Palestine
SA 'appalled' by Israel's African Union observer status
The AU handed Israel the observer status on Thursday, a move the two parties expected would enable Israel to further help the AU battle the coronavirus pandemic...
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Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon launch
On Thursday, Israel's fire service said that incendiary balloon launches from Gaza had sparked four minor fires in the southern Eshkol region, on the Gaza border.
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Israel PM strikes deal for settlers to leave West Bank outpost
Dozens of settler families several weeks ago started to build the Eviatar wildcat settlement in defiance of both international and Israeli law, sparking fierce protests from Palestinians in nearby villages.
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Palestinians to get million COVID vaccine doses in swap with Israel
Israel 'will receive in return the doses that Pfizer is to send to the Palestinian Authority,' the statement added.
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Palestinian woman shot dead by Israelis in West Bank after attempted attack
The Israeli army said "an assailant arrived in her car and attempted to ram into a number of IDF soldiers" near Hizma, south of Ramallah, before she "exited her vehicle with a knife drawn."
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UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council's 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their 'root causes' in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
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Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief
Michelle Bachelet voiced deep concern about the surge in deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians earlier this month.
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Hamas says won't touch 'cent' of aid to rebuild Gaza
Diplomatic efforts are underway to solidify a fragile Egypt-brokered truce that halted the fighting, with plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip where Israeli air strikes damaged infrastructure and levelled buildings.
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Gauteng ANC supports people of Palestine at picket at US Consulate
Members of the African National Congress in Gauteng held a picket outside the American Consulate in Sandton on 26 May 2021 in solidarity with the people of Palestine who have faced a barrage of deadly Israeli air strikes in recent weeks. #ANC #Palestine #USA
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SAJBD: Duarte threat to storm Israeli embassy would violate diplomatic rules
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) said that Duarte threatened to storm the embassy, which would be in clear violation of all international diplomatic regulations.
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Blinken arrives in Egypt on mission to shore up Gaza truce
The US top diplomat already met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to throw Washington's support behind the Friday truce that ended 11 days of heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza and rocket fire from the enclave into Israel.
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US vows to reopen Jerusalem consulate, pledges aid for Gaza
The announcements signalled a clean break with US policy under former president Donald Trump who had shuttered the diplomatic mission for Palestinians in 2019 and slashed aid to the Palestinian Authority.
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'Go home' - ANC pickets outside Israeli embassy in Pretoria
The African National Congress held a picket outside the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on 25 May 2021 in solidarity with Palestine following the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine. The party’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte requested that the embassy pack up and leave South Africa. #ANC #Israel #Palestine
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ANC's Duarte vows to step up pressure on Israel govt over Palestine
The ANC said that it stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine, demanding an end to the recent violent attacks and to give Palestinian people their land back.
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ANC members picket outside Israeli Embassy in solidarity with Palestine
The party said there would only be peace and justice when the people of Palestine are given their land and their freedom.
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Dozens of Palestinian journalists say blocked by WhatsApp
Other journalists, in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as well as Gaza, said their accounts had also been blocked.
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UN urges 'political process' amid Gaza reconstruction
As thousands of Gazans slowly tried to piece back together their lives, top UN staff visited the territory after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire Friday halted 11 days of mutual bombardment, where they warned of the deep psychological trauma of the violence.
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Pandor: SA to reconsider ties with Israel following deadly attacks in Gaza
Pandor has called on the international community to stop the impunity while South Africa supports the International Criminal Court in its planned investigation into the latest deadly conflict in Gaza that’s claimed the lives of close to 250 Palestinians and at least 12 Israelis.
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Gazans survey damage as Israel-Palestinian ceasefire holds
Palestinians in Gaza trickled out of schools where they had taken shelter, a UN official said, while rescuers said they were working with their meagre resources to remove rubble and rescue any survivors.
