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Under Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC), it has become the norm that foreign policy and mechanisms managing South Africa’s relations with others are applied inconsistently – to the...
While Europe walks the tightrope, the US and Israel are redrawing the rules. And Beijing and Moscow are watching every move. In the weeks and months after...
In an ordinary year, the weeks before Pesach would see families confirming flights, preparing for reunions, and finalising holiday plans. Instead, many travelling between Israel and...
Issued by: South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) Date: 20 March 2026 (as of 09:00 SAST – Day 21 of the conflict) The Israel-led joint campaign with the United States (US) against Iran has...
Just months after stepping off planes into new lives, hundreds of South African olim have found themselves running for shelter as sirens sound across Israel, forced to navigate...
As sirens interrupt life, young South Africans on programmes across Israel are having to navigate a reality few imagined when they arrived – and without their...
JTA – When news broke that Israel might gradually reopen schools in areas considered safe enough, Yael Daniel, a mother in Bat Yam in the missile-hit...
The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran – Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion – is now in its 14th day, having begun on 28 February with the assassination...
Scenes of exhaustion and relief unfolded at OR Tambo International Airport this week as more South Africans arrived home after gruelling 30-hour journeys from Israel amid...
The Iranian pilot never saw the missile that killed him. His Russian-built Yakovlev Yak-130, a jet trainer first flown in 1996 and introduced into service in...
“I and my family members in Iran are so grateful to the governments of Israel and America for helping Iran,” says Sarah*, an Iranian Jew now...
From the moment it was announced that Israel and the United States (US) had launched a joint attack on the theocratic Iranian regime, commentary revolved around the strikes’...
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...
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 – About 68% of “connected” American Jews support the war against Iran, a new survey has found, even as they are concerned that it could exacerbate antisemitism and anti-Israel...
JTA – Smartphones have become as essential as shelters for Israelis riding out Iran’s missile attacks, with internet traffic up 25% since the war began on...
With the Middle East once again in flames, join us for an essential security briefing with two of Israel’s most respected defence experts: Colonel Miri Eisin...
As the Middle East conflict disrupts global travel, thousands of flights have been cancelled, creating the most significant aviation disruption since the COVID-19 pandemic. The airspace...
Three hundred South African families living in the city of Beit Shemesh narrowly escaped death and injury when a missile sent by the Islamic Republic of...
For South African olim, the war has been experienced not through headlines, but in reinforced rooms, hurried phone calls, and interrupted routines. In one central Israeli apartment...
I knew something was up on Saturday morning. It wasn’t the warnings from US Ambassador Mike Huckabee for non-essential staff to fly out of Israel while they still...
For years the confrontation between Iran and Israel played out in the shadows. Drones over Syria. Cyberattacks no-one claimed. Proxies doing the dirty work. That era is over. The direct...
JTA – Hezbollah fired on Israel on Sunday for the first time since a 2024 ceasefire, opening a new front in the US-Israel war on Iran...
Issued by the South African Zionist Federation The Israel and US campaign against Iran, launched on 28 February 2026 (Tehran time, approximately 05:00 to 06:00 SAST), has entered its third...
