The Israeli government has denied Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande a visa to travel to Palestine, his spokesperson said on Thursday. “This is not only an act against him, but also an act against him as a member of Cabinet, so by extension it’s an anti-government protest by Israel,” Khaye[…]
Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in protest on Thursday as their Jewish compatriots partied, each group in its own way marking the 67th anniversary of the State of Israel’s founding. The anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948 is celebrated according to the Jewish calendar,[…]
The Armenian community of the Holy Land this week marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of a series of massacres and pogroms against the community in their ancestral homeland in Eastern Anatolia. Large numbers of the community’s approximately 5,000 members in Palestine are expected to take part in commemorations[…]
A year after rival political parties Hamas and Fatah agreed to end their bitter divisions, the unity deal they signed appears to be on the brink of collapse. This week, a ministerial delegation from the Ramallah-based consensus government headed to the Gaza Strip, the stronghold of Hamas, for what was to[…]
OPINION by Eddie Cottle When South African security services prevented a Cape Town girl from boarding a plane allegedly to join ISIS, many South Africans were pleased but at the same time surprised at how swift the reaction of our security services were. How come the same reaction is not[…]
The hopes of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine question are “dead”, with virtually nothing left for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This is according to Palestinian politician, Awad Abdel Fattah who has called for a rethink to the possibility of a single-state instead. Abdel[…]
Israel has agreed to transfer in full hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority but frozen in a row over the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Palestinian president said. Mahmoud Abbas said that “There is an agreement; the money will be sent in full.” Israeli[…]
Over 20 South African businesses have terminated their contracts with G4S Security over its involvement in Israeli prisons and human rights abuses, according to the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in South Africa (BDS South Africa). Since an aggressive campaign launched by BDS South Africa and the KZN Palestine Solidarity Forum[…]
South Africans with a keen interest in Israeli politics will be able to gain more insight with the arrival of Palestinian politician Awad Abdel Fattah and his wife Husein Fathiya, an activist. Awad Abdel Fattah is the secretary general of the National Democratic Alliance, a political party with three seats[…]
“Where will we go,” asks eight-year-old Tiba Qeren, saying goodbye to the family home that, like those of many other Palestinian citizens of Israel, is condemned to demolition for failing to meet planning rules. “I’m afraid,” she tells AFP. “I know that they are going to destroy our home as[…]
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