South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South
The court has ordered that Israel implement provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts against the people living in Gaza ‘with immediate effect’
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
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
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
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
Deputy president says the ANC will continue to act in solidarity with Cuba, Palestine and Western Sahara, regardless of coercion by ‘influential’ states
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
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana noted that South Africa’s position on Israel’s occupation of Palestine has always been clear
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
The matter will be heard on Thursday and Friday next week
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
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
This marks as a win for the US who didn’t have to use its veto again
South African-born Jewish artist Candice Breitz has had her exhibition in a German museum scrapped
Amid tragedy, we must consider the oneness of humanity
One cannot stand for climate justice but remain silent while Palestine suffers injustice daily
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
Our social media feeds are as key a field as any for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Attention has turned to whether the truce will be extended before its scheduled end early on Tuesday morning
Beware that when you dehumanise your opponent, you dehumanise yourself
In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids
Protests and other actions for human rights matter, and collectively there is much we can do