By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) was on the ground on Wednesday to showcase their solidarity with the besieged Palestinians. The mass action took place in Newlands as the Proteas vs India test was underway. Pro-Palestine activists were present to wave their flag and posters, though security was[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Amid the ongoing attacks by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, South Africa has continued to showcase their support through ongoing protests, particularly in the Mother City. The common ground all Palestine supporters share is the call to prosecute South African citizens joining the Israeli Defense Force[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The ongoing aggressions in the Gaza Strip have led to Palestinians starving to death as Gaza remains without electricity, food aid, water, and lack of medical supplies. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time show earlier today, Vice Chairperson of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Shaniaé Maharaj, said that[…]
The life of a local journalist in Britain is comparatively simple. Weddings. Funerals. A spot of council corruption, and the local football team. Less so in Nablus, though Nasser Ishtayeh has covered plenty of funerals. The brutal circumstances of the occupation dictate that he’s a war photographer. Each job can[…]
The Israeli army says one of its drones came down in Lebanese territory, following a reinforcement of its presence at its northern frontier near Lebanon. The drone fell “during IDF operational activity” along the border, the army said in a statement on Sunday. “There is no concern that any information[…]
An Israeli soldier was sentenced to one month in prison after fatally shooting an unarmed Palestinian protester without his commander’s permission during the unrest along the Israeli-Gazan border. A military court ruled on Monday that an IDF service member broke the rules of engagement when he fired at a Palestinian[…]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it has down an Israeli drone near the country’s southern border. Earlier the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed that Israel will no longer be allowed to violate Lebanon’s airspace with impunity. The debris on the spy drone is allegedly in the hands of Hezbollah’s fighters, who are[…]
The Israeli military has reportedly engaged in a cross-border exchange of fire, after an anti-tank missile – said to have come from Lebanon – landed near an Israeli border town. “A number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon towards an Israel Defense Forces base and military vehicles. A number[…]
Tehran has mocked Israel’s intensified efforts to root out the Iranian presence in the region after the IDF struck targets in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq in one day, while threatening to continue attacks against Iran’s ‘accomplices.’ “These insane operations are absolutely last struggles of the Zionist Regime,” Qassem Soleimani tweeted after[…]
Air defense systems have been activated around Tel al-Harah in southern Syria, close to the border with Israel, border to repel an incoming missile attack allegedly launched by the IDF, state news agency SANA reports. Amid the strike on the strategic mountaintop area in the Daraa Governorate, the IDF allegedly[…]
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