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Recent high-level diplomatic engagements with Iran and China have reignited debate over South Africa’s foreign policy, prompting sharp criticism from the United States and raising fresh questions about the government’s claim...
JTA – Israeli critics of the Iran deal should be wary of alienating President Donald Trump, particularly given their country’s dependency on US military aid, Vice-President...
JTA – A growing number of Jewish groups are pushing back against the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) brokered between President Donald Trump and Iran. At...
JTA – In 2018, as United States President Barack Obama struck a deal with Iran to constrain its nuclear production, American Jewish groups were divided: Those on the...
JTA –US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that a deal to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “now complete”. “Congratulations to all!...
On Monday morning, waking up to news that Iran had fired missiles towards central Israel again sent shivers up my spine. Not again, was my first thought. The idea that the...
JTA – United States President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Saturday afternoon that a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated”, despite saying earlier in...
US Ambassador to South Africa L Brent Bozell III has warned that the government’s stance on Israel and Iran, and its broader foreign policy alignment has created an “impasse” with Washington. This,...
On 16 April, far from Tehran but bound to it in heart, nearly 700 people gathered outside the US consulate in Johannesburg. Iranians stood alongside South Africans of every background ‒ Christians,...
JTA – US President Donald Trump insisted that “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran” on his social network on Monday, apparently seeking to tamp down a series of...
JTA – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on US President Donald Trump to make the return of Americans in Iranian custody an “urgent national priority” as his administration...
With the US-Iran ceasefire surprisingly being agreed to at the last minute – just before the expiry of United States President Donald Trump’s deadline – and...
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...
Cape Town politicians, anti-Israel extremists, members of civil society, and local media made it clear they have no problem with the atrocities of the Islamic Republic of Iran when they...
Across centuries of exile, Jewish prayer has carried a quiet certainty: history is moving towards redemption and an era of Moshiach. Three times a day, Jewish...
An Iranian activist who fled her country five years ago delivered a stark and deeply personal account of life under the Islamic Republic at a South...
For Iranians, in Iran and elsewhere, this war is not only a war, but a rescue mission for the people of Iran. “No-one is happy that...
JTA – Natalie Silverlieb’s go-bag looks a little different from the last time she ran to the bomb shelter with Iranian missiles incoming. Since last summer, she has...
Hundreds of people gathered outside the United States Consulate in Sandton on 14 February, appealing to Washington to help stop the destruction of the Iranian people...
South Africa’s response to the unfolding bloodshed in Iran has been devoid of condemnation, moral urgency, or any concrete diplomatic action, according to political experts the SA Jewish Report spoke to. This as...
JTA – Several European carriers cancelled flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, 14 January, as turmoil over a potential United States (US) strike on Iran roiled...
Iran stands at a pivotal moment. The largest and most enduring wave of nationwide protests in its history is sweeping across the nation. The pursuit of...
War ships assembled this past week at the Cape of Storms. A flotilla of “battleships” led by China converged on the Simon’s Town naval base for war games dubbed “Will for Peace”. The drills brought together a handful of ships...
Over the past two weeks, Iranians have taken, in increasingly larger numbers, to the streets across the country to protest. The protests, which first began against the economic collapse Iran is now...
In Iran and Venezuela this month, ordinary people like us have been taking their lives into their own hands by protesting on the streets demanding change....
JTA – Iranian leaders say they could attack Israel if the United States (US) strikes Iran over its response to a sweeping anti-government protest movement. “Let...
Best known for her precision in an operating room and her powerful presence online, Dr Sheila Nazarian has also become a prominent voice for Jewish pride...
Given the precarious state of the relationship between South Africa and the United States, the visit to Iran by the chief of the South African National...
While South Africans desperately hope that our government will work towards reversing punishing American tariffs, another step was taken in the opposite direction when a South...
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...
JTA – When Israeli strikes hit Iran on 13 June, it wasn’t only nuclear sites and senior Iranian commanders that were taken out, a covert army...
JTA – Twenty-four members of the Jewish community in Tehran and Shiraz remain in prison as of Sunday, 29 June, after being arrested along with hundreds...
JTA – The last time Israel bombed a nuclear facility in a hostile country, its hopes for what would come next were clear: the regime it...
Just two days before Israel’s pre-emptive strike on Iran, a United States (US) congresswoman, Senator Elise Stefanik, wrote a letter claiming that “South Africa’s increasing alignment...
WE ARE LIVE FROM ISRAEL in real-time with Colonel Miri Eisin and Dr Michael Barak, bringing you all the latest on the war between Israel and...
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, launched on Iran on Friday, 13 June, was a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s survival. For...
JTA – Israel’s strike on Iran starting early on Friday morning, 13 June, followed a dizzying 24 hours in which the international community rebuked Iran for...
Thank G-d, we witnessed incredible miracles in the highly successful air strikes against Iran early this morning. Although it was a pre-emptive strike, Iran has been...
Waking up on Friday the 13th, many of us may have missed Israel’s pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear power, called Operation Rising Lion. Two open-source intelligence...
Israel’s intensified military counterattacks since neutralising about 3 000 Hezbollah terrorists in September 2024 have rendered it the Middle East’s “strong horse”, but it has far...