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Manchester University divests from companies complicit in the Israeli occupation

The University of Manchester has divested more £10 million ($13 million ) from companies complicit in Israel’s occupation of Palestine following years of campaigning by human rights groups. Companies affected include Caterpillar, a long-standing supplier of heavy machinery used to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Booking.com, meanwhile, is one of 112 companies identified by the UN of enabling Israel’s illegal settlements and has also […]

6 August 2020

International News

On 10th anniversary of siege, Gaza reaching humanitarian and political breaking point

As the Gaza Strip marked the ten-year anniversary of Israel’s siege of the small Palestinian enclave on Thursday, the humanitarian situation has continued to alarm rights groups, which have denounced the “inhuman conditions unparalleled in the modern world.” Gaza, which has often been compared to an “open air prison” for its 1.9 million inhabitants crowded into 365 square kilometers, has suffered from a decade of isolation and deprivation, made all […]

16 June 2017

International News

34 percent increase in illegal settlement construction over 2016

Settlement watchdog Peace Now released a report on Sunday, revealing a 34 percent increase in illegal Israeli settlement construction over 2016, with Israeli settlers breaking ground on 1,814 new housing units, compared to 1,350 new construction starts in 2015. “Construction was largely focused in isolated settlements and in areas that are highly problematic in terms of a two-state solution,” the NGO said, highlighting that nearly 70 percent (1,263 housing units) […]

24 May 2017

International News

Israel blasted for approving Emek Shilo settlement

Israel's government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank - a move swiftly condemned as an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. The move late on Thursday - considered illegal under international law - was adopted less than a week after the United Nations criticised Israel for not taking any steps to halt settlement building on occupied Palestinian […]

31 March 2017

International News

Israeli MPs vote to legalize 4,000 settler homes in W.Bank

The Israeli parliament has greenlighted the legalization of nearly 4,000 settler homes in Area C of the West Bank as it passed a controversial retroactive bill. Prior to its approval, the bill was likened to annexation and blasted by Israel’s attorney general. The highly controversial legislation, which challenges both international and Israeli law, was backed by 60 Knesset deputies and opposed by 52 on Monday. The so-called Regulation Bill has […]

7 February 2017

International News

No peace unless Israel accepts Palestinian state: Kerry

Peace between Israel and the Arab world is impossible unless Israel accepts the existence of a Palestinian state, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a major policy speech on Wednesday. He called the peace process "in jeopardy" and said, "if Israel goes down the one state path, it will never have true peace with the rest of the Arab world". He also warned that Israeli government policies were […]

29 December 2016

Local

SA welcomes UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements

The South African government has welcomed the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 condemning the continued illegal settlement activities of Israel in the Palestinian West Bank. The resolution condemns "all measures aimed at altering the demographic composition‚ character and status of the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967‚ including East Jerusalem". Commenting on the adoption of the landmark resolution‚ Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said: “This […]

26 December 2016

International News

US envoy to Israel summoned over UN settlement vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned the US ambassador to Israel over a resolution condemning settlements on Palestinian territories. The summon on Sunday came hours after envoys of all other UN Security Council members were asked to appear before the foreign ministry following the UN vote. Dan Shapiro, who was excluded from earlier summons targeting 14 UNSC member states, was called to discuss the US decision to abstain, which […]

26 December 2016

International News

Trump ‘intervened to avert UN vote on illegal Israeli settlements’

US president-elect Donald Trump apparently intervened to help postpone a UN security council vote on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, reportedly applying pressure on behalf of Israel and discussing the Egypt-drafted resolution with the country's president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. A senior Israeli official told Reuters on Thursday that his government had asked Trump to apply pressure to avert a UN security council vote, after it learned the Obama […]

23 December 2016

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