Updates on Syria, Israel, e-tolls, Bobby Motaung, and Khanyi Mbau – everything you need to be in the know this weekend.
A $150-million investment ties Tokyo Sexwale to a controversial Israeli businessman as he pulled off the "heist" of a prize mining asset in the DRC.
Iran has dismissed Israeli threats of an imminent attack against it, explaining that such a "stupid" act would provoke "very severe consequences".
Egypt’s army has massed troops and carried out arrests to quell deadly militants in the Sinai Peninsula close to the borders with Gaza and Israel.
A pro-Palestinian lobby group in SA has welcomed the news that a delegation of KwaZulu-Natal officials has cancelled a planned visit to Israel.
Masked gunmen have killed 16 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel – the first such attack on troops.
Palestinians have accused US presidential candidate Mitt Romney of undermining peace prospects by calling Jerusalem "the capital of Israel".
An aide to Mitt Romney says the US presidential candidate is wooing Israeli support by promising to back any attack on Iran by Israel.
A suicide bomber dressed as a tourist has carried out the attack on Israeli tourists that killed seven people at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport.
Israel’s officials are trying to convince legendary US film-maker Woody Allen to set a movie in the holy city of Jerusalem.
A group of Palestinians from Gaza has spent half an hour visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years.
A protester sets himself alight during a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night marking the anniversary of a wave of demonstrations.
The UN Human Rights Council is going ahead with plans to send a panel to probe implications of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
Egypt’s president-elect wants to "reconsider" its peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to "create a strategic balance" in the Middle East.
Israel fears that the growing support for boycott, divestment and sanctions may have a domino effect.
Robi Damelin, the subject of One Day After Peace, lost her son in the Palestine-Israel conflict. Returning to South Africa, she seeks a way to forgive.
About 120 South Sudan immigrants deported from Israel have landed in Juba, with several saying they came under pressure to leave and were insulted.
In his predictable kneejerk response, David Saks defends Israeli racism by using that old trick: point fingers at others.
Israel’s state watchdog is expected to deliver harsh criticism of the government’s handling of a 2010 raid on a Turkish-led flotilla.
Israel has begun rounding up African migrants in the first stage of an "emergency plan" to deport thousands deemed a threat to the Jewish character.
No society is perfect and it is valid to criticise a country for actions that contravene the principles of basic human rights.
A former member of the Palestinian national football team remains on hunger strike over his imprisonment by Israel without charge, or trial.
The Labia Theatre in Cape Town has come under fire from the Right2Know campaign after cancelling a screening of "Roadmap to Apartheid".
Four African migrants have been hospitalised after a deadly arson attempt on a Jerusalem building in which they were living.
Ethnocentric nationalism means that African workers lack rights and are targeted in attacks, writes Heidi-Jane Esakov.
Israel’s vice prime minister says using cyber-weapons when faced with the threat of a nuclear Iran, would be a "reasonable step".
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has stoked a volatile debate about refugees and migrant workers from Africa.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked furious debate over refugees and migrant workers from Africa, claiming they threaten the nation’s security.
Trade Minister Rob Davies says consumers have the right to know if products are from Israeli-occupied territories, based on accurate labelling.
The Palestinian campaign to boycott goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank has received a boost with an unprecedented South African proposal.
It would be a mistake to depict the widespread Arab concerns over Iran as an act of support for an Israeli or American war against it.
It is easy to define the raison d’tre of the US or Israel, but South Africa’s mission seems murkier, writes Rapule Tabane