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JTA – Israel has rejected a Gaza peace plan advanced with much fanfare by US President Donald Trump, saying it did not adequately address disarmament by Hamas. “There...
South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) is demanding that the government and the African National Congress (ANC) publicly condemn Hamas after a senior United Nations (UN) official accused its “armed personnel” of obstructing humanitarian aid in Gaza. Dr...
Gaza was and remains a humanitarian tragedy of enormous, perhaps incalculable dimensions. Thousands of Palestinian civilians, women, children, infants, and the elderly, were killed there alongside thousands more Hamas terrorists and their accomplices in the two-year war that was sparked by Hamas’s savagery...
Dianna Yach, managing director and chairperson of the Mauerberger Foundation Fund (MFF) is being sued for, among other things, donating R1 million to Gift of the...
An Israel-hating pastor confronted Helen Zille about the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) supposed stance on Gaza, at a DA campaign event in Johannesburg recently. Nigel Branken challenged the mayoral contender in front of a packed audience at...
An aeronautical engineer turned humanitarian, South African-born Israeli Alice Miller has broken barriers all her life. From successfully suing the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in 1995 to allow female fighter pilots to overseeing medical and psychosocial health assistance in Gaza, she sees past divides to the humanity...
South African Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie is resolute about his decision to withdraw South Africa’s Gaza-linked art submission for the 2026 Venice Biennale, insisting the move...
“I want a future without Hamas. Not for Israel, but for my people. For Palestinian children who deserve a life shaped by dreams rather than fear.” These...
After days of explosive speculation and political theatre, Al-Majd Europe, an organisation that has been facilitating paid evacuations of Palestinians out of Gaza, has finally broken its silence. Its statement comes in the wake of the...
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...
Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela’s move to pursue anti-Israel campaigns may be viewed by some as positive, but it’s worth noting that he leaves a cascade...
Over the past two years, we have heard many indignant media personalities – yes you, Piers Morgan, who has yet to step foot in Israel –...
JTA -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described two strikes on a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Monday, 25 August, that killed about 20, including five...
JTA -An international hunger monitoring group says portions of Gaza now meet its standards for declaring a famine, crossing a threshold that it said had not...
“We’re still in the tunnels,” said South African-born former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel, who is in Johannesburg this week with her husband, Keith, to raise awareness...
JTA – The UJA-Federation of New York will send $1 million (R17.7 million) to an Israeli humanitarian group providing aid to civilians in Gaza, the federation’s...
In Jewish communities across South Africa, families are encountering a familiar question: why are the people of Gaza hungry? Too often, the accusation follows quickly. It...
JTA -Two months ago, on 27 May, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing food in the Gaza Strip. From the outset, the group was mired...
JTA – Israel says its army is pausing military operations in some parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day to facilitate the distribution of aid...
JTA -Saying that he believes there is “real starvation” in Gaza, President Donald Trump said the United States would set up barrier-free food centres in the...
JTA – At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, 20 July, marking the deadliest day for...
JTA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered aid to enter Gaza, days after United States President Donald Trump joined the ranks of...
It’s an obvious conclusion for any military strategist, particularly within the Israel Defense Forces. If a radical, violence-driven Islamic group possesses the means, it will relentlessly...
In a shift in strategy, anti-Israel protesters here and abroad have begun targeting Egypt in their ongoing campaign to demonise the Jewish state, staging demonstrations outside...
JTA – In his final public speech, delivered less than 24 hours before his death, Pope Francis addressed the war in Gaza, expressing sympathy for the...
Israel is accused by Palestinians and international entities of starving Gazans despite the humanitarian aid Israel is helping to get into the Gaza Strip since the...
JTA – The commander of a small Israeli military drone unit in Gaza was on a routine reconnaissance mission with his team in an apartment in...
George Orwell, one of Britain’s greatest gifts to Western literature, warned his readers about the deceptive use of language, particularly in the realm of politics. Political...
Though Israel’s leadership is focused on winning a war and ensuring that Hamas isn’t able to threaten Israel again, it’s important to start considering what Israel’s...
It has been more than 3 000 days since Avera Mengistu, an Israeli citizen and member of the Ashkelon Ethiopian community, climbed over the border fence...
“Massacre, carnage, butchering, and ethnic cleansing,” were just some of the ways that the African National Congress (ANC) described Israel’s defensive actions in Gaza over the...
The site of the Iron Dome upon a hill in Modiin is comforting yet fills me with dread. Israelis know that when Iron Dome batteries are...
Diaspora Jewry has learned to brace itself for the inevitable backlash whenever conflict erupts between Israel and its neighbours. Over the past 15 years, most of...
A volunteer firefighter who was born in South Africa has been at the forefront of the fight to protect Israel’s “Gaza envelope” – the area of...
“Laser is a multi-role system – like a fighter aircraft. You can deploy it on the ground, on board an aircraft, on a Jeep or on...
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