The Ombud speaks out on when the journalistic ideal of fairness is co-opted.
Israel’s ‘victory’ has left Gaza City in ruins, but the 50-day war has strengthened Hamas’s influence.
Hamas has agreed to observe a 24-hour humanitarian truce after initially rejecting such an offer by Israel.
The trail of blame for three missing Israeli boys, which the Israeli government has used as the reason for their latest military exercise, is weak.
Unrest in Ukraine and the Middle East has seen gold rebound 9.4% this year while the Fed warns benchmark rates could rise sooner than expected.
The ANC Youth League in the Western Cape has called for Israeli ambassador to South Africa Arthur Lenk to leave the country amid unrest in Gaza.
The ethical boundaries are constantly shifting for Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza.
The latest killings bring to the forefront Palestinians’ deep concern about prisoners and has reopened wounds on both sides.
Dervla Murphy spent a month in Gaza once it was possible to get in via Egypt after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, and has brough out a book.
Singer Mohammed Assaf has had messages of support from Palestine’s president, despite being arrested more than 20 times by Hamas for his singing.
Palestinian women are turning their kitchens into a much-needed source of revenue — and fellowship.
Israel says it is phasing out white phosphorus smokescreen munitions whose use during its 2008-2009 offensive drew war crimes allegations.
Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side.
Gaza’s third international marathon has been cancelled after the ruling Hamas movement refused to allow women to run.
The United States has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli strikes in Gaza have pushed the death toll to 40 as the US claims militant rocket fire is a ‘precipitating factor’ in the conflict.
In Gaza, the emergence of militant organisations beyond the control of the ruling Hamas make the consequences of Israel’s operation unpredictable.
The Israeli navy have boarded and diverted a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Some 450 000 litres of fuel have been delivered to the crisis-hit Gaza Strip through Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing.
Hamas will not do Iran’s bidding in any war with Israel, according to senior figures within the militant Islamic group.
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday as violence escalated.
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/ 2 February 2009
Israel launched a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, targeting a Hamas security complex and tunnels used to smuggle weapons.
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/ 1 February 2009
Gaza’s 1,5-million people are facing a food crisis as a result of the destruction of great areas of farmland during the Israeli invasion.
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/ 26 January 2009
Hamas officials stepped in on Sunday to offer cash handouts worth a total of $52-million to Gazans who had lost family members, homes or businesses.
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/ 20 January 2009
Voicing shock and anger at the ”heartbreaking” devastation, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to pledge aid.
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/ 16 January 2009
Israel worked to secure guarantees on Friday that arms smuggling to Hamas militants would end under any deal to call off its three-week-old offensive.
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/ 14 January 2009
Israeli troops edged closer to the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday morning and international organisations expressed growing concern.
Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks.
Hamas forces on Saturday battled Fatah gunmen with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza City neighbourhood, leaving nine dead.
Gaza residents savoured a weekend of calm after months of bloodshed in the Palestinian enclave as a tenuous truce with Israel entered its second day.
The United Nations was forced to halt food handouts for up to 800 000 Palestinians last week because of a severe fuel shortage in Gaza brought on by an Israeli economic blockade. Gaza’s streets have largely been emptied of cars, except for those running on the last reserves of fuel, or on cooking gas or used vegetable oil.
Hamas plans to give Egyptian mediators its final response on Thursday to a proposed truce with Israel, a Hamas official said on Tuesday. Egypt’s state newspaper, al-Ahram, reported a preliminary agreement had been reached on ”achieving a period of calm with the Israelis”.