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Gazan civilians labelled as ‘the enemy’ in ‘genocide’, International Court of Justice hears
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 This…
Top SA Jews slam Gaza attack
The call is part of a growing demand by Palestinian sympathisers to investigate the role of South African Jews in the IDF.
Death toll in Arab-Israeli conflict fell in 2007
The number of Israelis and Palestinians killed in the Middle East conflict dropped last year but human rights abuses continued, a leading Israeli human rights group said on…
Olmert rules out ceasefire, strikes on Hamas continue
The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, on Sunday ruled out ceasefire negotiations with the Islamist movement Hamas and said his military was fighting a ”true war” against armed…