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A screenshot from the video President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on September 2, 2025, showing a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea. Screenshot: @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social By Nick Turse A current DoD official and many military legal experts say the U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean near Venezuela broke international law. The lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday was a criminal attack on civilians, according to a high-ranking Pentagon official who spoke to the Intercept on the condition of anonymity. The Trump administration paved the way for the attack, he said, by…

The Price It’s more than the rhythm and the rhyme three years after, lady justice whines You do the crime You do the time But If you’ve got sum chime You may skip the slime Only if you have the dime

By Paul Hendler [The Foundation for Defence of Democracies recently published a report about South Africa’s support for and alignment with Hamas. The report identifies key individuals — including Mandla Mandela (grandson of Nelson Mandela), Imtiaz Sooliman (leader of humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers) and Media Review Network (an organisation committed to countering Islamaphobic views in the mainstream media and public domain and promoting substantial and contextual public debate), as key pivots sustaining the presence of Hamas in South Africa, and calls for action against them through criminalising their activities. This call is not happening in isolation. Geopolitically the US national…

Ansarallah military spokesman, Yahya Saree. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo Ansarallah’s growing military and political role has reshaped Israel’s regional calculations, turning Yemen into an unexpected center of resistance. Yemen remains Israel’s biggest challenge in the Middle East. With the help of its friends in the region, Israel managed to at least sideline the powerful Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah from its direct fight for dominance. Indeed, Hezbollah would have remained an integral part of the equation if it were not for the fact that part of Lebanon’s ruling elites, often bankrolled and beholden to Arab and American…

A foreign buyer checks the quality of a diamond during the International Diamond Week (IDW) in Tel Aviv, on 5 February 2018 [JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images] by Sean Clinton Leading luxury brands De Beers, Forevermark, Tiffany’s, Bulgari, Harry Winston, Cartier, Signet Jewellers and others’ continued sale of diamonds processed in Israel demonstrates a calculated acceptance of reputational, financial and legal risks. This deliberate choice underscores the industry’s confidence in its ability to conceal its complicity in grave human rights violations and shield itself from accountability, even as their diamond supply chains fund a regime responsible for the barbaric genocide in Palestine that…

Dr. Mamphela Ramphele  with some of Tickeyline villagers, who she worked with while at Ithuseng, the health project she started in Lenyene. Photo courtesy of Dr. Mamphela Ramphele. (courtesy:https://carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/if-not-us-who-how-one-woman-fights-for-social-and-political-equality/) Hassen Lorgat – a member of the Peoples Media Consortium, writing in his personal capacity The recent suspension of SABC anchor Juliet Newell following a heated on-air exchange with Dr. Mamphela Ramphele has sparked controversy, but instead of it winning support for ending the war on Palestinians, it seems to have become an end in itself. Focusing on this incident fails to see the underlying causes of chronic underfunding of…

By Alastair Crooke For a Leviathan to function, it must remain rational and powerful, Alastair Crooke writes. Israel’s strategy from past decades continues to rest on the hope of achieving some literal Chimeric transformative ‘de-radicalisation’ of both Palestinians and of the Region, writ large – a de-radicalisation that will make ‘Israel safe’. This has been the ‘holy grail’ objective for Zionists since Israel was first founded. The code word for this chimaera today is the ‘Abraham Accords’. Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s Strategic Affairs Minister, former Israeli Ambassador to Washington and key Trump ‘whisperer’ – writes Anna Barsky in Ma’ariv (Hebrew) on 24 August – “sees…

Dear Prof xxx For many years you wrote scholarly “moderate” articles on Zionism and Israel. Yesterday you wrote that “Israel has a right to exist” is not in question. As a Palestinian who was born in Al Ma’in Abu Sitta, I ask a simple personal non academic question: will this state exist on my land? If yes, I do not agree, never did, never will. My family was attacked by Zionist militia on 14 May 1948 and our landscape was destroyed. We became refugees ever since. Four kibbutzim were built on my land. Simply put: criminals came to my…

Organisational Rebuttal Document Executive Summary The Media Review Network (MRN) issues this formal rebuttal to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) report titled Hiding in Plain Sight: A Playbook for Combating Hamas in South Africa (25 August 2025). The report misrepresents South Africa’s foreign policy, civil society, and humanitarian efforts, and promotes a politically motivated narrative aimed at undermining legitimate solidarity with the Palestinian people. 1.  Sovereign Foreign Policy and International Legitimacy South Africa’s diplomatic engagement with all Palestinian political entities, including Hamas, aligns with international norms and reflects its commitment to inclusive peacebuilding. The United Nations recognises the…

Prepared by: Media Review Network (South Africa) Executive Summary This document provides a structured rebuttal to defamatory claims targeting South African solidarity organisations and leaders, including the Media Review Network (MRN), Gift of the Givers, and Chief Mandla Mandela. Grounded in international law, United Nations resolutions, and human rights documentation, the report affirms the legitimacy of Palestinian solidarity and the integrity of South African civil society actors. Legal and Human Rights Foundations The UN General Assembly recognises the Palestinian right to self-determination and legitimises armed resistance against colonial domination. UN General Assembly Resolution 37/43 recognises the right of colonised peoples to resist occupation, including through armed struggle…