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Palestinian Armenians fight to keep their music alive

From Palestinian rock to modern folk, generations of Armenian musicians have thrived in Jerusalem. But Israeli attacks threaten the community’s future

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.(Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas leader says no change in truce position after sons killed

Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been ongoing since Sunday

Foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor makes statements to press members after attending a session on the day of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on the Gaza genocide case against Israel made by South Africa in the Hague, the Netherlands on January 26, 2024. (Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images)

South Africa scores an interim victory in landmark ICJ case against Israel

The court has ordered that Israel implement provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts against the people living in Gaza ‘with immediate effect’ This content is restricted to…

Vusimuzi Madonsela, South African Ambassador to the Netherlands, and then Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, prepare to attend a hearing on January 11 and 12 2024 at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)

Gazan civilians labelled as ‘the enemy’ in ‘genocide’, International Court of Justice hears

Israel’s prime minister has used religious rhetoric referring to the country’s Biblical historical enemy to incite troops to war, South Africa’s legal team told the court This…

South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

SA at The Hague: ‘There is no justification for genocide’

South Africa told the International Court of Justice that Israel is deliberately trying to destroy the Palestinian people living in Gaza

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – NOVEMBER 13: Palestinians, who were displaced from their homes due to Israeli attacks, take shelter at Nasser Hospital to protect themselves from Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s war on hospitals

Health facilities are on the front line of the pitiless siege of Gaza

After two decades reporting from front lines I’ve learned that truth in conflict is rarely clean. Photo: Said Khatib/AFP

Israel’s war on the truth

The government’s spokesperson has posted tweets and videos that have nothing to do with the current conflict with Palestinians

Separating fact from fiction: A rabbi inspects the damage inside a torched religious school in the central Israeli city of Lod, near Tel Aviv, last week, following night clashes between Arab Israelis and Israeli Jews
amid a dramatic escalation of conflict between Palestine and Israel. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Media coverage fails to provide the facts

While the conflict between Israel and Palestinians rages on the real battle is for public opinion

GAZA CITY, GAZA – MAY 17: A man walks past a damaged apartment after Israeli warplanes strike headquarters of the Qatari Red Crescent Society in al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on May 17, 2021. Since May 10, the Israeli army has launched incessant attacks on Gaza killing at least 200 Palestinians, including 59 children and 35 women, and injuring 1,305 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Israel-Palestine: It’s a myth that there are two equal sides in this conflict

SA BDS Coalition calls for the world to listen to what Israel’s actions are saying and apply full sanctions against that apartheid state

A protester holds a Palestinian flag as smoke rises from a burning tyre.

Call Israel what it is: An apartheid state

The Nakba began with the establishment of Israel in 1948 and has never ended. Palestinian are still removed from their land and their home and are still being killed and…

5 May 2021: Israeli forces take a Palestinian man into custody during a protest in Sheikh Jarrah against the Israeli government’s plan to force Palestinian families out of their homes. (Photograph by Mostafa Alkharouf/ Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians at mercy of Israeli court

Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood face court-sanctioned eviction in what rights groups say is a continuation of Israel’s decades-long plan to ‘ethnically…

Israel’s former premier Benjamin Netanyahu is greeted by supporters of his Likud party as he arrives to speak following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s parliamentary election at the party headquarters. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

Netanyahu on path for victory in Israeli election

Netanyahu sought to portray himself as Israel’s essential statesman in the run-up to the vote and highlighted his bond with US President Donald Trump

A women casts her vote in a ballot box as Israelis began voting in a parliamentary election, at a polling station in Ashkelon, Israel. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)

Israel election: What are the key issues for voters?

Security, corruption and the economy have been dominating the campaigns before Tuesday’s vote

Surveillance technology is increasingly being used to monitor civilians.

Gaza protests bring bloodshed but scarce gain as anniversary looms

Thousands of Palestinians have gathered at least weekly along the border in protests dubbed the Great March of Return

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Devastated by Israeli attacks on Gaza, but not deterred

The tenacity of Palestinian people in the face of brutal annihilation should encourage us all

Palestinians burn a poster depicting Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman as they celebrate after Lieberman announced his resignation. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)

Ceasefire puts Qatar’s role in Gaza back in spotlight

Qatar’s involvement in the Gaza Strip contributed to an Israeli political crisis in recent days that almost brought down the government

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Street artist Banksy interprets Gaza strife with irony

British artist Banksy makes comment on Gaza’s privations in a satirical mini-video that depicts the war-torn strip as a peculiar utopia.

UN watchdog demands Israeli abuses be probed

The group urged Israel to respect the rights of Palestinians, and demanded the country probe violations committed during repeated assaults on Gaza.

Palestinian health officials say 2 139 people have been killed since July 8

Gaza: Israel-Palestine ceasefire incites mixed reactions

While the ANC has welcomed it, an open-ended ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians has faced strong criticism in Israel’s media.

The targeting of large buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.

Gaza: Israeli airstrikes signal new escalation in fighting

Around 30 people were wounded in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The targeting of big buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.