Palestinian negotiators have warned they will leave Cairo on Sunday unless Israel agrees to return to Egyptian-mediated negotiations to end the fighting in Gaza without setting conditions. “We told the Egyptians that if the Israelis are not coming and if there is no significant development, we are leaving today,” Palestinian[…]
A rare sunny day during the middle of winter opened the blue sky as thousands of pro-Palestine supporters gathered in Cape Town on Saturday to attend one of the largest marches to take place in the mother city since the end of apartheid. A number of representatives from all organizations[…]
Cape Town was painted black, red, green and white on Saturday, as swarms of people took to the streets in solidarity with the people of Palestine. From as early as 9am, there was high volumes of traffic coming into the city and roads were blocked off in preparation for the[…]
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian supports gathered outside parliament on Saturday, in protest of an Israeli assault on Gaza that has resulted in nearly 1900, mostly civilian casualties. The march, led by the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P), has been dubbed the largest such event in the country since 1994,[…]
Thousands of people were streaming into central Cape Town before noon on Saturday ahead of a pro-Palestine march through the city’s streets to Parliament. Many sang and held up posters and banners as they streamed towards the main gathering point at Keizergracht, from where the march was scheduled to have[…]
Israeli warplanes kept up a punishing campaign of air strikes over Gaza, killing five Palestinians on Saturday as rebels fired rockets into Israel and ceasefire talks in Cairo stalled. The Palestinian interior ministry said Israeli jets launched 21 strikes after midnight, destroying three mosques, one in the Zeitoun area, one[…]
Capetonians are gearing up for tomorrow’s Gaza march, tipped to be one of the largest pro Palestinian marches since 1994. Already, VOC has been inundated with calls from the public asking where they can get Palestinians flags, scarves and banners. Metrorail is offering a free service to anyone wearing the[…]
Social media activism has grown exponentially in recent years and the current conflict in Gaza has proven just how effective online networks are in pushing out vital information. While not everyone knows the “ins and outs” of social media, the past month has seen an upsurge in older people getting[…]
A senior Palestinian official said a team negotiating in Cairo for a ceasefire agreement with Israel is committed to reaching a deal. “We told the Egyptians (mediators) we are sitting here to achieve a final agreement that restores the rights” of Palestinians, delegation head Azzam al-Ahmed told reporters. The Egyptian[…]
While thousands are expected to make their way to what has been tipped as ‘one of the largest protest rallies’ in Cape Town since the fall of apartheid, a group of women plan to do a lot more than just march on Saturday. According to Ayesha Salie, about 500 women[…]
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