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SAZF Lays Complaint Against Judge Siraj Desai
SAZF Lays Complaint Against Judge Siraj Desai The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) today lodged a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) against Judge Siraj Desai. His actions and conduct over many years are plainly in breach of the Code of...
Is Israel stealing Palestinian land?
“Disappearing Palestine” – the Maps that Lie Appearing regularly in pro-Palestinian books, articles, social media and websites here and overseas – and even in mainstream media – is a series of maps purporting to show the gradual Palestinian dispossession of their land...
5 things we have learned after 11 days of fighting
5 things we have learned after 11 days of fighting May 21, 2021 | Naomi Levin 1. Hamas fired rockets more quickly and with longer ranges than ever before Hamas fired more than 4300 rockets toward Israel in less than a fortnight. A similar number were fired at Israel...
Primer on Sheikh Jarrah Property Claims
Primer on Sheikh Jarrah Property Claims NGO Monitor May 03, 2021 On February 10, 2021, the Jerusalem District Court1 upheld an October 2020 Jerusalem Magistrate Court2 decision, requiring a number of Sheikh Jarrah residents to vacate properties they are living in by...
Sheikh Jarrah: A Legal Background
Sheikh Jarrah: A Legal Background 9th May, 2021 SUMMARY The case of Sheikh Jarrah is a complex and long-running legal matter, subject to competing property claims over a small area of land in Jerusalem, by the Jewish owners and Palestinian tenants, that also...
What’s behind the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza rockets
Factsheet: What’s behind the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza rockets Yesterday, Monday May 10, more than 200 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza, in a major escalation of the violence that has been centred on Jerusalem over recent weeks. Hamas, the terror group...
Understanding the Recent Tensions in East Jerusalem
FACT SHEET - Understanding the Recent Tensions in East Jerusalem May 2021 There has been much media coverage of the last few days over clashes in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount and the neighbourhood of Shimon HaTzadik / Sheikh Jarrah. This issue has been portrayed by...
Casualties of Conflict
The frightening phenomenon of Palestinian Child Soldiers By Rolene Marks Children are usually the first casualties of conflict. The world is currently commemorating Child Soldiers Week – however it is more a “blink and you miss it” occasion as this frightening...
Refuting Btselem’s Israel-Apartheid Accusation
Professor Eugene Kontorovich specialises in constitutional and international law. He has written a compelling refutation of Btselem's false and malicious comparisons between Israel and Apartheid. Please read below. The Apartheid accusation in Btselem’s recent...
The SAZF endorses the #FreeAvera Campaign: Stop the illegal detention of mentally ill hostages by Hamas
There are two civilian detainees with special needs are currently being held illegally and against their will, Hisham Al-Sayed, a Bedouin Israeli from the town of Al-Hura in the Negev, and Avraham "Avera" Mengistu an Ethiopian Israeli from the coastal town of...