Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

Palestinian killed after West Bank car-ramming as violence rises

A suspected assailant was killed by Israeli soldiers after a West Bank car-ramming on Saturday, the Israeli army said, in an escalation that threatened to end a relative lull during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan so far. The Palestinian's death came less than 24 hours after an Arab-Israeli allegedly snatched a gun from a police officer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and fired it before being shot dead. The army said a "terrorist" had conducted […]

2 April 2023

Local

Police lauded for bringing down murder and drug dealing suspects

Police Minister Bheki Cele has lauded police for what he calls a swift response in tracing five suspects linked to the murder of a drug lord and his family as well as other crimes in Durban. The suspects were shot dead in a shootout with police at a flat in the city. Amongst them is a well-known drug lord. Police say the flat was used as a hide-out spot for drug dealing. […]

2 April 2023

International

Ben-Gvir praises settler who massacred 29 Palestinians at Al-Ibrahimi Mosque

Israeli Defence Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has praised Baruch Goldstein, the settler who massacred 29 Palestinian worshippers and wounded more than 100 others at Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in 1994, Safa News Agency reported on Friday. Ben-Gvir appeared in a video dating back to 1994 published by Israeli Channel 12 praising Goldstein, calling for carrying out more massacres against Palestinians and sending all Palestinians in Israel to other Arab countries. In the video, Ben-Gvir also encourages carrying arms, shooting […]

1 April 2023

Local

‘Just breathing, and not necessarily coughing, enough to spread TB’ — study

It has long been assumed tuberculosis (TB) is spread through coughing and that practising cough etiquette may reduce chances of transmitting TB germs, but new findings have shown normal breathing may be a major contributor to the spread of the disease. Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) say given a large number of normal breaths every individual takes in a day, breathing alone is estimated to contribute more than […]

1 April 2023

International

Palestine advocates see opportunity in Biden-Netanyahu discord

Washington, DC – Tensions between American and Israeli leaders do not often play out in public. But this week, United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs over a plan by Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. Although the Israeli occupation was not part of the back-and-forth between the two leaders, analysts have said the public discord may present an opportunity to make more people in the […]

1 April 2023

Local

Mkhwebane terminates instructions to her legal team after funding dries up

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's legal team said Friday effectively marked the end of the road for it as her office had indicated on March 1 it would no longer pay her legal fees after March 31. “We had hoped between March 1 and now there would be some miracle which would resolve the impasse caused by the letter of the acting public protector, advocate (Kholeka) Gcaleka, that they would […]

1 April 2023

International

Israeli forces kill Palestinian at al-Aqsa Mosque gate

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday. Local media said the young man was shot after he tussled with Israeli forces stationed at the Chain Gate (Bab al-Silsela) when they allegedly assaulted a Palestinian woman who was attempting to reenter the mosque, according to eyewitnesses. Israeli police said in a statement a man tried to grab a soldier's weapon and was subsequently shot and "neutralised". He was […]

1 April 2023

Local

‘Oscar Pistorius will only be eligible for parole next year’

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will only be eligible for parole in August next year. The Correctional Services Parole Board refused to grant Pistorius parole on the basis that he had not served a minimum detention period. The disgraced Paralympian appeared before the Board in Pretoria on Friday to seek parole ten years after shooting and killing his then-girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. It seems the parole hearing for […]

1 April 2023

International

Morocco battles to build ties with Israel and support Palestinians

Morocco faces a dilemma regarding balancing its alliance with Israel without abandoning the Palestinian cause, which still enjoys popular support. This challenge has become more apparent recently after the arrival of the most right-wing government in Israel's history. The issue came to the fore when King Mohammed VI reprimanded the Justice and Development Party (PJD) – which sits in opposition to the ruling government – in response to their condemnation of Morocco's […]

30 March 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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