The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel – Oral argument of South Africa The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures and the modification of provisional measures previously…
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Leaked Docs Reveal British Intelligence’s Secret Exploitation of Palestinian Refugees
KIit Klarenberg Leaked files obtained by MintPress News detail the intensive interest taken in Palestinians both within and without the country by British intelligence operatives and Foreign Office-funded and directed cutouts over many years. Collectively, the material leaves little room for doubt that the British government has long sought to covertly surveil, infiltrate, and manipulate…
Hamas Statement on the 76th Anniversary of the Nakba
Al-Aqsa Flood is a natural extension of our people’s resistance and their legitimate right to defend their land and sanctities. It’s a strategic milestone that has restored the global presence of our cause, reinforced our national unity behind the resistance, shattered the enemy’s arrogance, and solidified our ongoing struggle for liberation and return, and the…
The Global South in the Arctic North: Indigenous Nations Struggle for Sovereignty
Renate Bridenthal Inuit protest Nunavut Canada free Palestine Indigenous nations fight for sovereignty in the Arctic regions of North America and Europe. Connecting their struggle to Palestine, they are resisting NATO militarization — as the US Army pledges to “regain Arctic dominance”. In January, three months into Israel’s attack on Gaza, a group people in…
‘The Fourth Generation Remembers’: Nakba Commemorated in Shadow of Gaza War
Baker Zoubi and Ghousoon BisharatProtesters wave Palestinian flags during the 27th annual March of Return in the depopulated villages of Hawsha and Al-Kasair, northern Israel, May 14, 2024. (Ahmad Al-Bazz) Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel joined the annual March of Return, with many making connections to the violent displacement in Gaza. In the shadow of what…
A Mirror of Our Immediate Future: Green Imperialism and Palestine
Erica Jung and Calvin Wu Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, an Israeli nuclear installation southeast of the city of Dimona. (Wikimedia Commons) The assassination of more than 14,000 Palestinian children in the span of mere months and the deliberate starvation of two million people by Zionist occupiers with the full support of western governments assault…
Zwelivelile ‘Mandla’ Mandela: “The South African Government Needs to Do More”
Yunus Soner Zwelivelile ‘Mandla’ Mandela travels a lot. He is an ambassador for the global campaign to return to Palestine, a campaign that lays emphasis on the fact that millions of Palestinians were expelled during the last 75 years from their territories. Mandela recently visited Istanbul, Türkiye, to take part in the Conference of Parliamentarians…
Palestine’s Case for Full UN Membership
Dr Binoy Kampmark The results of a vote on a resolution for the UN Security Council to reconsider and support the full membership of Palestine into the United Nations is displayed during a special session of the UN General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York City on 10 May, 2024 [CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty…
Sayyed Nasrallah: “Israel Faces Two Options – Defeat or the Abyss”
Al Manar “These theatrics that we are witnessing nowadays should not deceive anyone, as Washington stands with Israel [no matter what],” Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on Monday stressed that the Israeli enemy is facing a historical dilemma in Gaza– if it halts the war, it will be a major defeat, and it will move…
Strategic Setbacks for US, Israel as the Resistance Axis Gains Ground in Syria
Khalil Nasrallah Recent resistance operations in eastern Syria have established new rules of engagement that constrain both Washington and Tel Aviv’s once-untethered freedom to operate in this strategic theater. For several years, the presence of the region’s Axis of Resistance forces in Syria has remained vulnerable to US and Israeli attacks across the country, from east…
Israel’s War on Gaza is Destroying IMEC’s Viability
Mohamad Hasan Sweidan The Resistance Axis seeks not only to ‘boil the Israeli frog’ but also, incrementally, to unravel the US’ biggest geopolitical projects in West Asia, including the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor. The Gaza war’s impact on Washington’s geopolitical agenda in West Asia is becoming starker each passing week. The region’s Axis of Resistance counter-offensives…
Egypt Joins Growing Number of Countries Supporting South Africa vs Israel
Ahram Online Egypt announced its intention to officially intervene in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday. The ministry stated that Egypt’s decision to intervene in the lawsuit comes in light of the escalating severity and scope of Israeli…
Judaism vs Zionism: Conversation with Hadar Cohen
Though internationally Israel uses the Bible to justify its colonisation of Palestine, for many Jews it is within Jewish ethical traditions that the seeds of anti-Zionism can be found. MEMO Israel coats itself in Jewish identity and purports to speak on behalf of all Jewish people, while critics of Israeli policy or its treatment of…
‘End Israeli Apartheid’: Naledi Pandor Urges Progressive Forces to Push for Palestinians’ Rights
Palestine Chronicle “Progressive forces need to push for the inalienable right of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, which has been systematically denied since the British mandate.” South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, has said “it has never been so urgent for progressive forces around the world to come together in…
South Africa Seeks Urgent ICJ Order for Additional Provisional Measures & Modifications to Previous Measures
The Republic of South Africa yesterday, 10 May 2024, returned to the International Court of Justice to seek an urgent order from the court for the protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza from grave and irreparable violations of their rights under the Genocide Convention, as a result of Israel’s ongoing military assault on Rafah….
Canadian State Clashes with Pro-Palestine Student Encampments
Marthad Shingiro Umucyaba A wave of university encampments, designed with the common goal of getting the respective universities to divest from Israel, among other goals, have faced state backlash throughout North America, including Canada. NATO, particularly in the colonies of the United States and Canada, have taken the gloves off and are prepared to brutalise…
The Gaza ‘Aid Pier’: A US Geopolitical Ploy
Suat Delgen While presented to the world as a humanitarian effort, the US-led ‘Maritime Corridor’ in Gaza is a strategic maneuver aimed at consolidating US and Israeli control over land and sea. Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza, which has killed over 35,000 civilians, predominantly women and children, has been executed alongside the denial of…
General Assembly Endorses Pathway for Full Palestinian Membership
The United Nations General Assembly, on Friday, backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”, Reuters reports. The vote by the 193-member General Assembly was a global survey of support for the Palestinian bid to become a…