Anti-war protesters raise their ‘bloody’ hands behind US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (front and centre) [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] Wed 01 October 2023: Washington, DC – A rights group in the United States has raised alarm over President Joe Biden’s request for $14bn in funding for Israel, noting that the push contains language that suggests efforts to remove […]
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Tue 31 October 2023: The number of South African internet users has nearly doubled in the past decade. One 2023 study of 45 developed countries suggests that South Africans even lead the world when it comes to the amount of time spent in front of screens, at 58.2% of the day. This digital transformation has significant implications for the […]
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Tue 31 October 2023: Signs of the rift within Israel’s establishment deepen even as Netanyahu declares the next phase of the war in Gaza. It took one tweet over the weekend for cracks to emerge within the Israeli political establishment. Just after midnight on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote that he had never been […]
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Mon 30 October 2023: Fears are escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into a broader war involving other countries in the region. Neighbouring countries such as Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, as well as regional players like Iran and Qatar, are currently navigating domestic and international pressures in their response. So, how […]
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Sun 29 October 2023: A strong combined-arms attack on Gaza that started on Friday night continued on Saturday, but it is still unclear whether this is the first step in the big push that Israel has been announcing or is it just another probe to test Palestinian resistance. The Israeli military launched two limited-scope ground […]
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Sat 28 October 2023: Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of intent for Iran to enter the conflict via its allies and proxies. The Hezbollah militant group, which is already engaged in low-level skirmishes across […]
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Sat 28 October 2023: Palestinians whose permits to work in Israel were revoked are believed to be held in detention camps, but Israel has so far refused to release information about them, human rights groups say. Thousands of workers from Gaza, who were employed in Israel when the war started, have gone missing since then […]
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Sat 28 October 2023: Social media accounts spread pro-Israel content as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks closer ties with Israel. On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel – and also fake news. What stood out in […]
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Tue 24 October 2023: From the US to Europe to India, users and activists say the world’s largest social media platforms are curtailing the reach of content critical of Israel. At the end of last week, Thomas Maddens, a filmmaker and activist based in Belgium, noticed something strange. A video about Palestine that he posted […]
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Jonathan Ofir, an Israeli-born Jewish musician, conductor and writer based in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is also a pro-Palestinian protester critical of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Tue 24 October 2023: From Glasgow to London to Barcelona, many Jewish protesters take on abuse to join pro-Palestinian rallies. When Jonathan Ofir heard the West-led chorus of […]
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