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…

On Fascism and Other Maladies: A Conversation with Luis Britto García

Cira Pascual Marquina Experimental writer and columnist Luis Britto Garcia is one of Venezuela’s best-known and most respected intellectuals. An avid supporter of the Bolivarian Process from the beginning, Britto Garcia is nevertheless an independent thinker who offers criticism the government when necessary. In this interview, he talks about fascism and corruption, as well as…

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…

‘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….

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…

Israeli War Cabinet Approves ‘Expansion’ of Rafah Operation

The Cradle Israeli bombs continue to rain down on displaced Palestinians as humanitarian groups warn that a new blockade on aid deliveries threatens to push the entire Gaza Strip into famine The Israeli war cabinet on 9 May approved the “expansion of the area of ​​operation” of the Israeli army in the Palestinian city of…

Rafah Invasion and Gaza 2035: Netanyahu’s Dystopian Vision for Gaza’s Future

Vanessa Beeley “From crisis to prosperity – transformation of Gaza from an Iranian shrine to a moderate axis” – this is the tagline of a recent Ynet article in Hebrew that reports on the Netanyahu administration examination of a dystopian vision of Gaza’s future as a hideous Dubai/Singapore style outpost of Zionist and US/UK military and…

MST Brazil: “The Crisis is Not Just about Food or Climate. It’s a Civilizational Crisis”

Fernanda Alcântara and Larissa Packer Part I It’s no secret that the environmental crisis of this century is directly linked to the agribusiness model, based on large estates and commodity monoculture. The intensive and predatory production that is advancing in the countryside is practically anchored in the deforestation of the Amazon and the Brazilian Cerrado,…

Automated Apartheid: Walking Through Hebron Smart City

Mnar Adley A silent sentinel watches over every corner in the bustling streets of Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank, where the ancient echoes of history collide with the modern hum of daily life. This sentinel is not a person but a network of surveillance technology known ominously as the “Hebron Smart City.”…

US Security Contractor to Take Control of Rafah Crossing

The Cradle The agreement between the US, Israel, and Egypt calls for the private firm to take control of the crossing after Israel’s operation there is over. Israel will grant control of the Rafah border crossing to a private US security company, Haaretz newspaper reported on 8 May. The US, Egypt, and Israel have agreed “that a private American…

Rafah: ‘The Scenes of the Nakba are Repeating’

Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, Palestinians describe their hardships and fears in the Strip’s last vanishing refuge. Israel’s long-threatened invasion of Rafah has begun. Under cover of intense aerial…

Dear U.S. Left: Stop Asking Me to Vote!

Editorial Comment: I encourage people to read Mark E Smith – Consent To Tyranny. Mike Flugennock “Democracy” is an impediment to change. “Democracy” is a prison, and we need to jump the guards and bust out. At this point, it should be abundantly clear that “revolution is the ONLY solution” isn’t just a tight, clever…

Israeli Professor on Rafah: “We Are Witnessing an Unfolding Genocide”

Watch a special Zeteo breaking-news town hall with Raz Segal and Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu. After months of threats and speculation, the Israeli military has officially begun to move into the southern Gazan city of Rafah, sending in tanks and taking control of the border crossing with Egypt. The UN secretary-general has warned an assault on Rafah…

Israel’s Brutality Against Palestinians Draws on British Rule

A Bustos British soldiers in Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936. (Photo: SZ via Alamy) Britain’s “mandate” over Palestine from 1920-48 left an apparatus of repression which Israel inherited and still uses today in its ferocious war on Palestinians. Israel’s present use of collective punishment against Palestinians owes much of its origins to British rule…

Operation Legacy: How Britain Covered Up its Colonial Crimes

Audra Diptée The British sought to cover up their atrocities in Africa and the Caribbean by manipulating information to obfuscate history.  In 2011, the world learned of the secret British policy called Operation Legacy that was implemented in the 1950s. The goal of this policy was to remove incriminating documents from former colonies in the months before…

A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel

Diana Butto Palestinian citizens of Israel march with anti-war banners and Palestinian flags during a rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and marking the 48th anniversary of Land Day in the town of Deir Hanna, Israel, on March 30, 2024. Photo by Marcus Yam for the LA Times via Getty Images From top-charting songs…

Warning of “Srebrenica” in Gaza as Israel Seizes Rafah Crossing

Maureen Clare Murphy Palestinians observe destroyed houses following Israeli attacks in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on 7 May. Joy in Gaza over the announcement that Hamas accepted a truce proposal on Monday soon gave way to fear and confusion as the Israeli military began moving into eastern Rafah in the south of the devastated coastal enclave. A four-month-old baby,…

Israel’s Genocidal Assault on Rafah Begins While the International Community Does Nothing

Palestinian families have begun leaving eastern Rafah after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation, saying it will use ‘extreme force’ there. World leaders have repeatedly warned against a military offensive where more than 1.5 million displaced people are sheltering. Samah Hadid, spokeswoman for the Norwegian Refugee Council, says Israel’s evacuation order is “completely problematic, inhumane…