Israeli forces on Wednesday detained the father and two brothers of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy suspected of stabbing two Israelis near Maale Adumim. Local committee spokesman Hani Halabiya said Israeli forces detained Samir Abu Sneineh and brothers Murad and Tariq after raiding their house in al-Eizariya. Clashes broke out following[…]
Israeli far-right Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman challenged the European Union on Sunday, November 16, asserting that Israel will never limit its construction activity in Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem). “We will not accept any restrictions on building in Jewish communities in Jerusalem – there will be no compromise on the matter,” Foreign[…]
Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation and several others were injured by stun grenades, shrapnel and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound area on Wednesday, an official said. Palestinian Red Crescent official Amin Abu Ghazaleh told Ma’an that Red Crescent ambulances moved nine injured to the[…]
International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to rebuild the battered Gaza Strip on Sunday and urged Israel and the Palestinians to renew peace efforts. Gas-rich Qatar led the way at a donors conference in Cairo with a promise of $1 billion in aid to the coastal[…]
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[…]
“Post-Apartheid South Africa was an inspiration for me and an inspiration for many activists like myself.” These were the words of prominent Israeli historian and social activist, Professor Ilan Pappe during a visit to Cape Town this past weekend. Pappe is visiting the country in a nationwide tour to raise[…]
A South African observing itikaaf in Masjidul Aqsa in Jerusalem says there is no truth to rumours that Capetonians have been killed at the sacred site. VOC News received unconfirmed reports that musallees from Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain who are currently in Masjidul Aqsa have been killed in violence. The[…]
The South African National Halal Authority (Sanha) says it has not issued certification to any Israeli company. Sanha was responding to public criticism on social media that halal bodies were allegedly profiteering from certifying Israeli products and companies for Muslim consumers. There has been growing calls on Muslims to boycott[…]
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the Western Cape has called upon the South African government to recall the South African ambassador to Israel and to expel the Israeli ambassador from South Africa. The party has added its voice to growing outrage over the Israeli military’s offensive against Gaza, which[…]
Three of the six Israelis held over the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager last week are to be released, Israeli media said on Wednesday. “Three of six suspects in murder of Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khder to be freed Thursday,” the Haaretz daily said. “If there are no[…]
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