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Not in my name, rages SA diplomat

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Jun 2013

A furious Ismail Coovadia has repudiated a bid to 'honour' him with trees planted on contested land.

Outrage over ‘homophobia’ posters

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 May 2013

Rhodes students and staff are livid after “racist, xenophobic” posters were displayed on campus.

No kid gloves for Obama in Israel

Analysis Chris Mcgreal - 22 Mar 2013

United States President Barack Obama made his first official visit to Israel this week, amid warnings from some of Israel's leading supporters.

Israel has done a lot of good for SA

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Mar 2013

From March 11 to March 17, a series of events takes place around the country under the rubric of "Israel Apartheid Week."

Middle East politics hits charity

Article Fatima Asmal Motala - 1 Feb 2013

The inclusion on a US terrorism watchlist has frozen South African charity Al Aqsa's bank accounts.

Rightwingers on the rise in Israel

Article Jonathan Freedland - 11 Jan 2013

Ahead of elections in Israel, ultra-ultra-nationalists using overtly racist rhetoric are surging in the polls.

Stone that may floor Middle East’s Goliath

Analysis Bongie Mcakuvana - 11 Jan 2013

South Africa must use its influence to take down the ineffective quartet and reach a two-state solution, writes Bongie Mcakuvana.

Hamas cry of victory rings hollow for battered civilians

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Dec 2012

Three weeks later, Gaza City has almost returned to what passes for normal in this overcrowded, impoverished and war-ravaged strip of land.

Israel under pressure to reverse settlement plans

Article Andrew Gully - 4 Dec 2012

Despite international protest, Israel is going ahead with settlement plans to build 3 000 homes in a critical area of the West Bank.

Hamas unscathed by hi-tech war

Article Chris Mcgreal - 23 Nov 2012

Although Hamas leadership is in hiding, Israel's missiles have failed to obliterate its authority, writes Chris McGreal in Beit Lahiya.

West gives Israel impunity

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Nov 2012

The support of the US and Britain allows Israel to continue its policy of occupation and aggression, says Seumas Milne.

Obama and Netanyahu discuss ways to calm Gaza situation

Article Reuters - 17 Nov 2012

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has called US President Barack Obama and the two discussed options for "de-escalating" the situation in Israel and Gaza.

Attacks on Jewish fund obscure campaign to eliminate Israel

Article Isla Feldman - 16 Nov 2012

Recent attacks on the Jewish National Fund can only be seen as part of the decades-long struggle to exclude Jews from the Middle East.

Israel is not apartheid state

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Nov 2012

To equate Israel with apartheid, as Gideon Levy does displays a profound ignorance of the horror that was South Africa.

Palestine billboard provokes legal action

Article Fatima Asmal Motala - 8 Nov 2012

The removal of a billboard graphically explaining the expanding Israeli occupation of Palestinian land looks set to culminate in a legal battle.

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