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Israeli government appoints Israel's former U. K. envoy to head Israeli hasbara
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (174+ words) Haaretz Last year, Hotovely was interviewed by Piers Morgan. She claimed Israel maintains a low civilian-to-combatant kill ratio, but Morgan challenged her: if she doesn't know how many children have been killed, how could she possibly make that calculation? Israel's…...
Prominent Jewish South African researcher kidnapped and murdered in Johannesburg
3+ week, 6+ day ago (78+ words) Prominent Jewish South African Political Researcher Kidnapped and Murdered in Johannesburg'Haaretz Steven Grozd, a policy expert and political commentator, was reported missing on Friday and his body was recovered the next day. Police and local Jewish organizations believe he was…...
Lead slingstone bullet inscribed with sardonic joke discovered at Hippos
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (647+ words) A crudely fashioned slingstone projectile about an inch long, made of lead and inscribed with the word "Learn," was discovered in the necropolis outside the Greco-Roman clifftop city of Hippos. Its shape was elliptical, but a metal bullet didn't need…...
Apartheid South African judges betrayed justice. It could happen in Israel | Opinion
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (428+ words) Apartheid South Africa's Courts Were Used to Give the Appearance of Legality While Oppressing Citizens in Service of the Government. With the Judicial Overhaul, the Israeli Government Hopes to Subjugate the Israeli Courts So That They Too Become a Tool…...
Far-right Israeli group arranged flights to transfer Palestinians from Gaza
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (80+ words) Far-right Israeli Group Arranged Mystery Flights to Transfer Palestinians From Gaza'Haaretz About 380 Gazans were flown to Indonesia, Malaysia and South Africa on charter flights organized by the far-right Israeli group Ad Kan, founded by a West Bank settler activist. Haaretz…...
Netherlands join South Africa's ICJ case against Israel over Gaza genocide
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (257+ words) Haaretz Iceland also joined in filing a declaration in South Africa's ICJ case, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, saying 'forced displacement, blocked aid and harm to children' may be relevant in assessing genocidal intent. Its filing joins those of…...
Spain dismisses ambassador to Israel, downgrading diplomatic ties
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (139+ words) Ambassador Ana Salomon Perez was dismissed on March 11th, effectively reducing relations to the rank of charg" d'affaires. Israel's last ambassador in Spain was recalled in 2024 Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between…...
Earliest cremation in Africa 9, 550 years ago discovered in Malawi
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (732+ words) Hunter-gatherers came together and built a pyre to burn a woman in a rock shelter, and lit fires there for hundreds of years About 9, 550 years ago in what is today northern Malawi, hunter-gatherers built a pyre in a rock shelter…...
Fake escort services to greetings cards: Intellexa spyware targets journalists in Angola
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (334+ words) Haaretz Fake Escort Services and Mothers' Day Cards: Israeli-owned Intellexa Spyware Targets and Exploits Journalists in Angola Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format An investigation reveals that the Israeli-owned Intellexa spyware was used…...
Johannesburg private school cancels tennis match with Jewish girls' team
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (373+ words) Haaretz Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format CAPE TOWN " Roedean School, an elite private girls' school in Johannesburg, has issued an apology to South Africa's biggest Jewish day school after a leaked phone…...