By Kouthar Sambo "There is no safe space because the Israeli occupation forces bomb the Palestinians' tents while they are inside during the night. Not even the dead can rest in peace because the Israeli occupation forces destroy their graves as well." This is according to a local Palestinian activist, Rafat Jawaad, who told VOC News his camp, Maghazi refugee camp, is currently under attack and that the occupation has […]
By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian resistance group Hamas expressed its condemnation of the "blatant bias" towards the occupation. This comes after a Human Rights Watch report reflected a "lack of professionalism and credibility." "After 285 days of continuous Zionist crimes against our Palestinian people, the likes of which modern history has not witnessed, and after the Zionist entity has become labeled by the international community and its courts as a […]
By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian resistance group Hamas released the latest numbers on the most recent massacres executed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians. "Over 320 martyrs and injured have reached hospitals in the past 48 hours with their bodies burned due to the use of internationally prohibited weapons by the Israeli occupation," clarified Hamas. According to Hamas, the number of martyrs and injured who have reached hospitals in […]
By Kouthar Sambo "The United States (US) administration has caused a major humanitarian catastrophe and severe damage to our Palestinian people by engaging in the crime of genocide and supplying the occupation with internationally banned weapons that have killed tens of thousands of civilians." This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The resistance added the move has led to the killing of more than 38,500 martyrs and over […]
Facebook has closed the account of Al Jazeera filmmaker Tamer Almisshal just 24 hours after an investigative film aired about the social media platform’s complicity with the Israeli occupation against Palestinians. Almisshal directed and produced an investigative programme, Tip of the Iceberg, which aired on Al Jazeera. The latest edition included a sensational confession by Eric Barbing, former head of Israel’s cybersecurity agency, about Israel’s relationship with Facebook. “Suddenly and without a pre-warning, […]
Freed Palestinian resident of Jerusalem Ali Da'ana on Thursday had an emotional reunion with his daughter Aya, who was still a baby when he was detained by the Israeli occupation forces 20 years ago. Da'ana, from Wadi Qaddoum in Jerusalem's neighbourhood of Silwan, was detained 20 years ago. He was married shortly before his detention and had a daughter, Aya, who was still a baby when he was detailed. Aya […]
By Abdullah al Majali We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection. It is shameful. Is there any real difference between an Arab delegation visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection and hordes of extremist Israeli settlers whose incursions and practice of Talmudic rituals there take place under the protection of the same security forces? The crime of these Arabs is arguably greater. The storming by Israeli […]
As a social media campaign demanding the release of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi gains momentum, ANC MP Mandla Mandela has denounced the ill treatment of Palestinian children resisting Zionist occupation. The activist, who recently visited Palestine, has expressed his outrage over the arrest and detention of 17 year old activist from the well-known Tamimi family. Ahed was arrested on Tuesday when Israeli occupation soldiers swooped into their home in Nabi […]
Ahed Tamimi will be detained until Monday as she is refusing to speak with Israeli officers who are trying to interrogate her, according to an Israeli military court. The 17 year old Palestinian from Nabi Saleh village was arrested on Tuesday, after a video of her confronting an Israeli occupation soldier made headlines around the world. Her mother Narriman, who was also arrested when she visited her daughter at the […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
