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By Hasina Kathrada The UN envoy says South Africa is central to the global fight against the genocide in Gaza ‘The laws created to stop states destroying each other are now being used to justify that destruction ‘ Francesca Albanese is not in South Africa to make anyone feel comfortable. The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has come to deliver the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture — and she is already testing whether the world still recognises moral clarity when it hears it. Ahead of Saturday’s lecture, she told journalists it felt like “a call of destiny”…

A displaced Palestinian child holds a doll while playing outside her family’s tent at a displacement camp near the port in Gaza City, on 19 October, 2025 (Reuters) By Samah Jabr No aid package can replace accountability and justice. True recovery requires a worldwide awakening As I prepare to begin training Gaza’s doctors and mental health professionals in a World Health Organization initiative that aims to bridge the gap between mental health needs and available resources, I can’t help but ask: can the Palestinian enclave be healed? Our goal is to strengthen Gaza’s shattered medical system by integrating mental health into…

Palestinian families who lost their homes or were displaced by Israeli attacks take shelter in a UNRWA school and are struggling to survive under harsh conditions in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on October 20, 2025. [Mohammed Nassar – Anadolu Agency] by Dr Ramzy Baroud  RamzyBaroud For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centers on two core principles: grief and defiance. Grief has characterised life in Gaza for many years, a consequence of successive Israeli wars, the unrelenting siege, and habitual bombardment.…

 By Iqbal Jassat  In another fatal blow to its pariah status as a rogue regime, the settler colonial regime Israel has once again been found to be in grave violation of International Law. Though belated, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a strongly worded ruling, stating that Israel must allow the entry of urgently needed humanitarian aid into Gaza Strip and ensure the basic survival needs of its population are met. “The court considers that Israel is under an obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities, including UNRWA,” said ICJ…

Dr Munir al-Barsh Director: Health Ministry in Gaza Without Farewell… Without Identity Without farewell, without mothers’ trembling hands reaching for one last touch, without wives waving goodbye— their reunion postponed to heaven. Without children scattering flowers and jasmine over the bodies of fathers who will never wake again,without funerals to honor the majesty of loss. Our sons are buried nameless, without identity, without a final goodbye. Their faces erased by torture and fire, their souls left to speak the truth that bodies no longer can. Doctors cover their noses and mouths as if standing in an operating room, not a…

President Donald Trump addressing the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 13. (White House /Daniel Torok) By Marjorie Cohn Special to Consortium News In his speech to the Knesset, Trump told Netanyahu: “We make the best weapons in the world, and we’ve got a lot of them. And we’ve given a lot to Israel … [And] you used them well,” writes Marjorie Cohn. As Donald Trump congratulates Israel for its conduct of the genocide in Gaza, he should be charged with aiding and abetting genocide, not given the Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech on Monday to the Israeli Knesset, Trump spent an…

A pro-Palestine protest in the United States. (Photo: Stop the War Coalition, Supplied) By Jamal Kanj The question is no longer if US policy toward Israel will change, but when Washington’s politics will finally align with the public opinion. For the first time in decades, the public in the United States and across the West has begun to see Israel’s wars and occupation for what they truly are: acts of systemic injustice driven by malevolence and impunity. Social media has removed the familiar whitewash of mainstream filters, revealing truths long concealed behind carefully managed narratives that presented Israel as a victim…

By Hassen Lorgat  Black Wednesday poster – Courtesy Judy Seidman “Every time the media lies (call) Every time the media lies (collective response) another child in Gaza dies” (call) another child in Gaza dies” (collective response) This call-and-response slogan is not innately South African, but I swear, I heard it most often at our weekly protests – the last time, during the 16th Annual Walk for Palestine held in Lenasia recently. It is rooted within international struggles as it tries to explain the link between the role of the media in the genocide. The  meaning of the call-and-response is layered. It…

Israeli soldiers burn a home in Gaza City on the night of October 9. Source: social media. Faces obscured by Drop Site. ByYounis Tirawi and Yaniv Cogan Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.” Drop Site is non-aligned, completely independent, and 100% reader-funded. Every dollar of your support goes directly to our reporting and our journalists on the ground in conflict zones around the world. Please consider making a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today. Contribute to Drop Site In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s announcement on Thursday that both Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to…

The late President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela devoted his entire life to the struggle for justice and peace. Revered worldwide for his principled stand on human right and dignity, he stood unequivocally with the oppressed people of the world and was unapologetic in his stance that the Palestinian struggle is “the greatest moral issue of our time”. During a 1995 visit to Gaza, Nelson Mandela pledged on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa, and all freedom‑loving peoples that “our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people.” Madiba’s historic stance has been reinforced by South Africa’s…