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# Israel

Everything you need to know about what's happening on stage this week at Eurovision
Daragh Brophy
reports from Malmö
Updated 18 mins ago
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Yesterday
6th May 2024
Israel carries out Rafah strikes hours after Hamas saying it will accept ceasefire plan
The Israeli military said it was conducting “targeted strikes”. Five people have been reported dead.
Updated 1 hr ago
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Trinity to consider links with Israeli universities in response to student camp-out protest
4 hrs ago
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World leaders call on Israel not to launch ground invasion as Palestinians told to evacuate from Rafah
The prospect of an invasion in Rafah has triggered alarm from aid groups and world leaders.
Updated 8 hrs ago
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Simon Harris discusses recognising state of Palestine with Spanish leader
11 hrs ago
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This week
5th May 2024 - 7th May 2024
Israeli cabinet vote to shut down Al Jazeera in the country as UN urges govt to reconsider
5 May
12.8k
Netanyahu says Israel 'cannot accept' Hamas demand to end Gaza conflict as truce talks resume
The Qatar-based political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has accused the Israeli prime minister of sabotaging the talks.
5 May
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Israeli cabinet vote to shut down Al Jazeera in the country as UN urges govt to reconsider
5 May
Turkey suspends trade with Israel until aid allowed to flow into Gaza
3 May
How a president's intervention set the stage for the most contentious Eurovision in years
The buildup to the competition has been overshadowed by the debate over Israel’s inclusion – so what can we expect in Malmö?
Daragh Brophy
5 May
31.9k
Last week
28th April 2024 - 4th May 2024
Larry Donnelly: Campus protests are squeezing Biden from left and right
Larry Donnelly
Updated 4 May
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Hamas negotiators arrive in Egypt for Gaza truce talks
4 May
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Hamas says delegation to head to truce talks in Cairo tomorrow with 'positive spirit'
3 May
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'A dangerous precedent': Senators slam €214k fine for TCD students over Book of Kells protests
3 May
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'I thank God that I survived': Irish-Palestinian man to be reunited with family after months in Gaza
Updated 3 May
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Turkey suspends trade with Israel until aid allowed to flow into Gaza
3 May
8.3k
More than 2,100 arrests made so far during pro-Palestinian protests at US colleges
3 May
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UN says rebuilding Gaza could cost $40 billion as Hamas examining truce deal in 'positive spirit'
UN Assistant Secretary-General Abdullah al-Dardari said 72% of all residential buildings in the region “have been completely or partially destroyed”.
2 May
5.3k
Eurovision: 'Die in' staged at RTÉ as singers and campaigners call for boycott of contest
Former RTÉ producer Betty Purcell told The Journal: “We believe it is not a time to sing songs and clink glasses with Israel.”
2 May
15.1k
Blinken urges Hamas to accept deal for Gaza truce as he meets Israel leaders
1 May
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Netanyahu vows to launch military assault on Rafah 'with or without' a ceasefire deal
One of the children killed in the strikes overnight was a newborn baby who was only five days old.
Updated 30 Apr
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Hamas delegation will return to Cairo with 'response' on Gaza truce
Egypt, Qatar and the US have been trying to mediate an agreement between Israel and Hamas for months.
A Hamas delegation today left Egypt and returned to Qatar to discuss the proposal, saying it is keen to respond "as quickly as possible".
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today he is hopeful Hamas would accept the "extraordinarily generous" offer.
The US military is building a pier to help boost humanitarian supplies into Gaza, an effort that the Pentagon said will cost Washington at least $320 million.
Updated 29 Apr
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Hamas says 'no major issues' with deal as Biden and Netanyahu discuss hostage and truce talks
28 Apr
Hamas release video of two hostages as political arm considers Israeli truce proposal
27 Apr
US says five Israeli military units committed abuses in West Bank before 7 October
29 Apr
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Hamas says 'no major issues' with deal as Biden and Netanyahu discuss hostage and truce talks
Hamas said it would send a delegation to Egypt on Monday to deliver the group’s response to Israel’s new hostage and truce counterproposal.
Updated 28 Apr
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Last month
April 2024
Hamas release video of two hostages as political arm considers Israeli truce proposal
Updated 27 Apr
18.8k
Bambie Thug has first Eurovision stage rehearsal inside the Malmö Arena
Updated 27 Apr
28.6k
'A worrying trend': UCD's SU President on right to protest Israel in Irish and US universities
27 Apr
14.5k
Premature baby rescued from dead mother’s womb in Gaza dies
26 Apr
9.3k
Pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University move into 10th day
26 Apr
5.6k
US military begin construction of temporary pier off Gaza coast for delivery of aid
26 Apr
7.3k
Israel says it is 'moving ahead' with planned operation in Gaza city of Rafah
Updated 25 Apr
6.0k
Mass graves at Gaza hospitals must be investigated, says EU as Israel calls reports 'baseless'
Updated 24 Apr
9.5k
US approves military aid packages of $61 billion for Ukraine and $13 billion for Israel
24 Apr
6.5k
UN calls for investigation into reports of mass graves at Gaza hospitals destroyed by Israeli strikes
23 Apr
3.5k
Classes cancelled and college students arrested as pro-Palestinian protests spread across US
23 Apr
10.0k
US 'inquiring' with Israel over reports more than 200 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital
23 Apr
9.7k
Over 400 artists, including Eurosong contestant Erica-Cody, call on Bambie Thug to boycott Eurovision
22 Apr
43.0k
Review finds Israel has not provided evidence of widespread terrorism links among UN agency
22 Apr
6.0k
Activists in Berlin told to stop speaking Irish at Palestine solidarity event at Reichstag Building
22 Apr
34.8k
Israeli military intel chief resigns over 7 October failure as families mourn dead in West Bank
22 Apr
5.1k
Israeli leaders criticise expected US sanctions against ultra-Orthodox military unit
21 Apr
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14 children among 18 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as mass grave discovered at hospital
21 Apr
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