MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 25 APRIL 2024 Israel strikes 40 Hezbollah sites; Biden signs $95bn aid package into law, includes Iran oil sanctions 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 24 APRIL 2024 US denies ‘double standards’ on Israel; Columbia, Yale crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters 6 min 12 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 23 APRIL 2024 Rafah concerns mount again; Israel yet to offer proof of UN staff’s Hamas ties 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OP-ED Support for Israel compromises established Western liberal democracies — Part 4 7 min 4 By Raymond Suttner
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 22 APRIL 2024 Netanyahu slams reported US plan ‘to punish army unit’; Iran’s supreme leader praises strike on Israel 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 18 APRIL 2024 UN seeks $2.5bn in aid for Gaza; G7 nations weigh up new sanctions against Iran Air 6 min 2 By Bloomberg
BOOK EXTRACT The close, secret ties that bound Israel to apartheid South Africa 9 min 47 By Antony Loewenstein
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 17 APRIL 2024 Key Western ally Jordan on edge after Iran attack; Israel weighs up retaliation options 6 min 3 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 16 APRIL 2024 Biden meets with Iraq's Prime Minister; Iran’s attack ‘will be met with a response’ - Israel 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 12 APRIL 2024 Tension rises as US expects Iran to ‘imminently’ avenge Israel’s Damascus attack 4 min 19 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OP-ED Stellenbosch University Senate members call for end to Israel's ‘brutal and barbaric’ destruction in Gaza 7 min 90 By Stellenbosch University Senate members
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 11 APRIL 2024 Biden delivers ‘blunt’ message to Netanyahu; Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas leader 7 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 10 APRIL 2024 Turkey and Israel swap trade threats; UK won’t block arms sales to Jewish state - Cameron 4 min 7 By Bloomberg
BARRIERS TO CHANGE OP-ED Pragmatism instead of ideology should be the guideline for all SA’s foreign policy decisions 9 min 11 By Jay van Wyk and Gerrit Olivier
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 9 APRIL 2024 Israeli officials optimistic on Gaza ceasefire talks; Palestinians return to a devastated Khan Younis 5 min 2 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 8 APRIL 2024 Biden ally opposes halting weapons transfers to Israel; IDF withdraws southern Gaza troops 5 min 2 By Bloomberg
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OP-ED Naledi Pandor is treading the Pik Botha path to SA’s diplomatic oblivion 6 min 160 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 5 APRIL 2024 Biden takes a hard line with Netanyahu; Israel scrambles GPS signals amidst Iran threat 5 min 5 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 4 APRIL 2024 Israeli war Cabinet member calls for early polls; Poland to address Israel ties after Gaza aid worker deaths 7 min 3 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT OP-ED What will urgently bring Israel back within international norms of legality? Part 3 7 min 21 By Raymond Suttner
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 3 APRIL 2024 Biden to meet with Muslim leaders; UK summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza aid worker deaths 6 min 1 By Bloomberg