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Middle East conflict reaches SA’s doorstep
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans in Israel to cross the land border into Jordan — one of the few remaining safe exit routes
Mideast war: Treasury rallies to cushion blow
As Iranian conflict rattles oil markets and raises economic risks for South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is building a scenario plan to assess the implications for…
Iran’s envoy in South Africa defends retaliatory attacks on US bases in the Middle East
Ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr said Tehran’s actions ‘are directed at military bases used against us’
Khamenei killing puts limits of self-defence under UN Charter to the test
The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being…
SA sport faces tough questions after Israel rugby debacle
Sport can be a powerful force for good but in the wrong hands it can also be used help normalise hatred
Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians at mercy of Israeli court
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…
Israel expelling Human Rights Watch country director
The case against Omar Shakir was initially based on statements he had made supporting a boycott before joining HRW
Israel plans to force out thousands of African migrants
Over the years, those caught at the Egyptian frontier were detained at prisons in the Negev desert in southern Israel.
Police crack down on protesters at Israeli anti-racism march
Mounted policemen have clashed with hundreds of Ethiopian citizens after an antiracism demonstration turned violent in Tel Aviv.
Three African migrants stabbed in Tel Aviv
An attacker has stabbed three Eritrean men in a Tel Aviv video store in what police said they were initially treating as a racist attack.
Israel plans to block ‘flytilla’ of pro-Palestinian activists
Israel has warned it will deny entry to "provocateurs" as up to 2000 pro-Palestinian activists prepare to fly in, en route to the West Bank.
‘Illegal’ toddlers pack Tel Aviv’s pirate nurseries
In a small, worn home Blessing Okpara runs a "pirate" nursery, one of dozens in Tel Aviv offering cut-price daycare to illegal immigrants.
Protestors denounce Cape Town Opera in Israel
A group of human rights campaigners have protested outside the Tel Aviv Opera House, denouncing the Cape Town Opera for performing in Israel.
Last-ditch effort for broad Israel govt collapses
Last-ditch efforts to form a broad-based Israeli coalition failed on Friday, fuelling concerns about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.
Livni narrowly wins party vote, eyes Israel PM job
Tzipi Livni was narrowly elected leader of Israel’s ruling party and vowed on Thursday to start work immediately on forming a new coalition.