Israel-Palestine

UCT vigil marks a year of war in Gaza

Protesters renew call for boycott

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Brief | 8 October 2024

Thousands in Cape Town and Johannesburg protest against Israel’s year of massacres

Calls for Israel to be isolated, as South Africa was during apartheid

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News | 5 October 2024

Journalist fled Gaza to save her family

Youmna El Sayed says the Israeli military is targeting Palestinian journalists

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Interview | 2 September 2024

Glencore urged to stop selling coal to Israel

Unions and civic organisations gather at mining company’s head office

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News | 22 August 2024

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Call for immediate ceasefire

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Brief | 25 June 2024

Children’s book on Palestine occupation pulled from Exclusive Books’ shelves

“It is sad when a book like this gets pulled from the biggest retailer in the country”

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News | 6 June 2024

Thousands march in Cape Town in support of ICJ order against Israel

Case to stop Israeli attack on Rafah was brought by South African government

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News | 26 May 2024

UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps

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Brief | 16 May 2024

Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment

University senate expected to meet this week

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Brief | 14 May 2024

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Meanwhile Nelson Mandela University senate supported a call for a ceasefire in Gaza earlier this week, and effectively an academic boycott of Israel

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Brief | 10 May 2024

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Calls for “academic boycott of apartheid Israel”

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Brief | 8 May 2024

Last interfaith service for Dean of St George’s Cathedral

Michael Weeder, who has spoken out against Israel’s bombardment of Palestine, retires as Dean of St George’s Cathedral

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Brief | 15 April 2024

Stellenbosch University senate members call for ceasefire in Gaza

Thuli Madonsela is one of more than 100 signatories

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News | 12 April 2024

Palestinian supporters march to Parliament

The protest marked Al-Quds Day, an international day to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory

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Brief | 5 April 2024

Criminal complaint lodged against Benjamin Rattle, a South African serving in the Israeli military

Rattle’s social media posts appear to show him standing in front of destroyed buildings and rubble in Gaza

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News | 4 April 2024

Beating a thousand drums for Palestine

This year’s Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival focused on the war in Gaza

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Brief | 25 March 2024