The country opened its embassy in Tel Aviv while Israel continues to bomb Gaza
The national liberation ideology of Zionism is not a problem. Its colonist, racist premise of exclusivity and the eradication or subjugation of the Palestinian populations is
The global superpower has sought to nurture its relations with sub-Saharan Africa, which is an important source of the critical minerals needed to sustain its economy
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Time for a new treaty to deal with crimes against humanity? Here’s what you need to know
Almost all of the drones and missiles were intercepted before they reached Israel, with help from the United States, Jordan and other allies
Was the terrible murder of seven aid workers part of the use of food as a weapon, which has claimed its first lives in Gaza?
South Africa should not bow to its Western allies, it must remain firm in its stance to fight genocide in Gaza
Foreign governments and humanitarian groups have persistently urged Israel not to carry out an operation in Rafah for fear of mass civilian casualties
We should question the politics using the Hindu religion and
we must reject it if it is wrong
When Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip on 7 October, I was nine months pregnant … what if I had been there?
The government has filed an application arguing that mass starvation is looming and asking the court to order an end to hostilities and the provision of humanitarian aid
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Fatal attractions are blind and delusional and thus destructive. The consequences may be a backlash against Biden, the US losing its little moral authority is has, an end to any stability in the Middle East and, worst, a wider war
Alexei Navalny’s demise spotlights how death and displacement are portrayed in the media and in literature
The International Court of Justice is largely toothless, because it falls under the United Nations Security Council
This is an edited extract from Haider Eid’s book, Decolonising the Palestinian Mind
The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
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The anti-apartheid archives provide an understanding of our past and therefore present, something Palestinians no longer have
The government says Israel’s extension of its military operations in Rafah is in breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza
The party won a moral victory when it went to the World Court to take on the US-backed Israel but it must clean up its own house and have the same care for South Africans
The international relations minister said she has had to increase her security
Artificial intelligence can be used to improve people’s lives but it is also used to calculate civilian killings and support propaganda
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that the country’s genocide case against Israel could lead to ‘regime change’ attacks
South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics
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In 1979, 25 years after the anti-colonial conference in Indonesia, the ANC leader recalled the ‘spirit of Bandung’ when he called for the freedom of South Africans and Palestinians
South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South
This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
Lower prices are good insofar as inflation is concerned but they suggest that economic troubles lie ahead
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The court has ordered that Israel implement provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts against the people living in Gaza ‘with immediate effect’
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Settling for a simplistic ‘oppressor-oppressed’ narrative is depriving the Middle East of the hope it deserves
They want the UK and US to pay for damages for their alleged role in assisting the Israeli military to commit war crimes and genocide
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Powerful nations pontificate against human rights abuses when it suits them but funding the war against civilians in Gaza appears to be an acceptable hypocrisy
It is time the DA leader reprised his Christiane Amanpour routine first unleashed in Ukraine
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