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Measuring dignity in conditions of captivity
Nakba Day invites all of us to think about belonging, about how we treat those who we think do not belong and about the importance of rules in the negotiation of spaces of…
Africa mourns Jesse Jackson, a global change agent
A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the precipice of the Oval Office, paving the way along…
Zionism’s modern atrocities echo the horrors of Nazism
The Holocaust should serve as a universal warning against genocide. Instead it is invoked to sanitise Israel’s persecution of Palestinians
UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza
The United Nations Security Council needs reform. The US has, since 1946, exercised its veto more than 80 times, many of those to block resolutions critical of Israel
Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine
Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India…
Gaza: South Africa must urgently return to the International Court of Justice
As humanitarian needs soar, provisional measures are needed for the full cessation of hostilities in Gaza.
Deal with South Africa on the basis of facts, not rumour
The country stands firm on the principle that diplomacy is the most viable route for settling differences in a complicated geopolitical world, including the conflict in the…
Unmatched 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
Israel’s ‘settler logic of elimination’
Israel’s seemingly limitless brutality is rooted in ‘the logic of dehumanisation’
António Guterrers, the man for our time
The secretary general of the United Nations is committed to peace, yet Israel in its war on Gaza and beyond chose to ban him
Jewish National Fund’s green facade erases Palestinian villages, facilitates land grabs for Israel
The organisation has advanced the Israeli settler project on Palestinian land in the West Bank, and within the Green Line area and Galilee
Palestinian Armenians fight to keep their music alive
From Palestinian rock to modern folk, generations of Armenian musicians have thrived in Jerusalem. But Israeli attacks threaten the community’s future
Driven to protest for Palestine
‘I don’t know how to keep quiet,’ says Cape Town artist Thania Petersen of the Israel-Gaza war
Jews are not obliged to support Zionism and the policies of the Israeli government
One cannot choose one’s race or nationality, but one can choose one’s political views and live by those choices
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…