trump will do in office

Destruction in Gaza. You repeat Israel’s claim to be acting in self-defence but over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in a year. Their strategy will fail

Letter: The Israeli tactics that you support have had appalling consequences

Buildings have been brought to the ground in Gaza, Palestine, following Israeli airstrikes since October 2023. What Israel is doing to Gaza is barbaric and unnecessary, writes Arnold Carton

Letter: Friends of Israel should be steering them away from slaughter

Almog Meir Jan, 22, kidnapped from Israel in a Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, raises his hands after arriving by helicopter to the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel

DUP's Jim Shannon hails the rescue of four Israeli hostages inside Gaza

Letters to editor

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

More than 1,000 people died as a result of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. For demonstrators, the conflict is simply a black and white story of historic Israeli oppression that has taken a genocidal turn, writes Liam Kennedy

Liam Kennedy: No equivalence between leaderships of Israel and Hamas
These are the worst of times.
Liam Kennedy

Lanyon Building Queen's University Belfast. Photo: PA

Queen's University group condemns Israel - describes Hamas attack 'resistance'

Letters to editor

Letter: The choice for Palestinians is to fight or die

Tens of thousands took part in a march against antisemitism in London in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October. The parade was organised by the volunteer-led charity Campaign Against Antisemitism in central London on Sunday 26 November.
Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Lament that convicted Palestinians exchanged for innocent hostages

Families and friends of about 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza yesterday calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them home during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel

Israeli Cabinet approves ceasefire with Hamas that includes release of hostages

The aftermath of an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Monday. The Israeli military has to eliminate the Hamas leadership and to destroy the infrastructure of terror built by Hamas under Gaza (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Letters: Hamas use of human shields makes high death toll in Gaza unavoidable

Richard Boyd Barrett (PA)

PBP man: 'Israel has no right to self-defence - only Palestinians do'

Letters to editor

Letter: I was proud to take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Belfast

Footage circulated online by the IDF one week ago, showing Israeli operations at the Gaza border; the IDF has now apparently moved into Gaza City itself

Israeli ground forces now 'battling Hamas in the depths of Gaza City'

The aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Friday, Now. 3, 2023. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says: "Israel has the right to defend itself. And we will defend that right. But ultimately, our experience in Northern Ireland is that people feel more secure when there is peace” (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

DUP leader Donaldson suggests possible joint UK-Ireland peace bid in Middle East

Joe Brolly and Peter Weir

DUP man: Brolly 'has gone beyond the pale' with comparison of Israel to Nazis

Israeli soldiers yesterday patrolling Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, which was overran by Hamas terrorists on October 7, killing or capturing a quarter of its community. The terrorist attack will be remembered as Israel's 9/11, writes Nigel Mooney

Letter: Israel has a right to defend itself – and will triumph

Rev Bill Shaw

Belfast-based Presbyterian minister quizzed over 'river to sea' call

Palestine solidary rally in Londonderry - 29 October 2023

Speaker at a pro-Palestine rally says ‘We understand living under occupation’

Israeli soldiers gather in a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, yesterday. Any military invasion of Gaza will see Israeli soldiers taking on Hamas terrorists who are well embedded in the area in underground tunnels

Letter: The case against an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza

Buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment on al-Zahra, on the outskirts of Gaza City, on Friday. We know from our own history of tit-for-tat sectarian killings the temptation is to hit back harder in the hope of deterring the other side, but this does not bring peace (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud)

Letter: Israel's use of overwhelming force has not worked in the past

Morning View

Editorial: A willingness to blame Israel for hospital horror

Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken by an army base overrun by Hamas militants near the Gaza Strip fence, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Abu Reash)

Five things to know about the Hamas militant group’s attack on Israel

US President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden ‘tone deaf’ on Northern Ireland, says DUP MP

Letter to the editor

Challenge to condemn the killings of over 3900 Palestinians since 2014

Letter to the editor

Israel does indeed operate a system of apartheid against Palestinians

On board Mo Chara

NI boat coming to refugees’ rescue

Letter to the editor

The occupation of Palestine must end

Pictured at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration which took place in the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn last night are (L-R) Tomi Reichental, Holocaust survivor, Junior Minister Emma Pengelly, Tali Appleton, Shoshana Appleton and Junior Minister Jennifer McCann. The annual ceremony remembers the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. This year's theme 'Don't stand by' calls on us to learn from the past in order to create a safer, better future.
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Welcome from Jewish leaders after Irish government drops ‘anti-Israel’ Occupied ...

Letter to the editor

Anti semitism witch hunt tries to deflect criticism of Israel’s illegal settleme...

Letters

Arab nations are to blame for plight of Palestinians

Belfast City Hall

SF to open City Hall book of condolence for Gaza after unionists block requests

Irish Foriegn Minister Simon Coveney. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Divided views in Dublin over Jerusalem

Lowry's outlandish praise of Kevin Myers

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