Prominent Palestinian scholar, author and academic, Dr. Abdallah Ma’rouf, is currently in Cape Town conducting a series of educational workshops focusing on the history of the Palestinian issue, as well as that of the iconic Masjid al-Aqsa. He is being hosted by the Muslim Student Association (MSA), in association with[…]
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSA) expressed its outrage on Wednesday that SAFM at the last minute cancelled the “Workers on Wednesday” programme that was meant to include Middle East political commentator Na’eem Jeenah and representatives from trade union Cosatu and the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu). The programme was[…]
UCT human rights expert Cathy Powell does not believe the Palestinian government will achieve its aims to have Israel prosecuted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riad al-Malki, visited the ICC on Tuesday, with the aim of pushing for war crimes charges to be[…]
A full page advert is being compiled by the Minara Chamber of Commerce to be placed in the Sunday Times next weekend to explain, in simple terms, the chronology of events in Palestinian history. Minara president Solly Sulaiman said the idea was to create awareness and educate the South African[…]
Palestinian academic and author Dr Abdallah Ma’rouf is in Cape Town from the Wednesday 6th to Sunday 10th of August. Dr Ma’rouf holds a PHD in Islamic Jerusalem Studies and is considered an authority on the history of Al Quds in Palestine. He is being hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association[…]
Following talks to jampacked audiences in Cape Town, Prof Ilan Pappe takes on Johannesburg this week for the next leg of his South African speaking tour. Pappe is an Israeli academic and historian that is in effective exile due to his academic work, support of the Palestinian struggle and in[…]
More than 30 wide-ranging South African civil society and religious organizations, trade unions, and political parties have come together under the banner of the National Coalition 4 Palestine (NC4P) in calling for a full boycott of Woolworths. NC4P affiliates include the ANC Youth League, Muslim Judicial Council, Kairos South Africa,[…]
Diplomat at the Palestinian embassy of South Africa, Tamer Almassri will be in Cape Town on Wednesday to publically speak about his personal experiences of life in Gaza. Al Massri lost eight family members in an Israeli attack on Gaza on Saturday. He also lost two sons in previous attacks[…]
Within two weeks since its launch, the Husami masjid in Cravenby has raised a whopping R120 000 for the Gaza Water Project. VOC in partnership with the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the Al Quds Foundation launched the humanitarian initiative last month to raise much needed funds for the war[…]
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga says the show of support for Israel from local political parties is concerning. A number of political parties and organisations took to the streets of Johannesburg at the weekend to show their support for Israel’s military incursion in Gaza in a protest organised by the South[…]
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