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Why is Jerusalem a problem? For millennia, Jerusalem has seen three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – settle in this area, the centre of the 'Holy Land'. Issues abound but all revolve around the historical settlement patterns for these religious and...
Why is Jerusalem a problem? For millennia, Jerusalem has seen three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – settle in this area, the centre of the 'Holy Land'. Issues abound but all revolve around the historical settlement patterns for these religious and...
A Freedom of Information request with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) by Al-Shabaka has led to the release of new documents on Gaza's gas fields, and surprising new information about the possibility of oil fields in the West Bank. The released documents...
On Radio786 in Cape Town from 9:30-10:30pm tonight, Ashraf was the interviewer, and to open, David van Wyk of Bench Mark Foundation (church-backed research group) did a terrific job setting out the extent of the crisis, including the social and labour plans which were...
by Jared Sacks As the world continues to go down the road of self-destruction, we, the enslaved humanoids of planet Earth, are slowly realising that we are at a crossroads in history. War, economic collapse, rampant militarism, and a political culture of fear is...
Amandla! interviewed two SACP members from the Eastern Cape where contestation ahead of this year's conferences is heating up. They responded by email. Amandla! (A!): What are the major issues and debates at stake at this Congress of the SACP? SACP Activists (SA): I...
Who are the "Palestinians"? people of araBic language and culture constitute the majority. They adhere to the religions of Islam and Christianity, and have lived for thousands of years under various rulers of the Ottoman Empire. Other peoples of the Hebrew language...
By 2012 the global warming crisis was supposed to be resolved. World leaders promised this 20 years ago at the Eco-92 Summit, where they introduced a new strategy called “sustainable development” that would enable market forces to save the environment through...
A close friend of mine in Fairfax, Virginia, is expecting her first child. By the time this baby girl turns 60, she'll live in a world that's warmer than it's ever been since humans began walking the Earth 2.5 million years ago, according to a new study. The world...