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SA youth slam “Israeli propaganda trips”

South African youth and students have slammed what they call “Israel propaganda holiday trips”. This was the call at a press conference on Thursday, called by BDS South Africa and the Progressive Youth Alliance. National and provincial leaders of the ANC Youth League, SASCO, and COSAS were also in attendance[…]

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Abbas calls for reviewing agreements with Israel

President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for reviewing political, economic, and security agreements with Israel. Abbas said in a news conference with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić in Belgrade that “Israel must stop violating agreements and commit to them. They should stop settlement activity, ‘Judaisation’ activities in Jerusalem that bury its[…]

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Why is Israel not on the List of Shame?

“All of the evidence supports a move for the UN to put Israel on its List of Shame. Despite all this evidence, which is the killing of more than 500 Palestinian children during the Gaza offensive and the attacking of schools, the secretary general of the UN has given in[…]

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Netanyahu: Boycott movement aims to destroy Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a Palestinian-led campaign to snub Israeli goods sought the “elimination” of Israel, following a boycott row with French telecoms giant Orange. “I think it’s important that the international community stop giving the Palestinians a free pass,” Netanyahu said after meeting Czech Foreign Minister[…]

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Salafists claim responsibility for rocket

A Salafist group has claimed responsibility for a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards the Israeli town of Ashkelon on Saturday night, as Israel carried out retaliatory airstrikes overnight. In a statement issued Sunday, the group, calling itself “Sheikh Omar Hadid-Bayt al-Maqdis,” claimed that its fighters had fired a Katyusha[…]

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France ‘opposed’ to boycott of Israel

France’s foreign minister on Friday said Paris was “firmly opposed” to any boycott of Israel as a row rages over telecom group Orange’s decision to withdraw its brand from Israel. “Although it is for the president of the Orange group to determine the commercial strategy of the company, France is[…]

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