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The author at Maynooth University, Ireland. (Courtesy)
Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad
In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me.
By Abdallah Aljazzar December 26, 2025
Palestinian boy walks through rubble amid ongoing Israeli attacks, in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
My last words to Gaza
I didn’t turn back to see my family again after saying goodbye. I felt too ashamed. I was leaving for peace, and all they had was famine and war.
By Abdallah Aljazzar October 21, 2025
Jewish settlers clean the newly harvested grapes at a winery in the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion, September 8, 2014. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
Irish senate passes sanctions on Israeli settlements
The law, which still needs to go through the lower house and be signed by the president, would criminalize the import and sale of goods and services that originate in settlements in occupied territories, targeting Israeli settlements but also other occupations worldwide. The vote had been shelved earlier this year after objections by Israel. The…
By Edo Konrad July 11, 2018
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Jewish settlers clean the newly harvested grapes at a winery in the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion, September 8, 2014. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
Ireland to vote on settlement trade sanctions bill
The law would prohibit the import and sale of goods and services that originate in settlements in occupied territories, targeting Israeli settlements but also other occupations worldwide. Previous European laws made do with ‘differentiation’ measures. Ireland’s parliament is set to vote on a bill Tuesday to prohibit trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories, including those…
By Edo Konrad January 30, 2018
Why I demand the dismissal of Israel’s ambassador to Ireland
It’s one thing to have to deal with the racism and hatred prevalent here in Israel/Palestine. But it’s another when an imbecile I support with my tax money, who claims to represent me, spreads his venom overseas (and not for the first time – the deputy at the embassy said in the past that “Pro-Palestinian activists…
By Ami Kaufman December 17, 2012
‘Pro-Palestinian activists have sexual identity problems’
Israel’s deputy ambassador to Ireland, Nurit Tinari Modai, recently sent a letter to the Foreign Ministry, with some unusual suggestions for how Israel should fight its own citizens who dare show solidarity with Palestinians. The letter was revealed by Channel 10 news this evening. We can find names of [those] Israelis… we should hit their…
By Noam Sheizaf June 12, 2012
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