Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its duties to maintain peace
Because Israel is an occupying nation, Israeli violence and Palestinian resistance should not be portrayed as equivalent
The signs are there that the Israeli state may have ‘won’ the most recent battle against Palestinians but could be losing the protracted war, especially in the court of public opinion
The government’s spokesperson has posted tweets and videos that have nothing to do with the current conflict with Palestinians
While the conflict between Israel and Palestinians rages on the real battle is for public opinion
Cyril Ramaphosa may have signalled a hardening of tone but, like his predecessors, he is unlikely to break the mould on the Palestine-Israel two-state solution
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The body’s inaction during the Iraq war and Russia’s annexation of the Crimea makes it weaker when it comes to negotiation peace in the Middle East
SA BDS Coalition calls for the world to listen to what Israel’s actions are saying and apply full sanctions against that apartheid state
Israel’s iron grip over Palestinians had its beginnings in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France’s arbitrary mapping out of the Middle East
The president addresses the recent violence in Palestine
The Nakba began with the establishment of Israel in 1948 and has never ended. Palestinian are still removed from their land and their home and are still being killed and discriminated against
Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood face court-sanctioned eviction in what rights groups say is a continuation of Israel’s decades-long plan to ‘ethnically cleanse’ the city.
A Human Right Watch report recommends sanctions and UN commission to investigate Israeli apartheid practices
The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority
The JCC said that by the chief justice straying into politics, he breached the judicial conduct code and ordered him to issue an apology and retraction
A response to “The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story”, Mail & Guardian, 13 January 2021
Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
The icon who died on 25 November 2020 was more than just the greatest footballer of all time. From Argentina to Palestine he represented the experiences of the outsider, the oppressed
Last year South Africa closed its embassy in Jerusalem and Africa For Palestine alleged in its complaint that Mogoeng “expressed, or at least unambiguously implied” that this “political posture” was not right
How race came to function as fuel to an exploitative economic system. Take the case of South Africa…
We can only conclude that he ‘willingly and knowingly lent his personal credibility — and that of his office — to a white-washing of Israeli crimes’
The chief justice needs to publicly account for his comments, by either walking them back or explaining his change of heart on international law and its institutions
Mogoeng should remember that Israel/Palestine is an apartheid state, in which 90% of the land is reserved for Jewish occupation
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
Monday’s election left the veteran right-winger in prime position to form a government and end a year of political deadlock, after similar votes in April and September proved inconclusive
The case against Omar Shakir was initially based on statements he had made supporting a boycott before joining HRW
Confining people in effective Bantustans forces us to see Israel for what it is: a European project of domination
‘Open letter’ reveals the Orwellian depths to which the radical anti-Israel lobby is willing to descend in order to stand reality on its head
As South African Jews, we cannot sit by idly while the Israeli government commits similar atrocities to the former South African apartheid regime
A lecture delivered by an academic who challenged the logic of anti-Semitism claims has opened old wounds
At the end of 2017, by comparison, 68.5 million people were counted as being forcibly displaced by violence or persecution
Israel also lifted restrictions on civilian movements in communities around the Gaza border on Monday morning