MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 9 JANUARY 2024 Senior Hezbollah commander killed; Hamas accused of using North Korean weapons 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 8 JANUARY 2024 Blinken warns of war spreading; Israel kills six in West Bank drone strike 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Judge Dikgang Moseneke to help preside over South Africa’s contentious genocide case against Israel at ICJ 2 min 99 By Peter Fabricius
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 5 JANUARY 2024 Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran blasts; Houthis warned against further Red Sea attacks 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 4 JANUARY 2023 Killing of top Hamas official raises war escalation fears; Houthis claim another Red Sea shipping attack 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 3 JANUARY 2024 Iran’s Red Sea power play heightens trade disruption fears; Turkey rounds up suspected Mossad spies 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2023 International Villain of the Year: Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif 3 min 23 By Rebecca Davis
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 29 DECEMBER 2023 Half of Red Sea container fleet avoids route after commercial ship attacks 3 min 4 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 28 DECEMBER 2023 Houthi attacks, US retaliatory strikes in Iraq heighten risk of wider war; Biden, Qatar leader in bid to release Gaza hostages 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 27 DECEMBER 2023 Netanyahu spells out conditions for peace; Israel will need $8bn more in defence spending - finance ministry 5 min 6 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 22 DECEMBER 2023 UK’s Cameron urges a pause in war to allow aid into Gaza; Egypt calls for UN to remain neutral 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OPEN LETTER Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein ‘not following the same press reports’ as Pope Francis 3 min 28 By Jesuit Institute of South Africa
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Gaza Strip ‘the most dangerous place in the world’ for children — Unicef 6 min 47 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT South African Christian leaders to spend Christmas in Bethlehem in solidarity with Palestinians 5 min 28 By Suné Payne
RIGHT OF REPLY In defence of Palestinian resistance against an inhumane dispensation 7 min 41 By Ronnie Kasrils
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 21 DECEMBER 2023 Israel makes new offer for one-week pause in warfare; Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders travel to Cairo 4 min 3 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 20 DECEMBER 2023 Israel ‘ready for another pause' in warfare in exchange for hostages; Greece upbeat on Gaza maritime aid corridor deal 6 min 4 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 19 DECEMBER 2023 Israel must boost defence budget significantly - Netanyahu; US plans talks to counter Houthi Red Sea threat 3 min 3 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 18 DECEMBER 2023 France joins UK, Germany in urging Gaza ceasefire; progress reported in talks on prisoner exchanges 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OP-ED Revolutionary leadership, courage and tough decisions — Israel and Palestine’s route to peace 17 min 27 By Greg Mills
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE CRISIS Trevor Norwitz, University of Cape Town Fund president, resigns in protest over UCT Council’s Gaza statement 7 min 184 By Victoria O’Regan
