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Smoke billows from a building struck during an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on 7 August 2022. Picture: SAID KHATIB/AFP

Israel

SAJBD criticises Dirco for condemning Israel for Gaza violence, Russia silence

By Ray White

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has criticised the International Relations Department for being quick to condemn Israel for the latest...

  • FILE: US President Joe Biden speaks during remarks on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, DC on 15 March 2021. Picture: Eric Baradat/AFP

    US President Biden welcomes Gaza truce: statement

    The president said in a statement that Washington had worked with officials from the Jewish state, the Palestinian Authority and various countries in the region to "encourage a swift resolution to the conflict" over the previous three days.

    21 hours ago
  • A Palestinian journalist protests the death of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while covering an Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the West Bank biblical city of Bethlehem on May 11, 2022. Picture: Hazem Bader / AFP.

    Al Jazeera journalist likely shot by Israeli gunfire but not intentionally - U.S

    Dashing hopes for a result that would be accepted by all sides, the United States said it could not make a "definitive conclusion" on the origin of the bullet that killed the journalist on May 11.

    35 days ago
  • Palestinian mourners carry the body of Walid al-Sharif, 23, who died of wounds suffered last month during clashes with Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound, on 16 May 2022 in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the al-Aqsa compound. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

    Dozens hurt in clashes at Palestinian funeral in Jerusalem

    The unrest unfolded as Palestinians were burying Walid al-Sharif, 23, who died on Saturday of wounds suffered during clashes last month at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

    84 days ago
  • Palestinian mourners carry the casket of slain Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akle out of a hospital, before being transported to a church and then her resting place, in Jerusalem, on May 13, 2022. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli / AFP.

    Israel police storm hospital as journalist's body emerges before burial

    TV images showed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh's coffin nearly falling to the ground as police grabbed Palestinian flags from the crowd around the procession outside Saint Joseph's hospital in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

    87 days ago
  • Palestinians demonstrating against the expropriation of land by Israel, clash with Israeli security forces in the village of Kfar Qaddum near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim in the occupied West Bank on 1 April 2022.

    Israel advances plans for nearly 4,500 West Bank settler homes: report

    Israel advanced plans on Thursday for 4,427 housing units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli non-governmental organisation said.

    88 days ago
  • Members of the Islamic Jihad militant group take part in a rally alongside Hamas supporters after Friday prayers in Khan Yunis The Southern Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2022, to express support of the Al-Aqsa mosque, the Tel Aviv attacker, and three Islamic Jihad militants killed by Israeli security forces days ago when they came under fire during a raid in the West Bank. Picture: Said Khatib / AFP

    Gaza militants, Israel in biggest exchange of fire since 2021 war

    A rocket from Gaza on Wednesday evening fell harmlessly in a garden in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, police said.

    110 days ago
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on 25 May 2021. Picture: Ronen Zvulun/AFP

    Blinken urges Israel, Palestinians to 'end the cycle of violence'

    In separate calls with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Blinken stressed "the importance of Israelis and Palestinians working to end the cycle of violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza by exercising restraint and refraining from actions that escalate tensions," the State Department said.

    111 days ago
  • FILE: The talks on restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were high on the agenda in meetings Blinken held Sunday with Israel's Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/POOL/AFP

    Blinken, Arab ministers hold unprecedented meeting in Israel

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states held a landmark meeting to discuss issues from the Iran nuclear negotiations.

    134 days ago
  • Israeli security forces use a water cannon to disperse Palestinian residents of the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and supporters as they demonstrate, on February 13, 2022, following a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker that inflamed tensions. Picture: Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP.

    Clashes as controversial Israeli lawmaker visits Jerusalem flashpoint

    Police used water cannon and said they arrested 12 people for "public riots and violence", including hurling stones and firing flares, in the area of annexed east Jerusalem that has emerged as a symbol of Palestinian resistance against Israeli control of the city.

    176 days ago
  • FILE: Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Picture: @OCJ_RSA/Twitter

    After apology, Mogoeng says he's thankful he didn't have to renounce God, Bible

    Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has clarified that he did not say he would not apologise under any circumstances, rather, he said that he would not unless forced by law.

    186 days ago
  • FILE: The Star of David and an Israeli flag are seen on top of a house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied east Jerusalem on 5 May 2021. Israeli Jews backed by courts have taken over houses in Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem on the grounds that Jewish families lived there before fleeing in Israel's 1948 war for independence. Picture: Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP

    Amnesty joins other rights group in condemning Israeli 'apartheid'

    Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid strongly rejected the report as "divorced from reality" and charged that "Amnesty quotes lies spread by terrorist organisations".

    189 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa receives a Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of Israel, Eliav Belotsercovsky, on the occasion of the Credentials Ceremony at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Tshwane on 25 January 2022. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Dirco: SA, Israel maintained diplomatic ties despite govt's Palestinian support

    The status of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Israel has sparked fierce debate this week after President Cyril Ramaphosa received letters of credence from Israel's ambassador in Pretoria.

    191 days ago
  • FILE: Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Mogoeng Mogoeng instructed to apologise for pro-Israel comments

    The Judicial Conduct Committee was tasked with probing several complaints against Mogoeng and whether he contravened the code of judicial conduct. He was found guilty and then appealed. But the Judicial Conduct Appeals Committee has upheld the original instruction to apologise.

    200 days ago
  • FILE: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. Picture: AFP

    Palestinian President Abbas visits Israel's Gantz in rare trip

    Gantz told Abbas that he intended to "continue to promote actions to strengthen confidence in the economic and civilian fields, as agreed during their last meeting," the ministry statement said.

    223 days ago
  • Image:  © marinademidiuk/123rf.com

    Israeli hospital starts 4th jab trial as ministry weighs rollout

    The study being conducted by Sheba Medical Centre involves 150 volunteers from the hospital's staff, who are at least four months removed from their third vaccine shot and have signs of waning antibodies.

    224 days ago
  • Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, poses in the evening gown during the 70th Miss Universe beauty pageant in Israel's southern Red Sea coastal city of Eilat on 13 December 2021. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP

    KENNETH MOKGATLHE: Govt owes Miss SA an apology for withdrawing its support

    After Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane finished as the second runner-up at the recent Miss Universe pageant held in Israel, Kenneth Mokgatlhe believes that the government owes her an apology for withdrawing its support because of its policy on the Jewish state.

    237 days ago
  • Miss SA Lalela Mswane. Picture: Miss SA Official.

    Dept welcomes ruling on govt dropping support for Miss SA at Israel pageant

    Reigning Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane is scheduled to participate in the global pageant in Eliat on Sunday.

    242 days ago
  • Miss SA Lalela Mswane. Picture: Miss SA Official.

    Questions raised as Lalela Mswane ‘sneaks' into Israel amid travel ban

    Reigning queen Lalela Mswane is there to participate in the Miss Universe pageant in less than two weeks.

    252 days ago
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