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Israel

Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks
National
/ 25 September 2025

Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks

Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it

By Hasina Kathrada
After Doha the Middle East’s security architecture might be anchored in Ankara
Thought Leader
/ 25 September 2025

After Doha the Middle East’s security architecture might be anchored in Ankara

The only Muslim-majority Nato power, Türkiye’s growing influence and booming defence industry give it weight in the region

By Mariam Jooma Carikci
Israeli attack on Doha is an assault on the very idea of peace itself
Opinion
/ 19 September 2025

Israeli attack on Doha is an assault on the very idea of peace itself

The attempt to betray the mediator and trivialise the values of dialogue represents a moral collapse — not only for the region but for humanity at large

By Waleed A Madibo
Israel’s quiet power play in South Africa’s rural heartlands
Opinion
/ 18 September 2025

Israel’s quiet power play in South Africa’s rural heartlands

Israeli digital diplomat David Saranga is using sub-national forms of diplomacy to make inroads into South African society

By Mariam Jooma Carikci
UN commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as flotilla challenges blockade
National
/ 17 September 2025

UN commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as flotilla challenges blockade

In its report, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry cited citing mass killings, starvation, forced displacement, denial of medical care and systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure

By Hasina Kathrada
Gaza: Steadfastness on the open sea
Thought Leader
/ 12 September 2025

Gaza: Steadfastness on the open sea

Countries around the world are increasingly turning against Israel and its aggression in the Middle East. South Africa’s unions and citizens must join in solidarity with Palestinians

By Imraan Buccus
Israel’s strike on Doha targets diplomacy and the rules of law
Thought Leader
/ 10 September 2025

Israel’s strike on Doha targets diplomacy and the rules of law

The attacks was the culmination of months of planning, political narrative and expansionist strategy

By Zeenat Adam
Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?
Thought Leader
/ 9 September 2025

Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?

The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Jewish Board of Deputies are failing to fulfil their mandates

By Mervyn Bennun
Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid
National
/ 9 September 2025

Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid

Nelson Mandela’s grandson addressed hundreds of people from over 40 countries at the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza

By Hasina Kathrada
From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression
National
/ 8 September 2025

From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression

Nurain Saloojee comes from a family that opposed apartheid in South Africa

By Hasina Kathrada
UPDATE: Greta Thunberg accuses governments and corporations of enabling Gaza atrocities
National
/ 8 September 2025

UPDATE: Greta Thunberg accuses governments and corporations of enabling Gaza atrocities

The Swedish activist spoke from a flotilla of boats carrying doctors, lawyers, activists, organisers and social media influencers attempting to take medicine and infant milk to Gaza

By Hasina Kathrada
Crying ‘antisemitism’ at UCT a smokescreen to suppress criticism of Israel
Thought Leader
/ 3 September 2025

Crying ‘antisemitism’ at UCT a smokescreen to suppress criticism of Israel

Inconsistent definitions and selective reporting on anti-Jewish sentiment by the board of deputies and David Saks obfuscate the real war going on at the university

By Leslie London
Struggles for freedom still relevant today
Opinion
/ 29 August 2025

Struggles for freedom still relevant today

Shifting geopolitics is highlighting new and old arenas of conflict and violations of international law

By Gjermund Sæther
UPDATED: South Africans sail with largest civilian flotilla to Gaza
National
/ 29 August 2025

UPDATED: South Africans sail with largest civilian flotilla to Gaza

The convoy is carrying baby formula, antibiotics, bandages and staple foods and will test whether Israel’s blockade will again choke civilian access to the Strip

By Hasina Kathrada
Zionism’s modern atrocities echo the horrors of Nazism
Thought Leader
/ 26 August 2025

Zionism’s modern atrocities echo the horrors of Nazism

The Holocaust should serve as a universal warning against genocide. Instead it is invoked to sanitise Israel’s persecution of Palestinians

By Aayesha J Soni
Editorial: Condemn Israel killing journalists
Editorial
/ 15 August 2025

Editorial: Condemn Israel killing journalists

More than 190 members of the media have now been killed in the war in Gaza, some of them deliberately targeted and assassinated

By Editorial
The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza
Opinion
/ 8 August 2025

The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, ‘If you are neutral in the face of suffering, you are on the side of the oppressor’

By Phakamile Hlubi
Genocide: Israel intentionally starving children to death in Gaza
Thought Leader
/ 30 July 2025

Genocide: Israel intentionally starving children to death in Gaza

The Israeli government, politicians and military have stated that all transfers of humanitarian aid – food, equipment, fuel, electricity and water – to Gaza must be stopped

By Iqbal Suleman
The mask of apartheid – privatisation
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

The mask of apartheid – privatisation

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

By Sõzarn Barday
Response to Chrispin Phiri’s open letter
Thought Leader
/ 28 July 2025

Response to Chrispin Phiri’s open letter

My position is that journalists have a duty to raise serious allegations — especially when they involve governments, foreign policy or international law

By Paula Slier
Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny

The Israeli leader knows how to say ‘ceasefire’ in English, but he governs in the syntax of siege

By Imran Khalid
Qatar must rethink the US’s Al Udeid Military Air Base
Opinion
/ 11 July 2025

Qatar must rethink the US’s Al Udeid Military Air Base

US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target

By Thembisa Fakude
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Opinion
/ 3 July 2025

The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism

The grouping, made up of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, is a challenge to the West on Israel’s war in Gaza

By Mbuso Ngubane
Coal and South Africa’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza
Thought Leader
/ 25 June 2025

Coal and South Africa’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza

Our exports to Israel contradict our anti-genocide stance, fuelling Israel’s war efforts

By Imraan Buccus
Empire, knowledge and erasure: Bombing Iran is bombing memory
Thought Leader
/ 24 June 2025

Empire, knowledge and erasure: Bombing Iran is bombing memory

Attacking Iran is framed by colonial narratives that erase its rich intellectual history, justifying violence through a ‘conquest foretold’

By Vashna Jagarnath
Middle East’s masked hegemonies: Tyrants wrestle in the name of salvation
Thought Leader
/ 24 June 2025

Middle East’s masked hegemonies: Tyrants wrestle in the name of salvation

A secular, post-colonial future is the only viable alternative
to Israel’s colonial Zionism versus Iran’s theocratic rule

By Waleed A Madibo
Israeli impunity: SA leads global fight for justice
Thought Leader
/ 23 June 2025

Israeli impunity: SA leads global fight for justice

South Africa spearheading a Global South coalition to enforce international law against Israel will attract a backlash but it’s the right thing to do

By Imraan Buccus
International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was weaponised against Iran
Opinion
/ 21 June 2025

International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was weaponised against Iran

Unlike Iran, Israel is not a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

By Thembisa Fakude
Egypt stops Global March on Gaza in its tracks
Opinion
/ 20 June 2025

Egypt stops Global March on Gaza in its tracks

The march ended an hour outside of Cairo when we were bussed back to the city

By Jimi Matthews
In a world of injustices, be Greta Thunberg
Thought Leader
/ 18 June 2025

In a world of injustices, be Greta Thunberg

The climate activist also advocates for human rights, such as those of Palestinians being killed by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza

By Robert Kigongo
Israel’s offensive in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

Israel’s offensive in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions

The airstrikes are about more than Iran’s nuclear capacity; they are aimed at the network of supporters of Palestinians’ right to exist

By Sõzarn Barday
Government worried about safety of South Africans in Iran
National
/ 16 June 2025

Government worried about safety of South Africans in Iran

The ministry of international relations called for the de-escalition of the conflict between Israel and Iran

By Emsie Ferreira
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