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Illustration by Shehzil Malik By Rafeef Ziadah Nick Buxton interviews Rafeef Ziadah The unwavering alliance between the West and Israel is not merely a matter of lobbying or influence; it is a strategic partnership rooted in shared imperial goals. Understanding this broader geopolitical map is essential for building effective alliances and crafting an effective strategy that confront the systems and actors that sustain Israel’s settler-colonial project. What does the genocide in Palestine reveal about the status of geopolitics today – who has power and how it is wielded? The genocide in Gaza lays bare the harsh realities of modern…

By Mariam Jooma Carikci Just as relations between members of the fragile Government of National Unity (GNU) could not be more tense, news broke—via the Good Party’s Brett Herron—of the clandestine joint Democratic Alliance (DA) and Patriotic Alliance (PA) delegation visit to Israel. The same country that the South African government has taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where preliminary findings showed that Israel’s military action in Gaza can plausibly constitute acts of genocide. The court also found that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal and must be dismantled according to international law. But is this…

Members of the multi-party South African delegation to Israel meet with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog. (Photo: South African Friends of Israel) By Iqbal Jassat The shocking but not surprising news that a number of South Africa’s MPs undertook a so-called “fact finding” mission to Israel is rightly causing a political storm with demands that they be hauled over the coals by the National Assembly. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis revealed that at least nine MPs from three SA political parties made their way there and included high profile members of the Democratic Alliance (DA). Among them was DA spokesperson on justice –…