Israeli government Archives - Voice of the Cape

Palestine PM calls on world to stop Israel’s ‘crimes of apartheid’

Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Shtayyeh, has called on the world to take all necessary measures to stop Israel’s ‘crimes of apartheid’ against the Palestinian people. Speaking at the beginning of the cabinet’s weekly session yesterday, Shtayyeh said: “The apartheid racist regime in Israel is not only a practice, but Israel has enacted many laws that serve its racist regime, whether it is the Nation-State Law or otherwise.” The Nation-State Law states that Israel […]

29 August 2023

International

Palestine at the centre of free speech battle on US campuses, academics say

Methods used to blacklist pro-Palestinian academics are now being deployed against students and academics in other fields, experts say. As issues of academic freedom and censorship continue to dominate conversations in universities across the US, academics say that many of these issues - as well as the methods of censorship - can be linked back to speech over Palestine. Dima Khalidi, executive director of Palestine Legal, said that academics have […]

26 August 2023

International

The Israeli government is criticized for passing a sex crime law that allows Jews lesser punishment for rape

By Kouthar Sambo The Israeli government is criticized for passing a sex crime law that allows Jews lesser punishment for rape. Meanwhile, Palestinians could receive almost double the punishment with the maximum punishment being 16 years. Speaking on the Voice of the Cape's (VOC) Drive Time show earlier, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign’s (PSC) Professor Usuf Chikte said this evokes memories of Apartheid South Africa in terms of the Immorality Act. […]

1 August 2023

International

US: Ilhan Omar co-sponsored bill condemning antisemitism on day she was voted off committee

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a critic of the Israeli government and its treatment of Palestinians, co-sponsored a measure this week that condemns antisemitism and recognises Israel as "America's legitimate and democratic ally". The measure was introduced on the same day the progressive lawmaker was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, following a push from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. 'My critique of our foreign policy, Israeli's policy towards Palestinians or that of any foreign […]

4 February 2023

International

The Palestinian Authority’s privilege and freedom of movement

The Israeli government's new sanctions against Palestinians include punitive measures for Palestinian Authority officials related to their freedom of movement. In response to the UN General Assembly resolution titled "Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories," which seeks the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling on Israel's occupation and apartheid, Israel, last week, withdrew the PA's Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki's […]

15 January 2023

International News

Palestinians risk losing Jerusalem ID over Israel loyalty law

"Exile is like death," Ahmad Attoun, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), told Al Jazeera. "I can't explain my relationship to Jerusalem. It is part of my soul." "Jerusalem is now just a few metres away from me, but I can't enter. There are no words to describe the pain we are feeling," he said. Attoun, along with PLC members Mohammad Totah, Mohammad Abu Teir and former Palestinian […]

26 May 2018

International News

Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre shut in protest against Israeli policy

In a rare move, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been indefinitely shut in protest against what church leaders say is "discriminatory" Israeli policy aimed at weakening Christian presence in the holy city. In a statement released on Sunday, church leaders said Israel was violating the status quo at the site, which is one of the holiest in Christianity, at an "unprecedented level". The church is believed […]

26 February 2018

Israeli government

Palestine PM calls on world to stop Israel’s ‘crimes of apartheid’

Palestine at the centre of free speech battle on US campuses, academics say

The Israeli government is criticized for passing a sex crime law that allows Jews lesser punishment for rape

US: Ilhan Omar co-sponsored bill condemning antisemitism on day she was voted off committee

The Palestinian Authority’s privilege and freedom of movement

Palestinians risk losing Jerusalem ID over Israel loyalty law

Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre shut in protest against Israeli policy

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