South Africa

Generations of Kashmir's people have waited in vain for an end to India's brutal military occupation and to celebrate their independence and freedom. Alas, seven decades have passed and...

Anti-apartheid movements held protests outside the event in anger over what they say is Israeli racism and apartheid, similar to the sporting boycotts organised internationally against former apartheid South Africa

South Africans gathered late Wednesday in Johannesburg to commemorate the 17th birthday of Palestinian activist Ahed al-Tamimi who was detained by Israeli security forces last year. Organizers launched a...

The South African government has described Israel as the only apartheid state in the world, in remarks made at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...

One of the most under-reported aspects of security policy in the Middle East is Israel's nuclear weapons programme. This apartheid state is estimated by the US government to have...

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has called for greater solidarity with the Palestinian people while urging South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, Comrade Ayanda Dlodlo,...

Israel's newly-published "blacklist" of NGOs whose activists are barred from entry is reminiscent of Apartheid South Africa, a legal rights group has declared. Yesterday, Israeli authorities announced a list...

South Africa and Saudi Arabia represent two distinctly different countries, populations and regions. Much can be written and said about the huge chasms that separate the two "SAs", not...

Hamas welcomed a resolution adopted at the 54th National Conference of the African National Congress which calls to downgrade the South African embassy in Israel to a liaison office....

The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, resolved yesterday at its national conference to downgrade the South African embassy in Israel to a liaison office. According to...

The 54th Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) was held at the Nasrec exhibition complex in Johannesburg from 16-20 December 2017. The ANC is the oldest political organisation...

South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has officially endorsed the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel, and imposed a ban on ties with Israel and Israeli...

This weekend has been declared a "Weekend of Prayer" by several South African Churches in protest at Israel's human rights violations. One of church leaders behind the initiative is...

The African Union has condemned the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's official capital, saying this could derail the Middle East peace process. African...

Diplomatic relations between Morocco and South Africa are to commence once again after decades of tensions, South African President Jacob Zuma said in an interview on Sunday. Morocco recalled...

Hamas today hailed a proposal by South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) to downgrade the country's embassy in Israel, the movement's statement said. The Palestinian movement also hailed...

This is a year of painful anniversaries for the Palestinian people. One hundred years ago Arthur Balfour — with the stroke of a colonial pen — declared Palestine a...

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Middle East Monitor presents a round-up of the successes achieved by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, a...

The Conference to Resist Normalisation with Israel in the Gulf began in Kuwait today. Organised by the BDS Movement in the Gulf, consisting of BDS and anti-normalisation organisations in...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party urged the government on Thursday to cut all its ties with Israel. The party made the call on the 100th year anniversary of...

Qatari Defence Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah yesterday met with South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. The defence ministry said in a statement that the two...

Some observers get very touchy at the mention of a pro-Israel lobby sweeping the corridors of power to influence opinion formers, politicians and media in order for them to...

Talks are reportedly underway in an effort to reschedule the cancelled Africa-Israel Summit, with Israeli officials proposing it be held in Jerusalem within the next six months, according to...

The approval of thousands more housing units in Israel's illegal colony-settlements across the occupied West Bank is the latest undertaking by the country's extreme right-wing regime led by war-criminal...

Senator Chuck Schumer's plaintive lament before the US Senate decrying the supposedly despicable practice of criticising Israel under the guise of anti-Zionism moves inexorably closer to fulfilment. The Anti-Semitism...

Algerian sources revealed that ten heads of state were scheduled to visit Algeria this year and have meetings with the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, yet these visits have been perpetually cancelled....

To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a 'democracy icon' because she opposed the...

There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war...

The South African Parliament has refused to meet with an Israeli delegation that was planning to visit members of the country's assembly in Cape Town. The planned visit by...

South African Muslim leaders and civil rights groups have condemned Israel's restriction on Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site. Moulana Ebrahim Bham, secretary-general of the Council of Muslim theologians (Jamiatul...

The United Nations and the South African Embassy in Khartoum yesterday celebrated the Nelson Mandela Day with the participation of a number of civil society organisations in Sudan. The...

The leadership of South Africa's Council of African Independent Churches (CAIC) yesterday pledged its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Following a trip to Palestine, Deputy...