Trinity College Dublin’s decision to boycott Israeli institutions and universities will “detrimentally impact” the college’s global standing, particularly in the US, the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland has warned. In an open letter to the chair of TCD’s board Paul Farrell, Maurice Cohen, a senior figure in Ireland’s Jewish community, accused the university of a … Read more
A ship belonging to an international non-profit organisation is nearing the critical stage of its journey to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza after a previous attempt failed due to a drone attack on a separate vessel in the Mediterranean. By Wednesday, Madleen, which belongs to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), had covered more than 700km … Read more
At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, health officials said, in a third day running of chaos and bloodshed to blight the aid operation. The Israeli military said its forces had opened fire on a group of people they viewed … Read more
An Irish woman has been detained by Israel in the West Bank, according to an activist group. Máire ní Mhurchú, known as D Murphy (70), was detained by Israeli police on Saturday in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank, according to the International Solidarity Movement, the Palestinian anti-occupation group with which the Irish woman … Read more
A Palestinian father who had lost nine of his 10 children in an Israeli air strike has died from wounds sustained in the same attack, local health officials have said. Hamdi al-Najjar (40), a doctor at Nasser hospital, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed his family home in the southern Gaza city of Khan … Read more
Midway through his interview with Brendan O’Connor (RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday and Sunday), Bono confesses to a failing that has been evident to listeners since he’s been on air. “I’m not very succinct,” the U2 frontman says by way of explaining his convoluted answers to O’Connor’s questions. The host seems happy enough to let his … Read more
Israel has signed off on the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza before it was sent to Hamas, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. US president Donald Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff submitted the proposal to Hamas after Israel signed off on it, she said. “I can also confirm that those discussions … Read more
A UN official has said 47 Palestinians were injured, mostly by gunfire, when a crowd overwhelmed an aid hub in Gaza. Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights Office for the Palestinian territories, said it appeared that Israeli army fire had caused most of the injuries. On Tuesday, crowds of Palestinians overran a new … Read more
The Dáil was suspended on Tuesday night after pro-Palestine protesters noisily disrupted proceedings. About 40 people held up Palestinian flags and unfurled a large banner stating “sanction Israel”. They banged on the protective glass of the visitors’ gallery chanting “stop the genocide” and “shame on you” during a debate on a Sinn Féin motion to … Read more
A few days before the end of a strong, if rarely spectacular, 78th Cannes film festival, clapologists declared the race for the Palme d’Or over. Securing a bunion-inducing 19-minute standing ovation – by some measures the third-longest in the event’s history – Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value could surely not lose. It was hardly worth again … Read more