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South Africa Urges ICJ Action as Israeli War Cabinet Expands Rafah Assault
"Despite repeated orders by the court, Israel has not changed its conduct," South Africa's urgent request states. "It has doubled down on...
Michael Laxer
May 11, 20245 min read
Student Demands for Divestment Are Not New
There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and...
Michael Laxer
May 3, 20245 min read
Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough - South African Communist Party
South African Communist Party Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough Wednesday, 27 April 1994 marked...
Michael Laxer
Apr 27, 202414 min read
From Namibia to Gaza With Love
The Israeli brutality in Gaza, but also the Palestinian sumud, resilience and resistance, are inspiring the Global South to reclaim its...
Michael Laxer
Apr 21, 20245 min read
U.S. Officials Brazenly Deny Genocide
U. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosts Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on March 26, 2024 By Global News...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20242 min read
ICJ Issues New Order in Genocide Case as Another Gaza Child Starves to Death
The World Court cited "exceptionally grave" developments, especially the "spread of famine and starvation," in once again ordering Israel...
Michael Laxer
Mar 28, 20243 min read
Transport Workers Unions in Africa Call for a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
Irvin Jim, the General Secretary of NUMSA, reads out the motion passed by the Conference By Global News Service Unions in Africa...
Michael Laxer
Mar 19, 20241 min read
South African Foreign Minister warns that citizens fighting with Israel in Gaza will face arrest
Pandor speaking after the ICJ interim ruling in January In another step to try to stop the slaughter, South Africa’s Foreign Minister...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20242 min read
Israel’s Blocking of Aid to Gaza Is a Weapon in Its Brutal War Against Palestinians
Image via the Palestinian People's Party By Global News Service Israel’s deliberate blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza has emerged as a...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20241 min read
South Africa demands ICJ intervene to prevent mass famine in Gaza
Image via Palestinian People's Party Various Sources In another urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) South Africa...
Michael Laxer
Mar 7, 20241 min read
Nicaragua files application against Germany at the ICJ for aiding the genocide in Gaza
Nicaragua has officially filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Germany. The accusation centers around...
Michael Laxer
Mar 2, 20241 min read
ICJ Hearings to Examine 57 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
"Decades of injustice will finally face scrutiny," said U.N. human rights official Francesca Albanese ahead of next week's Hague hearings...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20243 min read
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor Reveals Threats to Family in Wake of ICJ Case Against Israel
Naledi Pandor at a BRICS meeting, September, 2022 -- public domain image By Global News Service South Africa’s Minister of International...
Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 20242 min read
South Africa calls on ICJ to urgently intervene to prevent Israeli attack on Rafah
South Africa has urgently requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to intervene and halt Israel’s planned assault on Rafah, a...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20242 min read
US Attacks on the ICJ Are a Declaration of Empire
They should not be seen simply as “pro-Israel” sentiment, but instead as part of a broader effort to undermine international law in order...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20247 min read
American Federation of Teachers Joins Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
The union's executive council called for a cease-fire after months of pressure from educators across the United States. By Julia Conley,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 20242 min read
Everywhere He Goes, Biden Is Haunted by the Martyrs of Gaza
Supporters of a ceasefire in Gaza protest a visit to Dallas by Joe Biden, January 8 -- image via screenshot By Global News Service Biden...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 20241 min read
The International Court of Justice Censures Israel for Its Genocidal War
By Vijay Prashad On January 26, 2024, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 20246 min read
Ruling by UN’s top court means Canada and the U.S. could be complicit in Gaza genocide
By Heidi Matthews, Faisal A. Bhabha and Mohammad Fadel, The Conversation The International Court of Justice has issued a ground-breaking...
Michael Laxer
Jan 29, 20244 min read
ICJ Ruling Will Not Halt the Massacre in Gaza, But Begins to Restore World's Common Humanity
The world owes South Africa a huge debt. By bringing Israel to the Hague, South Africa has wrenched moral and legal force from the hands...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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