Northern Ireland

Could Hamas be disarmed by an IRA-style decomissioning scheme? - opinion

To identify the IRA and its history with Hamas in any but the most superficial terms is totally unrealistic.

A MAN walks past a mural supporting the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, September 9, 2015. Could the decommissioning of the IRA serve as a model for disarming Hamas?
A sign featuring a Tesco logo in London, Britain, September 29, 2025

Tesco suspends employee for refusing to handle Israeli goods, prompting pro-Palestinian protests

BORIS JOHNSON, one of many contenders for the Conservative leadership

UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

Northern Irish MP Sammy Wilson stands in Majdal Shams.

Israel needs more visitors like MP Sammy Wilson to bear witness - editorial


Simon Harris elected new Irish prime minister

The 37-year-old former health and higher education minister was elected unopposed as the new leader of Fine Gael last month, just days after Leo Varadkar's shock exit.

 Simon Harris, the new Prime Minister of Ireland.

‘We see our history in their eyes’: Why Ireland is so staunchly pro-Palestinian

Irish people who back the Palestinians often ground their sympathies in the perception that both peoples were, or are, colonized — the Irish by the United Kingdom, and the Palestinians by Israel.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Joe Biden during the St Patrick's Day Reception and Shamrock Ceremony in the the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2024.

'Hamas a future partner for peace': says new Nationalist Northern Irish First Minister

Michelle O’Neill condemned October 7 and stated that Hamas had violated international law by taking hostages.

 Michelle O'Neill arrives to cast her vote at a polling station during local elections in Coalisland, Northern Ireland, May 18, 2023.

Northern Ireland to elect Irish nationalist First Minister in historic shift

Michelle O'Neill's imminent appointment, like the 2022 election, has triggered talk of the ultimate dream of Irish nationalism: the end of British rule in Northern Ireland and a united Ireland.

 Michelle O'Neill arrives to cast her vote at a polling station during local elections in Coalisland, Northern Ireland, May 18, 2023.

King Charles anointed with Israeli oil consecrated in Jerusalem

The oil has been blessed by the Jerusalem-based leaders of both the Greek Orthodox Church and the Anglican Church.

 ST. EDWARD’S CROWN, which will be used to crown King Charles III during the coronation. Seen in 2013, it hadn’t been outside the Tower of London for six decades and was displayed to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s June 2, 1953, coronation at Westminster Abbey.

Northern Ireland police recover suspected pipe bombs before Biden visit

"The discovery of these devices was a further sinister and worrying development," Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said in a statement.

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National Library receives genealogical history of Ireland's Jews

The event featured guests such as Irish Ambassador to Israel H.E. Kyle O'Sullivan, NLI Chairman Ambassador Sallai Meridor and Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Yossi Havilio.

A 22-volume genealogical history of the Jewish communities of Ireland by Stuart Rosenblatt is presented to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on December 19, 2022.

WJC's Lauder mourns death of former First Minister of Northern Ireland

Supporters of Israel mourn passing of David Trimble, long-time supporter of Israel and fighter against anti-Zionism

 World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder