Israel

Micheál Martin pessimistic about making progress on two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict after Netanyahu meeting

Even if the Biden administration agreed to pay Saudi Arabia’s price for normalising relations with Israel, the US Congress would be unlikely to support such a deal

Israel has pressed on with near-nightly raids in the West Bank amid a spike in attacks by Palestinians

Foreign ministry is tasked with finding countries that might agree to admit the migrants Israel wishes to deport

Micheál Martin’s visit comes as conflict has dropped off the agenda of most EU members since Russian invasion of Ukraine

PM’s remarks revive debate about fate of thousands of mainly Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers who entered Israel without permission

Supporters and opponents of Eritrean government face off against each other using lengths of timber, pieces of metal and rocks, as shop windows and police cars smashed

Incident took place hours after four Israeli soldiers wounded in roadside bombing in occupied West Bank

Members of 68th Infantry Group put through paces in live fire exercise in Glen of Imaal in advance of deployment to Syria

India’s successful landing is latest manifestation of renewed interest in lunar exploration, driven both by national pride and strategic considerations

‘This was a big blunder because it puts Israel in a position of a country that cannot handle anything secret because everyone is rushing to the media’

At least 34 West Bank Palestinian children killed by Israel in 2023

Israel’s triumphal announcement of the meeting on Sunday set off protests in several Libyan cities and prompted the prime minister to suspend the foreign minister

Samaria region council’s plan includes building new cities, industrial zones, railway lines, an airport and a hospital

Victims, all members of the Druze minority, were declared dead at the scene after paramedics found them in a field

Batsheva Nigri (42), from settlement of Beit Hagai, died when two gunmen sprayed the car she was in with more than 20 bullets

Berlin buys €3.2bn missile defence system from Israeli Aerospace Industries and US company Boeing

Factions indicate no backing for contentious judicial changes unless religious students exempted from military draft

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman seeking to ease regional tensions and appoints the country’s first ambassador to Palestine

Some 10,000 reservists have refused to volunteer in protest over right-wing government’s judicial overhaul

Violence in area has worsened over the past 15 months amid stepped-up Israeli raids

The US plan to normalise the countries’ relations would remake the region but faces big obstacles

Bezalel Smotrich also refused to allocate money for Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to study in Israeli universities

Syrian air defences intercepted the Israeli missiles and shot down some of them, military sources say

Opponents say judicial overhaul ‘undermines the rule of law in Israel’

Latest trials show technology embedded in roads can charge an EV’s battery as it moves overhead

Binyamin Netanyahu refuses to commit to obeying next month’s court decision in interviews with US television

Bill provides for increased penalties for ‘nationalistic’ sexual crimes committed by Arabs against Jewish women

Palestinian statehood, relations with Israel, financial support and weapons among matters where agreement sought

Unprecedented numbers threaten to cease volunteering for duty due to the government’s judicial overhaul

Nineteen arrested as protests spread to military while opposition pledges to challenge changes

Opposition parties and NGOs have petitioned the high court against the law passed on Monday

Yitzhak Herzog warns ‘We are in a state of national emergency’ ahead of judicial reform Bill being passed

Opinion polls appear to show shifting attitudes and support for Palestinians

Opposition politicians chanted ‘shame’ and storm out of Knesset chamber on Monday

Lawmakers debate imminent Bill in Knesset as business leaders threaten strikes and reserve soldiers say they will ignore call-up orders if it is passed

Hundreds of thousands protest against plan to reduce the power of the judiciary to oversee political decisions

Teenage boy shot dead during clashes near Ramallah and man died when Israeli troops fired at a car in separate incident

Opponents claim divisive coalition government move will end Israel’s traditional system of checks and balances

Firm added to ‘entity list’ for ‘engaging in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States’