The Israeli authorities released Khader Adnan for the second time in two days after midnight Monday, after they briefly rearrested the veteran Palestinian hunger striker in East Jerusalem a day after he was released from 11 months in prison. The Palestinian liaison office moved Adnan from an Israeli detention center[…]
An Israeli rights group on Monday released a video challenging the official Israeli account that a soldier was in danger when he shot dead a Palestinian teenager who threw a stone at the soldier’s jeep. Mohammad Kasbah, 17, was shot dead on July 3 by Colonel Israel Shomer after throwing[…]
A small crowd of protesters gathered outside Parliament on Friday calling for an end to the occupation of Palestine. Around the world similar protests were happening as the last Friday of Ramadan is marked as International Al Quds day. Back in Cape Town the turnout this was significantly less with[…]
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters in Cape Town are expected to march through the city today, in what is widely regarded as International Quds Day. Globally, a march is annually held on the last Friday of Ramadan to express solidarity with the Palestinian people. This week also marks one year since[…]
Nelson Mandela’s Rivonia Trial co-accused and Jewish anti-apartheid stalwart Denis Goldberg has came out slamming the Israeli lobby’s use of propaganda holiday trips to try to entice and buy-off South African students, young people and enterpreneurs. “The pro-Israeli lobby, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies and SA Zionist Federation try[…]
OPINION by Sharif Nashashibi – July 8 marks the anniversary of last year’s Israeli onslaught against Gaza. Commonly and mistakenly described as a war against Hamas, the targets and victims were overwhelmingly civilian (a consistent and deliberate Israeli military strategy). According to the United Nations, two-thirds of the 2,251 Palestinian[…]
As Wednesday marked one year since Israel began its assault on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations lamented the damage still impacting the lives of Gazans today and pleaded for the support of the international community. “During this somber time, we remember the thousands of Palestinian[…]
Israel has arrested six Palestinian Bedouins from the Negev, including four teachers, for allegedly supporting the Islamic State group, the domestic security service said Monday. The six men, all members of the same family, were relatives of two people who already traveled to Syria to fight alongside IS radicals, Israeli[…]
In the ruins of what used to be his home, Gaza Strip resident Rabah Abu Shanab reflects on what used to be — and what little hope remains. “We were doing better a year ago,” the 57-year-old said while sitting on a plastic chair in his living room, now just[…]
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) are actively pursuing the release of several activists currently detained by Israeli authorities, following a third failed attempt at breaking an eight-year siege on the Gaza Strip. The ‘Marianne av Göteborg’, one of four Flotilla vessels attempting to reach the Gazan coast, was intercepted by[…]
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