‘It is a Holocaust’: South African politician clashes with TV presenter
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‘It is a Holocaust’: South African politician clashes with TV presenter

South African politician Dr Mamphela Ramphele disagreed with a TV presenter over the framing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza as a “Holocaust”. The TV presenter…

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UN chief says US-Israeli backed Gaza aid operation is ‘inherently unsafe’ and ‘killing people’
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UN chief says US-Israeli backed Gaza aid operation is ‘inherently unsafe’ and ‘killing people’

“The search for food must never be a death sentence.” UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, during a press conference on Friday, said that the US-Israeli-backed Gaza…

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Activists forced onto planes at Cairo airport amid crackdown on Global March for Gaza
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Activists forced onto planes at Cairo airport amid crackdown on Global March for Gaza

Footage shared online shows Egyptian authorities forcibly escorting dozens of international activists onto planes at Cairo International Airport after confiscating their passports, despite the activists…

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‘Member states should break Gaza siege’, says Francesca Albanese
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‘Member states should break Gaza siege’, says Francesca Albanese

Speaking to MEE Live, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on member states to take responsibility for ending Israel’s siege of Gaza, rather than leaving…

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Trump says he’d ‘take plane’ if South Africa offered one
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Trump says he’d ‘take plane’ if South Africa offered one

In a press conference with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, US President Donald Trump said he’d accept a plane from South Africa if they’d offered…

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Israelis tell evangelical Christians at Western Wall to ‘go home’
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Israelis tell evangelical Christians at Western Wall to ‘go home’

Hundreds of Israelis told evangelical Christians who were praying at an archeological park bordering the Western Wall in occupied East Jerusalem to “go home”, underlining…

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