What Israeli settler encroachment, intimidation look like in the West Bank

Umm al-Khair, occupied West Bank – Every time Yinon Levi returns to Umm al-Khair, where videos and witness testimonies implicate him in the murder of Awdah Hathaleen, anger stirs within the community. Seeking to prevent further arrests or...

South Africa urges Israel to free Gaza-bound flotilla activists

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory, October 1, 2025. /VCG Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing...

Justice for Gaza: Cape Town activists fight for the release of humanitarian volunteers

Pickets against the ongoing crisis in Palestine are a familiar sight, but on Friday, gatherings across South Africa focused on the detention of humanitarian volunteers captured by Israeli forces while en route to aid Gaza. The activists set sail...

Israel detains Gaza aid flotilla activists

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Gaza death toll hits 66,228; 63 Palestinians killed in 24 hours

UNRWA warns of more looming massacres as humanitarian access remains blocked. Gaza hospitals have received 63 martyrs and 227 injuries in 24 hours, bringing the total toll since October 7, 2023, as of October 3, 2025, to 66,228 martyred and...

Palestinian academic, physician, and activist, Mustafa Barghouti, delivers the Jumuah khutbah at Masjidul Quds

Palestinian academic, physician, and activist, Mustafa Barghouti, has visited the Mother City to inform South Africans about the ongoing challenges encountered by Palestinians, the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, and the Israeli...

Church of England must oppose antisemitism, says 1st female head after synagogue attack

In her first speech since being nominated on Friday, the new Archbishop of Canterbury said the Church of England had a responsibility to stand with Jews against antisemitism following a deadly Yom Kippur terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester....

Gaza peace plan released by Trump was ‘not ours’, says Pakistan’s minister

Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday tried to evade responsibility for the Gaza peace plan, saying the draft released by President Donald Trump was different from the one proposed by the Muslim countries, including Pakistan....

Children Among over 20 Killed as Israel Ramps Up Bombardment of Gaza

Across the war-battered Palestinian enclave, the Israeli regime’s attacks killed at least 22 people, including 16 in Gaza City, since dawn on Friday. The Zionist regime’s army is using remote-controlled vehicles packed with explosives to demolish...

Activists begin hunger strike, protests surge as Israel seizes flotilla

Activists detained after Israel seized the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla have launched an indefinite hunger strike, as tens of thousands of demonstrators rally worldwide in protest against the naval blockade and Israel’s interception of...

Confidence in the Gospel: Archbishop Designate, Sarah Mullally, sets out her hopes for the Church

Shortly after the announcement of her nomination as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Sarah Mullally delivered an address at Canterbury Cathedral, reflecting on her calling, the challenges facing the Church, and her hopes for its future....

Gaza Aid Flotilla | Nelson Mandela Foundation calls for activists' release

JOHANNESBURG - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has raised concerns, about Israel's interception of activists carrying humanitarian to Gaza. The foundation is calling for unconditional immediate release of those detained and protection of their...

Italy paralysed by general strike in solidarity with Gaza

Around 100,000 people took to the streets across Italy today in a general strike organised by the CGIL union and grassroots unions, disrupting ports, rail traffic and highways, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and the people of Gaza....

Gaza aid flotilla activists launch hunger strike after Israeli raid

Hundreds of international activists detained after Israel’s raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla have launched an indefinite hunger strike, organizers said Friday, intensifying outrage over the largest seaborne challenge to Israel’s blockade of Gaza...

Israeli claims of Gaza safe zones ‘farcical’, UN says they’re ‘places of death’

The United Nations on Friday insisted there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City and that Israel-designated zones in the south were “places of death“ GENEVA: The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place...

No safe zones for Palestinians in Southern Gaza: UNICEF

Geneva: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed Friday that there are no safe places for Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza City by Israeli forces. The areas designated for them in the southern Gaza Strip are nothing more than...

UN Says Notion of a Safe Zone in Southern Gaza 'Farcical'

The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City, and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were "places of death". Since launching its air assault on Gaza City in August...

WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries in Gaza

Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday....

Over 250 arts organisations call for cultural boycott of Israel

Over 250 cultural organisations, theatre companies, and festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium have signed a statement calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural organisations in protest against the continuing genocidal violence in Gaza and the...

Pro-Palestine march WILL go ahead in Manchester this weekend after protests slammed as 'un-British'

14:36, 03 Oct 2025Updated 14:37, 03 Oct 2025 Pro-Palestine protests in Manchester city centre on Thursday, October 2, hours after the Manchester terror attack Demonstrations in Manchester supporting Palestine will go ahead this weekend, according...