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Sir — Blue Monday is tomorrow, January 15. It’s reputed to be the most depressing day of the year due to inclement weather, dark evenings, overdrawn bank accounts, maxed out credit cards, broken new year resolutions and the Christmas spirit fading fast.

Are Irish-Israeli relations irrevocably doomed? They have never been more than lukewarm at best. Ireland only established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1975 and only in 1996 did it open a resident embassy in Israel. The relations between us in almost every field of human and state endeavour have not substantially deviated from this mindset and Ireland has consistently taken the most critical position towards Israel of any country in the EU.

The families of the hostages, together with the diplomatic team of the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum headquarters, has sent a letter to the Qatari delegation that arrived in Israel on Saturday, seeking an urgent meeting.In their ...

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

In an exclusive conversation with WION's correspondent Jodie Cohen, former ambassador of Israel to India, Mark Sofer has said that he is hopeful that diplomacy will solve the Ukraine crisis. Russia has massed an estimated 150,000 troops on three sides of Ukraine, the biggest such buildup since the Cold War. Moscow denies it has any plans to attack, but wants Western guarantees that NATO won’t allow Ukraine and other former Soviet countries to join as members. 

"This is for me one of the most important things - to touch base with the community and make all understand that we're back in business."

Project Rozana has been granted interim full membership of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). The decision, announced this week, means the Australian-based NGO focused on promoting healthcare among Israelis and Palestinians, joins a select group of Australian organisations actively working in the international aid and development sector. ACFID is the peak body for…

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Malka Leifer departs Israel for Australia to face 74 counts of child sexual abuse in Victoria Leifer, who faced more than 70 extradition hearings, is accused of assaulting female students at Adass Israel girls school in Melbourne Dassi Erlich, an alleged victim of Leifer who has led the campaign to have her former principal face legal proceedings in Australia, tweeted on Monday evening ‘Leifer is on the way back to Australia’. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images Dassi Erlich, an all...