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latest news & developmentsUnmatched cruelty in Gaza while world celebrates the new year
While Benjamin Netanyahu keeps boasting about having defeated Hamas and gleefully claiming that it is not a threat, his soldiers continue their killing spree under his orders
God edition: Where is God in the Gaza war?
The Israeli invasion is also a battle between religion and law with no certain outcome
What’s the fuss about Israel’s observer status at the AU?
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU…
Israel-Palestine conflict: The past laid the violent foundations
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
We should have a vaccine against viral propaganda
A response to “The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story”, Mail & Guardian, 13 January 2021
The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story
Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
Palestinians eye changes to key accord with Israel
The Palestinian Authority has formally asked Israel for talks on changing the Paris Protocol governing economic ties between the two sides.
Israel releases frozen Palestinian tax funds
Israel has decided to release tax money it had been withholding from the Palestinian Authority since its admission to Unesco a month ago.
South Africans divided on Palestinian UN bid
President Zuma supports the Palestinian bid to seek a seat at the UN, but not all SA voices who feel they have a stake in the matter favour the move.
Settlement freeze reports ‘an Israeli manoeuvre’
The Palestinians said on Wednesday that reports of an Israeli freeze in construction in West Bank settlements was a ”new deceiving Israeli manoeuvre”.
Clinton to push for Palestinian statehood
Hillary Clinton pledged on Tuesday to press for Palestinian statehood, putting Washington on a possible collision course with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hamas rule could hinder efforts to rebuild Gaza
The war in Gaza may have ended but the territory remains under Hamas rule and Israeli sanctions, which could hinder efforts to rebuild the enclave.
Gaza peace talks under way in Egypt
A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel.