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The National Assembly degenerated into a circus on 19 March during a debate on Iran. The Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on international relations and cooperation, Ryan...
The new US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, had barely unpacked before he landed in hot water with the government of his host...
For the past decade, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ratcheted up relations with Africa. These ties have withstood the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Gaza, and, so...
It has been 25 years since the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), held in Durban, unleashed antisemitic vitriol as the aggressive...
Many may consider it a snub when the credentials of the new ambassador of a world leader like the United States (US) is accepted by anyone but the country’s president. On Monday, 23 February, the new US ambassador...
Now that the body of the last hostage in Gaza has been returned to Israel, there is a deep hope that the Jewish state can move on. Jewish and Muslim communities around the...
Neither South African President Cyril Ramaphosa nor Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu made it to Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) pow wow. Nevertheless, both countries featured in the discussions, and the gathering in the Swiss Alps influenced the increasingly complex web of interconnections between...
Throughout history, Jews have been blamed for nefarious conspiracies to dethrone kings, control economies, and topple rulers. When governments are under pressure, their leaders seek scapegoats. The latest accusations have surfaced in Venezuela, albeit against “Zionists” this...
I’ve thrown the bones, read the tea leaves, and gazed into my crystal ball to see what we can expect in 2026. Here are my predictions, and some important anniversaries in the next year. ...
The South African government is basking in the glory of what it considers a successful G20 Summit in Johannesburg, having managed to forge consensus in a fractured world. This was despite the shenanigans of...
With a fragile Gaza ceasefire just about holding after two years of brutal war, the South African government still claims it has a positive role to...
If anyone thinks relations between Pretoria and Washington are at rock bottom, there may be new depths to plumb yet. On top of the withdrawal of...
He calls himself a Muslim Zionist, and has gone from being an Israel hater to supporting the Jewish state as a matter of principle and integrity,...
As relations between Pretoria and Washington continue to sour, South Africa’s ties to Iran are coming under increasing scrutiny. And the heat is being turned up...
Jewish Agency head, Israeli Major General (reserves) Doron Almog, decided at the last minute not to fly to Johannesburg from Israel to attend Limmud last week...
Afrika Tikkun, a non-profit organisation that has fed and educated millions of South Africans since 1994, is being targeted in what appears to be a concerted...
Emotive images of malnourished, starving Gazan children – many faked, some all too real – have dominated news coverage. Cynically exploited for propaganda by Hamas, it...
It didn’t take long for South African Jews to be made scapegoats. The progress of the United States (US)-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Bill of 2025...
The South African government’s warm relations with Iran risks costing the country thousands of jobs, exacerbating already fraught relations with Washington, and exposing the country to...
Despite progress made in deepening relations between Israel and African countries, the war in Gaza has put these efforts on the back burner. Not enough academic...
The 33-year-old Ugandan born Zohran Mamdani, who went to school in Cape Town, clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination for New York City mayoral elections in a...
While water resources can cause conflict, they can also foster collaboration and build trust. That was the message delivered by water experts from Israel, Jordan, the...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has challenged the African National Congress (ANC), its partner in the Government of National Unity (GNU), on its right to dictate international...
Joel Pollak isn’t sorry that he’s cost South Africa’s ambassador to the United States (US) his job. And Tony Leon, former Democratic Alliance leader and former...
As the leadership of the Western world appears to be moving right with electoral gains for right-wing parties in Europe and beyond, it’s as much of...
Free State University’s Professor Hussein Solomon was selected to a prestigious list of the world’s top 100 terrorism experts (at number 93) by ScholarGPS, a body...
What started with a social media post by United States (US) President Donald Trump – apparently prompted by the passage of South Africa’s Expropriation Act –...
In his first week back in the White House, President Donald Trump lost no time shaking up United States (US) policies on the Middle East. Most...
South African government departments, political parties, and parliament have heaped blame on Israel in highly loaded, emotive language, and barely mention Hamas in their response to...
Global pressure on Israel for its conduct of the war on Hamas after 7 October is mounting. Ireland has become the latest country to join South...
On 20 January, Donald Trump will be inaugurated for his second term as United States (US) president. The world had one dose of this mercurial, capricious,...
The year 2025 will be big for South Africa. What the government of national unity says and does will be under intense international scrutiny. The country...
All eyes will be on South Africa in 2025 as it hosts the Group of 20 (G20) leaders of the world’s most significant economies next November....
Politicians and the media make assumptions about what South Africans think about foreign policy. Whether it’s conflict in the Middle East; relations with the West and...
Donald Trump’s resounding shellacking of Kamala Harris at the polls on 5 November took many by surprise, including me. Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to...
Many admire the humanitarian work that the Gift of the Givers Foundation performs in the world’s disaster areas, providing relief from floods, earthquakes, and wars. It...
As the world enters its second year since the murderous Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the oldest hatred is alive and well in...
“No-one could imagine a 7 October. The magnitude of what happened that day was entirely new and unprecedented. We didn’t have the resources. We listened to...
It’s never easy to grieve for one’s late parents. Israeli-born architect Amos Goldreich, the son of South African struggle hero Arthur Goldreich and Israeli designer Tamar...
There’s a novel change in seating arrangements for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), which began on 10 September in New...
