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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu. (AFP)

Netanyahu’s bloodbath in Gaza greenlighted by Trump a continuation of ethnic cleansing

Hundreds of civilians in Gaza, including women and children, have been killed in Israel’s latest airstrikes, in violation of the ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of three leaders who has warned of collapse unless international law is enforced. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images

Ramaphosa and co in the crosshairs of pro-Israel lobbyists

Three leaders’ strong words on the Trump administration’s threat to civilised norms and values in the international arena has attracted blowback from the right

Palestinians walks amid the destruction in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on January 4, 2025, as the war between Israel and Hamas militants continues. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Unmatched cruelty in Gaza while world celebrates the new year

While Benjamin Netanyahu keeps boasting about having defeated Hamas and gleefully claiming that it is not a threat, his soldiers continue their killing spree under his orders

People react to the fall of Syrian regime in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Rebel forces in Syria claimed that they had retaken the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country. Syria has been mired in a multi-party civil war since 2011, amid the Arab Spring uprisings. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)

Euphoria over regime change in Syria but it is fraught with danger

The Assad dynasty has fallen, but will it end Israel’s genocide in Gaza?

Willem Els. (LinkedIn)

Institute for Security Studies expert’s anti-Muslim fearmongering is unacceptable

Willem Els’s rhetoric branding Muslim children as terrorists has no place in our society

Two journalist brothers, Ahmed Abu Soheil and his sister Zahra Abu Soheil, lost their lives as a result of an Israeli army attack, on November 9, 2024 in Gaza City, Gaza. Five people, including women and children, were killed and many others were injured when the Israeli army targeted the Fahd al-Sabah School in Jaffa Street in Gaza City, where displaced Palestinians took shelter. (Photo by Karam Hassan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel ‘silences’ journalists: 188 killed since 7 October 2023

‘Wearing a helmet and a bullet-proof vest with the word “Press” on it no longer guarantees protection, but rather makes you a target’

The conflict between India and Pakistan goes back to Partition in 1947. Conflict has flared up regularly in Kashmir since then including in 2019 (above) and now in 2025. Photo: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues

The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively

‘Lawfare’ is a legitimate way to demand accountability

The irony in an opinion piece by Zev Krengel concedes that there are legal consequences to illegal actions.