This decisive measure follows a series of unacceptable violations of diplomatic norms and practice which pose a direct challenge to South Africa's sovereignty, the statement said. These violations include the repeated use of official Israeli social media platforms to launch insulting attacks against His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, and a deliberate failure to inform DIRCO of purported visits by senior Israeli officials.
Jury selection in a Stanford felony vandalism case grew tense Monday as prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over whether prospective jurors could be questioned about their views on Israel and Palestine in front of the full panel, highlighting how divisive views on the war in Gaza have complicated a routine judicial process. The case centers on five of the 13 students initially arrested and accused of damaging Stanford's executive offices during a June 2024 protest urging the university to divest from Israel-linked companies.
Netanyahu said - antisemitism spreads when leaders stay silent. "Nothing to do with Isreal committing genocide in Palestine then. Netanyahu wants antisemitism to be a thing, it validates him - he acts to make it so."
Members of Irish football's governing body have approved a resolution instructing its board to submit a formal motion to UEFA requesting the immediate suspension of Israel from European competitions, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said. The resolution passed by the FAI members on Saturday cites violations by Israel's Football Association of two provisions of UEFA statutes: its failure to implement and enforce an effective antiracism policy and the playing by Israeli clubs in occupied Palestinian territory without the consent of the Palestinian Football Association.
Absolutely not. I wouldn't want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime, he told the Sunday Times magazine, referring to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. The interview with members of the British band whose UK No 1 albums include OK Computer and Kid A took place before this month's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The band kick off their first tour in seven years next month, playing 20 shows in five European cities.
We call on all Americans who value peace and equality to participate fully in the democratic process in order to stand up for candidates who reject antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric, and who affirm Israel's right to exist in peace and security,
A US president, after months of tacit encouragement, has finally intervened to end an Israeli military offensive that has reduced swaths of a Middle Eastern city to rubble, leaving thousands dead and prompting global outrage. For months, the UN has looked on, impotent, as Israeli air raids and artillery shelling has pummelled apartment blocks and refugee camps beside the Mediterranean.
Several San Francisco supervisors expressed their disapproval of Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's comments last week supporting Trump's threat to send the National Guard into the city. Supervisor Jackie Fielder vowed to boycott Dreamforce events this year. [NBC Bay Area] Our first significant rainfall of the season is rolling in today after 11 am, and will last into Tuesday. The rest of the week is expected to be dry. [KRON4]
Lorde is among the latest wave of artists joining the No Music for Genocide campaign, which urges musicians to geo-block their music in Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Caribou, Hayley Williams, Dry Cleaning, Marina, Caroline, Diiv, Duval Timothy, Idles, Muna, Paloma Faith, Obongjayar, Marc Rebillet, Tokimonsta, 454, Pinegrove, and Skee Mask have also removed or pledged to remove their music from streaming services in the country.
Germany will reach a decision on whether to back European Union sanctions against Israel before a European Union meeting in Copenhagen in October, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on a visit to Madrid on Thursday. Speaking alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Merz said Israel's actions in Gaza were not proportional to its stated goals, but said Germany did not share the view that the actions amounted to genocide. He added that for Germany, the recognition of Palestinian statehood was not currently up for debate.
One of the many known unknowns, however, of a Trump state visit is what kind of Trump will show up when a microphone is placed in front of him. The US president is often a bundle of contradictions. During his first state visit in 2018 most UK diplomats said he was a picture of affability, yet he took it upon himself to conduct an interview with the Sun in which he insulted Theresa May, and said Boris Johnson would make a great prime minister.
President Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Morristown municipal airport in New Jersey after spending the weekend at his Bedminster residence Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Rescuers work at the site of drone strikes in the Nizhyn district. Russian troops targeted the rescuers who were extinguishing a fire at a critical infrastructure facility that broke out as a result of drone strikes, according to the state emergency service. At least four rescuers were injured Photograph: State Emergency Service Of Ukraine/EPA
As Jim Gavin stumbles over Gaza, RTÉ was so pleased with its Eurovision ultimatum that it became the lead item on the Six One News RTÉ needed a break. Joe Duffy is gone. Claire Byrne is ­going. So it pulled a rabbit out of the hat last week. On Thursday, it announced, with much fanfare, that if Israel is at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Ireland will pull out.
It was a surreal scene in Halifax on Friday as Canada kicked off its Davis Cup tennis tie against Israel behind closed doors at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Save for athletes and staff of the two teams and the necessary officials, who were either on the court or courtside, the venue that normally holds over 10,500 spectators was completely empty.
On Tuesday, the board voted 3 to 2 in favor of the flag display, which was part of a resolution on combating antisemitism that also called for greater education on Jewish history and recognizing remembrance days for the Holocaust and Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. On Friday, Beverly Hills Unified Supt. Alex Cherniss announced that he was using his executive authority to stop the flag display.
At a time when the eyes of the world will be on Venice and the Film Festival, we have a duty to make the voices of all those who are outraged and rebelling heard: let us therefore turn the spotlight of the Festival on Palestine,
France has summoned the US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Paris had failed to do enough to stem anti-Semitic violence, a French Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says. Kushner published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, in which he focused on France's criticism of Israel which has been accused by leading rights groups of carrying out a genocide in Gaza and its plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
More than half a million people in Gaza City and parts of the south and central areas of the territory face "starvation, destitution and death," the body responsible for monitoring world hunger has found. DW has more. UN agencies have been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory for monthsImage: Hatem Khaled/REUTERS Skip next section What you need to know Famine confirmed in Gaza for first time by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) monitor
Gal Gadot credits pressure on celebrities to speak out against Israel for the failure of last year's live-action 'Snow White.' She received death threats after co-star Rachel Zegler's pro-Palestine post.
Gillibrand voiced concerns over Mamdani's public statements on Israel and public safety, showing how political dynamics can lead to intra-party tensions over diverse political views.
