Thu 03 July 2025: Academics cite university’s apartheid history as a “special moral responsibility” to condemn atrocities and sever ties with implicated Israeli institutions. More than 200 academics and staff members at Stellenbosch University (SU) are intensifying pressure on the institution’s leadership to condemn the ongoing violence in Gaza, which they label a genocide, and […]
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Wed 02 July 2025: “Hunger must not be used as a weapon of war,” said Pope Leo on Tuesday, referring to Israel’s brutal and inhumane blockade of vital humanitarian aid, food, and medicines in the Gaza Strip since March 2. “We are now witnessing, with deep sorrow, the inhumane use of hunger as a weapon of war,” said the […]
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Wed 02 July 2025: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has issued a report naming several US giants among companies aiding Israel’s occupation and war on Gaza. Companies from other countries – from China to Mexico – are also named. The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory […]
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Tue 01 July 2025: The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal in favour of Israel. The US Department of State said on Monday that the approved deal includes over 7,000 guidance kits for two different types of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The potential sale includes 3,845 KMU-558B/B […]
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Fri 27 June 2025: A majority of Israelis support ending the war in Gaza and reaching a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, according to a poll published on Wednesday by Israeli news site Walla. The survey, conducted in collaboration with the private research institute Panel4All, sampled 583 Israeli and carries a margin of error of 4.3%. Public insistence on ending […]
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Iran shot down Israeli Hermes drone during the recent conflict, but Israel also launched large numbers of smaller drones from inside Iranian territory Fri 27 June 2025: Israel used small drones and precision-guided missiles to assist its surprise offensive that started war against Iran. Gilan, Iran – The Israeli military used hundreds of fighter jets, armed […]
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Thu 26 June 2025: US President Donald Trump has called for the immediate cancellation of the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or for him to be granted a pardon, describing the ongoing legal proceedings during wartime as “unprecedented” and “a ridiculous campaign”. Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 in Israel on charges of bribery, fraud and […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: While much of the world sees Iran and Türkiye as perennial rivals—one Persian, the other Turkic; one Shia-led, the other Sunni-rooted—a closer look reveals something far more nuanced. Especially under Erdoğan’s leadership, Türkiye has developed a non-aligned posture that, while never openly allied with Iran, has repeatedly shielded it from Western […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced plans to terminate its business dealings with companies connected to Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank, following a sustained campaign by Palestinian activists and growing scrutiny over corporate complicity in war crimes. The move comes a month after the global shipping giant voted on halting […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: The Israeli occupation army announced Monday that a reserve soldier was moderately wounded in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of soldiers wounded to 6,000 since the beginning of the genocidal war on 7 October 2023. Israel Hayom newspaper quoted the Israeli army as saying that the Israeli reserve soldier […]
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