Israel

The Irish government has been threatened with legal action over its alleged military trade and co-operation with Israel. A legal opinion produced by human rights lawyer Darragh Mackin for campaign group Uplift argues that the government may be at risk of violating a number of domestic, EU and intern

Israel has breached international humanitarian law by targeting and firing on UNIFIL positions in Lebanon, the Irish government has said. The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said yesterday that its Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions "have been repeatedly hit" by the Israel Defence Forces (

The UK government has abandoned objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials — and is now being urged to take a tough position against UK arms exports to Israel. After weeks of speculation, the Labour government confirme

Israel is unlawfully occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem and is obliged under international law to withdraw its forces and dismantle its settlements as rapidly as possible, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled.

Ireland is engaging in military-related trade with Israel despite the government's condemnation of Israeli forces' conduct in Gaza, according to new research. Tanya Lalor, a PhD researcher in international law, yesterday presented the findings of her research on the trade of 'dual-use' goods, which

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. South Africa brought the case to the court, asking it to order Israel to stop military action until it could come to a decision on whether the country had committed genocide.

More than 1,070 members of the legal profession have called on the UK government to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank and to take urgent steps to ensure the UK government does not violate international humanitarian law or aid or assist its violation by others. The letter, or

The far-right government in Israel has succeeded in having a bill passed that curtails the power of judges over ministers, triggering widespread protests and criticism from US President Joe Biden. Named the "reasonableness" bill, the legislation, ratified by the Knesset despite significant oppositio

Widespread protests have swept across Israel as tens of thousands of people protest the government's attempts to neuter the judiciary. Motorways and access to Tel Aviv’s airport were blocked in response to the proposed legislation.

Benjamin Netanyahu is to push ahead with the judicial reforms that have plunged Israel into one of its most severe internal crises. His declaration comes after 80,000 people protested in Tel Aviv over the proposed changes.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed a delay to his far-right government’s proposals to overhaul the judiciary following 12 weeks of political crisis. He announced yesterday that he would postpone his plans which critics have said would destroy the independence of the judici

The International Bar Association (IBA) has called on the Israeli government to abandon controversial judicial reforms which would undermine the rule of law and "place Israel outside of the boundaries of modern democracies". Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce today tha

The Israeli government is facing escalating opposition to its controversial judicial reforms, with thousands of people taking into the streets in protest and the country's elite fighter jet pilots joining a strike demanding the proposals are withdrawn. The bill currently being considered by the Knes

Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, human rights organisation Amnesty International has said for the first time – joining the ranks of a growing number of Palestinian, Israeli and international NGOs. A new 211-page report titled Israel’s Apartheid against Pa

Draft legislation to ban Israeli goods from the occupied Palestinian territories in Ireland will be "impractical" to enforce, Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC has said. The Occupied Territories Bill was introduced by Independent Senator Frances Black in 2018 and was widely supported, bu