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Gaza · GazaMake a one-time donation to The DitchIn just the past week German national carrier Lufthansa illegally transported more than a tonne of munitions through Irish territory to Israel on three flights.The Ditch first reported six months ago the airline had been illegally bringing weapons to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) through Irish airspace since at least April 2024. State-owned air traffic controller AirNav Ireland continues to assist the illeg…See the Story
Airline illegally transported a tonne of munitions last week
Ireland · IrelandMake a one-time donation to The DitchThe Department of an Taoiseach claims that releasing the full records of what was discussed at a meeting between an ex-Israeli intelligence officer and then junior minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill could damage Ireland’s international relations.Documents released to The Ditch show ex-spy Inbal Goldberger met Jennifer Carroll MacNeill last year to discuss the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance …See the Story
Records of Carroll MacNeill spy meeting could damage state
Gaza · GazaA US general landed in Shannon on his way to advise the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) weeks before it resumed its assault on Gaza.General Michael "Erik” Kurilla, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, stopped in the county Clare airport on 4 March on his way to Israel.During a two-day visit to Israel on 5-6 March, Kurilla met with senior security officials including the country’s new defence minister Israel Katz. Earlier this week Katz threatene…See the Story
US general landed in Shannon before advising IDF
International Court of Justice · GazaMake a one-time donation to The DitchA couple who lived as illegal settlers in Palestine’s occupied West Bank opened a “community hub” as a “safe space for Israelis” in Dublin earlier this year.The couple – who lived in the Bat Ayin settlement, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice – have established similar centres across Europe “with generous funding and influence from Israel's government” according to Haaretz. Chairperson of th…See the Story
Dublin hub run by illegal West Bank settlers
Israel-Hamas Conflict · West BankJihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its former self.See the Story
Israeli outposts have proliferated in the West Bank since Oct. 7, analysis shows
71% Center coverage: 7 sources
Hamas · GazaAfter Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israelis mobilized almost without reservation for war, and sacrifice. But the overnight airstrikes that killed hundreds in Gaza find many Israelis exhausted by a long war and suspicious of their leaders’ motivations.See the Story
Deadly Israeli barrage shatters Gaza ceasefire, but Israel divided on war
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
NHS · DublinStaff at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have alleged that Dublin hospitals are conducting needless hip surgeries on children. An external report by an NHS consultant has concluded in one Dublin hospital 80 percent of osteotomies on children between the ages of one and seven were unnecessary. This draft report was delivered to CHI management in January. Months later affected families have neither seen the report nor been contacted by CHI. Minist…See the Story
NHS consultant report on needless hip surgeries
Fianna Fáil · KerryMake a one-time donation to The DitchIn September 2023 Michael Healy Rae was walking on Kildare Street when he encountered a small group of protesters. They were upset about immigration, proposed hate speech law and trans rights – an issue Healy-Rae had previously said shouldn’t be discussed with children, claiming, “When a child is born, they are a boy or a girl and that is it”. They assaulted the Kerry TD in an incident described as “an attack…See the Story
