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
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
Five creatives tell of their work on the Israeli violence and the responses they’ve had
The youngest hostage to be kidnapped by Hamas was born on January 18 and, if still alive, would be celebrating his first birthday this week
A denial of the past will always impede reconciliation in the future
The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation
It also provides opportunities to learn and to advance the profession
David Feldman said Jews in South Africa should not be held responsible for the words and actions of the Israeli government
Israel’s prime minister has used religious rhetoric referring to the country’s Biblical historical enemy to incite troops to war, South Africa’s legal team told the court
South Africa told the International Court of Justice that Israel is deliberately trying to destroy the Palestinian people living in Gaza
Amid Israel’s increasingly unhinged siege of the enclave, Drew Forrest probes the country’s claim that it is fighting a war against terror
Washington has twice exercised its veto at the United Nations Security Council over ceasefire calls, drawing outrage in the Arab world
It’s not the start to the year any of us had been hoping for, but an inevitable one, given that nothing had changed — from a power-generation perspective — since before the holiday season began
The matter will be heard on Thursday and Friday next week
Turkey and Malaysia have already backed the application, which the US has deemed ‘meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever’
Heavy bombardment, and a ground invasion launched three weeks into the war, have reduced vast areas of Gaza to a ruined wasteland and killed at least 21,822 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry
South Africa opens genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
Israeli forces heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as the centre of fierce combat moves steadily south where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering
‘I don’t know how to keep quiet,’ says Cape Town artist Thania Petersen of the Israel-Gaza war
This marks as a win for the US who didn’t have to use its veto again
Amid tragedy, we must consider the oneness of humanity
The Nobel peace prize winner said the world needs to stand up against oppression wherever it takes place
The furor around the Proteas under-19 captain’s remarks about Israel is not a simple question of free speech
A Joburg band has written lyrics based on poems by friends who are suffering in Palestine
Policymakers should recognise the inherent impossibility of eradicating a resilient, locally rooted resistance movement
Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said cabinet has no plans to meet a Hamas delegation
Given South Africa’s history of colonialism and apartheid, learners are asking why Israel is called an apartheid state but teachers have been told not to talk about power, oppression and resistance
Our social media feeds are as key a field as any for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
But the Economic Freedom Fighters leader and five other fighters will still have to watch the State of the Nation address on the big screen
It should be the day of ANC’s reckoning, but opposition parties such as the Democratic Alliance should polish up their messaging on Israel’s war in Gaza