Palestine

Oscar van Heerden is a scholar of International Relations (IR), where he focuses on International Political Economy, with an emphasis on Africa, and SADC in particular. He completed his PhD and Masters studies at the University of Cambridge (UK). His undergraduate studies were at Turfloop and Wits. He is currently…

The organization’s new campaign against anti-Zionist and Palestine-solidarity groups is a clear sign that it lacks the credibility to lead on civil rights issues. May 6, 2022 It once seemed that Jonathan Greenblatt, whatever his other shortcomings, knew his right foot from his left. Now, the Anti-Defamation League CEO appears…

Pro-Palestine activists have a long history of experiencing smear attacks targeting their places of employment or study. When Hadi Nasrallah tweeted a video of protestors confronting Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely after a late 2021 speaking engagement, he attracted the attention of David Collier. Collier has a large following, describes himself…

Publishing date: Apr 24, 2022  •  4 days ago  •  2 minute read A ‘Justice for Palestine’ demonstration was held Saturday at the Human Rights Monument. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA Close to 200 people gathered in the shadow of the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Monument on Elgin Street —…

The Dodgers great didn’t just break Major League Baseball’s color line. He was also an activist whose legacy reaches from Brooklyn to South Africa to Palestine. April 15, 2022 Seventy-five years ago today (April 15), Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in the modern era to play for…

Turkish envoy attracts attention with veiled criticism of Iran in article for Israeli think tank  ANKARA: An article by Turkey’s Ambassador to Washington for Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center for Strategic Studies journal Turkeyscope, has raised questions about the state of Turkey’s relations with Iran. Apart from seeking cooperation between…

Ireland has criticised the European Commission for a delay in delivering €200 million in promised funds for Palestine at a time when it is struggling to cope with rising food prices. It comes as Oxfam warns that wheat flour reserves in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are at risk of running…

On Monday, the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, joined the foreign ministers of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, and Morocco for a meeting at Sde Boker, the retirement kibbutz and burial place of David Ben-Gurion, the nation’s first Prime Minister. The meeting had been initiated by the…

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — As most of the Duke University community was glued to the basketball team’s march to the NCAA Final Four last week, a debate erupted on campus inflamed by months of feuding between two student groups — and a student government caught in the middle. At a March…

Today is Land Day, an annual commemoration of those killed protesting Israeli theft of Palestinian lands 46 years ago. But even now, there is a Nakba everywhere you look. March 30, 2022 Today is Land Day in Palestine—a day that commemorates the moment 46 years ago when Israeli forces shot…