30 h. ago Dozens of Irish people among group set to march from Cairo to Gaza amid aid blockade

The group is calling for food and medical supplies to flow freely into Gaza.

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31 h. ago Tánaiste says Madleen was "powerful" symbol of need to end Israel's blockade on Gaza

Tánaiste says Madleen was "powerful" symbol of need to end Israel's blockade on Gaza  IrishCentral

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40 h. ago Israeli troops take control of Gaza aid boat carrying activists including Greta Thunberg

The Israeli government had vowed to prevent the ship from breaching the naval blockade of Gaza.

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57 h. ago Israel's defence minister orders military to prevent activist aid ship from reaching Gaza

The ship left Sicily last week with a cargo of relief supplies “to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza”.

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61 h. ago Activist aid ship nears Gaza amid reports that Israeli forces plan to intercept vessel

The ship left Sicily last week with a cargo of relief supplies “to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza”.

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3 d. ago Activist aid ship Madleen reaches Egyptian coast as it heads for Gaza

The Madleen left Sicily last week with a cargo of relief supplies “to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza”.

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4 d. ago Trump administration adds Ireland to 'monitoring list' for currency manipulation

Ireland joins the likes of China and Vietnam on list of countries the US is monitoring for currency manipulation.

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4 d. ago Ireland joins the likes of China and Vietnam on list of countries the U.S. is monitoring for currency manipulation

Ireland joins the likes of China and Vietnam on list of countries the U.S. is monitoring for currency manipulation  Fortune

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6 d. ago Flotilla: If we don't act now, we'll be complicit in the annihilation of the Palestinian people

Lynn Ruane says international attention should be focused on ending the blockade and supporting activists on the Madleen boat headed towards Gaza.

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1 week ago Palestinians block and empty dozens of UN food lorries in Gaza Strip following Israeli blockade

A nearly three-month Israeli aid blockade has pushed the population to the brink of famine.

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2 w. ago Tánaiste hopes other EU countries will join Ireland in planning ban on trade from occupied Palestinian territories

Tánaiste hopes other EU countries will join Ireland in planning ban on trade from occupied Palestinian territories  The Irish Times

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2 w. ago How an aid blockade and a warning that 14,000 babies could die heaped Western pressure on Israel

There has been a marked change in relations towards Israel this week following a stark warning about the aid blockade on Gaza and a new operation in Gaza.

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3 w. ago Pressure mounts on Israel as EU to review trade and cooperation over Gaza aid blockade

Meanwhile, the UK government announced this afternoon that it will sanction West Bank settlers and suspend trade deal discusons with Israel.

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3 w. ago Gaza blockade: UN chief warns 14,000 babies could die if aid does not reach them in time

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that the current amount of aid allowed to enter Gaza is “a drop in the ocean”.

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3 w. ago First aid trucks enter Gaza after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade

Five trucks carrying aid including baby food entered the territory via the Kerem Shalom crossing on Monday.

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3 w. ago Israel says it will allow trucks of baby food into Gaza amid plans to take control of whole region

Israel has enforced a total blockade on Gaza since 2 March, blocking food, fuel and water.

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3 w. ago Ireland joins six other countries in calling on Israel to ‘immediately’ lift Gaza blockade

Amid a ‘man-made humanitarian catastrophe’ in Palestine, Taoiseach and six other European leaders urge Israel to ‘reverse its current policy’

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3 w. ago Immediate action needed to prevent people starving to death in Gaza, Martin says

‘Israel must refrain from further military operations in Gaza and lift a blockade on humanitarian aid into the region’.

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3 w. ago Gaza’s starving children, their eyes growing bigger as the blockade grinds on, are not fake news

The BBC report carries a warning: 'Distressing content'. What luxury it is to be able to look away

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3 w. ago 120 people killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, as aid blockade labelled ‘tool of extermination’

Footage of mourners in northern Gaza showed women in tears as they kneeled next to bodies wrapped in bloodstained white shrouds.

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