South Africa

January 14, 2025 | |

Lebanon Chooses Nawaf Salam, an Adversary of Israel, as New Prime Minister

International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam Named as Prime Minister: ICJ President Nawaf Salam has been nominated as Lebanon’s next prime minister after consultations...

January 13, 2025 | |

Israel SitRep: January 13, 2025

Today’s Issue: | IAF Strikes Hezbollah Targets After Ceasefire Monitoring Committee Is Informed of Threats, Which ‘Are Not Addressed’ | IDF Has Eliminated At Least 165 Terrorists in West Bank Operations...

January 13, 2025 | David May |

Lawfare Against Israeli Soldiers

Israeli tourist Yuval Vagdani had to escape for the second time. On October 7, 2023, he survived the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival near Gaza. Then in the first week of January 2025, he escaped Brazil...

January 10, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz, Elaine K. Dezenski

South Africa Needs the Trump Treatment

The ANC has been too cozy for too long with the West’s enemies.

January 10, 2025 | |

Israel SitRep: January 10, 2025

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January 10, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

A fake genocide meets a real one

The obsession with Jews and Israel diverts column inches and airtime away from humanitarian crises that are far more dire than Gaza and far more intractable.

January 9, 2025 | |

Ireland Submits Declaration to Join South Africa’s ICJ ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel

Ireland Challenges ‘Genocide’ Definition: Ireland formally intervened on January 7 in South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice...

January 8, 2025 | |

‘Systematic Murder’: Biden Administration Calls Out Genocide in Sudan

RSF Murders and Rapes Non-Arab Civilians: The State Department on January 7 accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliated Arab militias in Sudan of committing genocide...

December 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia enters 2025 at a crossroads in a post-Assad Middle East

Having lost it's Syrian ally in the former Assad regime, Russia is shifting forces from Syria to other places.

December 20, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Welcome to ‘Paddystine’

Dublin’s goal, according to Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, has been to undermine the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself by launching lawfare to chip steadily away at its sovereign rights.

December 13, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Turning human rights upside down

A new era might could see authoritarian states like China and Iran hauling liberal democratic nations before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

December 12, 2024 | |

‘Very Narrow Interpretation’: Ireland Joins South Africa’s Case Against Israel But Wants Different Definition of Genocide

Ireland Joins South Africa’s Baseless ICJ Case: The government of the Republic of Ireland gave approval on December 11 to formally join South Africa’s case at the International...

December 6, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Winners and losers in the Middle East: The story so far

For Turkey and Qatar, net gains. For Iran, and its Palestinian and Lebanese proxies, net losses. For Israel, the jury is out.

December 5, 2024 | |

‘Predetermined Outcome’: Amnesty International Report Amplifies ‘Genocide’ Charge Against Israel

Amnesty International Redefines Genocide: A new report from Amnesty International released on December 4 asserted that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in the...

November 18, 2024 | |

‘Hard, Incontrovertible Evidence of Who Funded Hamas’: American Victims of October 7 Sue Iran in U.S. Court

Documents Reveal Iranian Involvement in October 7 Massacre: Equipped with newly-discovered documents demonstrating Iran’s involvement in Hamas’s atrocities of October 7, 2023,...

November 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Yasser Arafat’s legacy: The death of Palestinian statehood

In many ways, the failure of the Palestinian cause in the last two decades is a result of the decisions of Arafat during the ten years he presided over the Palestinian Authority.

October 24, 2024 | |

Hamas Official Visiting Moscow Moots Hostage Release as ‘Gesture to Our Russian Friends’

Latest Developments Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk met with Russian officials in Moscow on October 24, telling Russian media that Hamas was willing to prioritize the release of two hostages...

October 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

BRICS showcases non-Western world order emerging

The expansion of BRICS into countries that are close to the West shows how many states are hedging their bets on this non-western group of powerful economies.

October 23, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Guterres embraces the authoritarians

By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.

October 21, 2024 | |

Israel Announces Legal Action Against French President Macron Over Exclusion From Arms Fair

Israel plans to take legal action against French President Emmanuel Macron for his decision to ban Israeli companies from a Paris arms fair, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz...