By Kouthar Sambo Students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) have called for a mass gathering at the Jammie steps on Wednesday, 20th March, at 1 pm. This comes amid the annual Israeli Apartheid week, which takes place at the campus every year. The UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF)[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Palestinian media reported that the specialized surgeries department at Al-Shifa Hospital was ablaze on Monday following Israeli tanks shelling the hospital while besieging its compounds and demanding a complete evacuation. The situation Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that approximately 30,000 people, including displaced civilians, wounded patients, and medical[…]
The Israel-Palestinian conflict is pushing the Palestinian unemployment rate in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip above 50 per cent, the International Labour Organisation said on Monday. Half a million jobs have already been lost since 7 October; Reuters has reported. That’s when Israel began its military offensive against[…]
Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Rafah, while UN warns Gaza could be hit by famine between mid-March and May. Here’s how things stand on Tuesday, March 19, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air[…]
The UN fact-finding mission on Iran today said that it found the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody “unlawful”. The 22-year-old’s death sparked a wave of nationwide protests in September 2022. She was detained in Tehran allegedly for not adhering to the mandatory dress codes. “Our investigation established that her death[…]
By Kouthar Sambo “It is clear that what Israel is doing is wrong, and these people (the University of Cape Town) are supporting Israel, given that the South African government took Israel to court for its war crimes.” This is according to UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) Chairperson Anwar Adams.[…]
By Kouthar Sambo A march, themed Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage, is set to take place on 21st March coinciding with Human Rights Day. The march will commence at Simons Town station, and prospective protesters can meet up and start walking from this point. The march comes following the Israeli forces’ latest[…]
A family remains in shock at how a vicious war destroyed their son’s health and took him away from them. Rafah, Gaza – The loss of nine-year-old Yazan, or Yazouna as his mother called him, hangs like a dark cloud over the el-Kafarna family’s tiny living space. They huddle together in[…]
The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, Anadolu reports. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite[…]
Israel Police has this week been installing barriers at three gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, further obstructing Muslim worshippers’ access to the site, Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement issued yesterday, the Islamic Endowments Department, Waqf, in the occupied city of Jerusalem said the iron[…]
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