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The Palestine Solidarity Alliance has called on South Africa to take decisive action against Israel amid escalating violence in Gaza that has claimed over 50,000 Palestinian lives. Invoking South Africa's anti-apartheid legacy, the PSA demands economic disengagement from Israel and enforcement of International Court of Justice rulings, while condemning recent US proposals.
The South African Zionist Federation Cape Council has firmly rejected criticism of its upcoming Zionist Connect Conference in Cape Town, describing objections as 'baseless claims' aimed at undermining constitutional rights to free assembly.
A planned Zionist conference in Cape Town has sparked controversy, with the Media Review Network (MRN) leading calls for its cancellation.
Delve into the implications of South Africa's FATF grey listing and the inconsistencies in global terrorism financing laws.
Many have risked threats to their careers and professions, while many more have been ostracised and slandered as ‘self-hating Jews’.
For the historically oppressed in South Africa, in particular, the struggle of the Palestinians is reminiscent of our own resistance against apartheid.
“By singling out a nation defending its people against terrorist threats from Hamas in the south and Hezbollah in the north, the ANC is misusing its platform—one that should promote sport as a national unifier”
The ANC has come under fire from the Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) after the party refused an invitation to participate in a televised debate at the Jewish Holocaust Museum in Gardens on Sunday.
The new measures come a day after Turkey said Israel had blocked its attempt to airdrop aid to Gaza.
OPINION: 'The radical anti-Israel lobby will use the opportunity to cry out and call for blood, with what in reality is little more than a dispute between individuals being rapidly elevated into an orchestrated hate campaign against the individual concerned in the media, online, in the workplace and all on other conceivable forums. ’
In a world that prides itself on the advancement of liberal values and human rights, the West's selective outrage and support have unveiled a disturbing pattern of hypocrisy that undermines the very ideals it seeks to promote, writes Ismaeel El-khateeb
OPINION: We should do more because our history has bestowed upon us political and moral authority that almost no other country has, and Palestinians acknowledge that, writes Dr Allan Boesak.
Some of the more interesting things that happened on this day.
LETTER: The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a leading environmental studies and research institute in Israel. It was founded to prepare future leaders to co-operatively solve the regional and global challenges by bringing together Palestinians and Jordanians to work on the water issue.
The announcement was welcomed by millions of its members, who felt they were being starved of their faith, most noticeably not making the annual pilgrimage to Moria.