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Human Rights organization Africa for Palestine condemns US President Donald Trump’s claims to capture Gaza

By Kouthar Sambo "We condemn in the strongest terms the recent statements and actions of United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their collaboration represents a dangerous escalation in the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocidal campaign against the indigenous people of Palestine." This is according to the Palestine Human Rights organization Africa for Palestine's Alie Komape. This follows Trump’s recent comments about taking over Gaza. The […]

today5 February 2025

International

A tally by the Gaza Civil Defense: “Since the announcement of the ceasefire agreement,117 Palestinians were killed and 266 were injured”

By Kouthar Sambo An official tally by the Gaza Civil Defense was released on Friday, 17 January 2025, stating that since the announcement of the ceasefire agreement last Wednesday, 15 January 2025, occupation airstrikes across Gaza have killed 117 Palestinians, including 32 women and 30 children, and injured 266 others. Meanwhile, Sunday, 19 January 2025, marked the official commencement of the ceasefire agreement. Videos circulating on social media depict the […]

today20 January 2025

Cape Town

Yasser and Fathi Arafat remembered, 20 years after their deaths

By Kouthar Sambo Palestinian icon Yasser Arafat was renowned for nurturing a strong Palestinian political group internationally by establishing the Fatah Party while his brother Fathi Arafat headed the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, and focused on social support, providing support and healthcare for Palestinians - 20 years later the duo is still remembered. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive show, a Senior lecturer of law and politics and Middle Eastern analyst Dr. […]

today19 November 2024

Cape Town

Gaza Journalist: “Palestine is free. It is the rest of the world that is not free”

By Kouthar Sambo As the world commemorates Palestinian journalists who have been killed, wounded, or kidnapped by Israel, the Government Media Office organized a solidarity vigil on Monday in Gaza. This comes after the Israeli occupation forces have killed over 180 journalists, injured over 390, and are currently detaining 40 known journalists. Speaking across the VOC airwaves on the PM Drive show, a Gaza filmmaker and Journalist, Hamza Chalan, who […]

today19 November 2024

Local

SA man linked to Israeli sniper unit in Gaza

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen A 22-year-old South African, Aaron Bayhack, has been identified as a member of the elite Ghost Unit within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), a sniper unit known for admitting to killing unarmed civilians in Gaza. Bayhack, a 2020 matriculant of King David Linksfield Schools, appears in a recent documentary, sparking concerns about South Africans' participation in the attacks on Gaza. Martin Jansen, executive member of the Palestine […]

today16 October 2024

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Hamas: “We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Zionist aggression on the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen”

By Kouthar Sambo "We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Zionist aggression on the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen, targeting oil facilities and civilian infrastructure, including the port and the electricity company in the port of Al-Hudaydah city, resulting in martyrs and injured civilians." This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas following the attack launched by the Israeli occupation on Yemen’s Al Hudaydah port. According to […]

today23 July 2024

International

Thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s Khan Yunis fleeing Israeli attacks: UN agency

Thousands of families in Khan Yunis are fleeing Israeli airstrikes and military operations, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “Families in Khan Yunis have yet again received evacuation orders from Israeli authorities,” UNRWA stated. “The cycle of fear and displacement has gone on too long. Everyone is exhausted,” it noted. Additionally, the Palestine Red Crescent announced that its Maan and Bani Suhaila clinics are out […]

today23 July 2024

International

Palestinian resistance group Hamas expressed its condemnation of the “blatant bias” towards the occupation

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 […]

today17 July 2024

International

Hamas expresses dismay over the weapons and ammunition used to massacre the Palestinians

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 […]

today15 July 2024

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