Settling for a simplistic ‘oppressor-oppressed’ narrative is depriving the Middle East of the hope it deserves
The International Court of Justice has delivered its ruling on the emergency measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel
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
The narrative has changed because people are revolting. The Western man in the street and the impoverished and abused global citizen, are the ones revolting
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
South Africa is correct and courageous to oppose the West at the International Court of Justice but is not a consistently principled actor
The CSA had a tough decision to make but failed to field any conviction
Five creatives tell of their work on the Israeli violence and the responses they’ve had
Approaching The Hague was about making a statement, something the country has done emphatically
The finance minister was speaking on a panel in Davos about the expansion of Brics
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
Global security has deteriorated markedly, just as countries need to be able to count on one another to avoid a deeper crisis
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
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel.
Lawyers representing Israel at the International Court of Justice will table their arguments in day 2 of the proceedings.
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
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana noted that South Africa’s position on Israel’s occupation of Palestine has always been clear
South Africa told the International Court of Justice that Israel is deliberately trying to destroy the Palestinian people living in Gaza
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel. SA makes their argument today.
In a crisis-hit world, attacks on newsrooms and media workers leave us worse off
The state is standing up on principle knowing full well that there will be intense international and domestic pressure to fall into line
Pop star George Michael articulated best the dangers of removing idealism from politics
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
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