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South Africa Exempts Israel from Visa Requirements but not Palestinians: Why the Double Standards?

November 21, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Following my Facebook posting earlier this month in which I applauded Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for his firm stance against “normalization” with Israel, a friend posed an interesting query. He asked […]

Macron’s Defiant Support for Charlie Hebdo is Tantamount to a Declaration of War on Islam

November 4, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Misreading and deliberately so, the causes for the fury across the Muslim world and remaining defiant in challenging Islam, French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to “fight to the death”. In a […]

Rush to Judge BDS as Antisemitic is Naive

October 24, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat The haste to silence critiques of the apartheid regime of Israel and resort to scurrilous allegations of “antisemitism” comes ironically during the week when South Africa remembers the 43rd anniversary of Black […]

Presence of Israel-Funded PJTN in South Africa Needs to be Resisted

October 12, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Islamophobia as a world-wide phenomenon has become increasingly menacing in many parts of Europe and in the United States. As it grows it’s tentacles with direct, bold and active participation of white […]

Arab Normalization with Israel is the Start of an Anti-Iran Alliance

September 17, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat As Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up to the podium flanked by the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the UAE to sign what has been hailed as a “historic peace agreement” […]

Beinart Cracks Zionism’s Apartheid Foundation

July 18, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Is it a case of much ado about nothing or does it pose a significant challenge to undermine key components of Israel’s multi-layered myths? From the heated backlash unleashed following an essay […]

South Africa’s Chief Justice Faces Backlash As Demands for His Axing Grow

June 28, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogeong Mogeong has come under intense fire for publically expressing his love for Israel. His pro-Israeli comments on an online platform hosted by the Jerusalem Post have come […]

Israel On Edge As Murder of George Floyd Sparks Global Demand for Justice: #BlackLivesMatter

June 8, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Does the current wave of protests across America sparked by the brutal murder of George Floyd, present an existential threat to Israel? Astounding as it sounds, Israel’s propagandists and defenders have been […]

Obituary: Ramadan Abdullah Shalah

June 7, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat An extraordinary life of resistance against colonizers of his homeland Palestine will be celebrated, though Shalah is no more. Al Manar TV reported on Saturday that the former leader of Palestine’s Islamic […]

Turkey’s Paradox: Israel Or Palestine? Coronavirus Poses Fresh Challenge

April 13, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat As the corona pandemic overwhelms the globe bringing to a halt all social, cultural and economic activities across the world, Turkey is in the firing line. Bizarrely it is earning the wrath […]

Iran and Palestine Face Double Whammy: Sanctions and Covid-19

March 24, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat While the world is on tenterhooks as it confronts the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Iran is among the countries hardest hit. Although the epicenter seems to have shifted to Western Europe, […]

India Today: Modi’s Road to Anarchy

March 9, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Has India under the leadership of Narendra Modi adopted a disastrous route in sharp contrast from a proud tradition of anti-colonialism to neo-nazism? Historians familiar with the era of British colonialism in […]

Merkel’s Defense of Israel’s War Crimes Undermines ICC & Rule of Law

February 17, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Shortly following her visit to South Africa, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government made a shocking announcement in defense of Israel’s horrendous record of serious human rights violations. Germany took the shameful form […]

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’: Another Round of Apartheid Crumbs

January 29, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Undoubtedly masses of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and millions of their compatriots living in squalor as refugees across the Arab world, would be appalled if not livid that the Trump administration […]

Trump’s Gamble in Iraq Backfires: Assassination of Soleimani has Huge Cost for America

January 24, 2020

By Iqbal Jassat Despite conflicting official statements by the Trump administration about the reason behind its decision to target Iran’s most celebrated military official, the U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qasem Soleimani and refusal […]

Dugard: ICC Prosecutor Bensouda Biased In Favor Of Israel

December 17, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Whoever has any suspicion that the ICC’s reluctance to prosecute Israel for war crimes is due to pro-Israel bias by its prosecutor, have been spot on. In a timely intervention, South Africa’s […]

Trump’s Green Light for Israeli Settlements is an Endorsement of Racist Bantustans

November 25, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat The entirely predictable expectation from US President Donald Trump to cuddle up to Israel’s rightwing lobby at a time he is faced with one of the severest challenges to his presidency: impeachment. […]

Will Netanyahu Face Punishment For War Crimes?

November 19, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Has Netanyahu’s criminal conduct grown in leaps and bounds? It certainly has even though his coterie of fellow thugs and band of die-hard white supremacists deny it. The folly and contempt whereby […]

Clover Sellout To Israel: Tribunal’s Green Light Conflicts With Human Rights

October 4, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Much to the disappointment of South Africa’s trade unions and human rights organizations, the Competition Tribunal (CT) has ignored their objections by handing over a dairy company to an entity from apartheid […]

United Nations Parade of World Leaders: A Circus Where Whip Is Wielded by Big Five

September 27, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat The annual gathering of global leaders at the United Nations has yet again lit up New York’s elite hotels and busy thoroughfares. Though the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is […]

War Mongers: ‘Leaders of the World’

September 10, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Why is it that war criminals in their capacity as heads of states who despite being consistently in breach of global conventions governing human rights, are treated like royalty? What sets them […]

Kashmir’s Agony Fueled by Modi’s Rightwing Regime Echoes Across the World

August 11, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat All it took was a blink of an eye to realize that India’s rightwing government outmaneuvered old-style colonialism by repackaging it as “democracy in action”. Whether described as a double takeover or […]

American Abandonment of Palestine: A Challenge to South Africa

July 23, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Is South Africa among the countries standing aside as the world is confronted with illegal moves by the Trump Administration to facilitate the complete annihilation of Palestine by Israel? Notwithstanding the fact […]

AU’s Leadership in Hands of Coup Mastermind Sisi a Blot on Africa

July 4, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Isn’t it bizarre if not downright scandalous for the African continent which since the defeat of apartheid and its replacement with a democratic order in South Africa, had disavowed military coups, yet […]

War On Iran: Has Trump Painted himself into Israel’s Corner?

June 18, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Is America preparing to go to war with Iran? It is a question dominating discussions around dinner tables as well as boardrooms. Confined not only to the Middle East, where heightened concerns […]

Quds Day 2019: Resistance Will Triumph

May 29, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat The annual Quds Day commemoration for 2019, which is held on the last Friday of Ramadan in many parts of the world, will be distinguished from previous years as new challenges confronting […]

Trump’s Rogue Leadership Has Declared War on International Laws

May 4, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat If America’s standing in the globe as the “leader of the free world” has been on shaky grounds following its disastrous wars post-9/11, US president Donald Trump has ensured that whatever little credibility […]

Will This Ramadan Stir Muslim Souls to Oppose Enablers of Israel?

April 22, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat With the approach of Ramadan, Muslims around the world are expected to be engaged in heightened consciousness to inculcate values of justice, empathy for masses of downtrodden and to embody Islam’s principles […]

Islamophobia: The Art of Scapegoating Dissidents in Arab Regimes

April 11, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat It ought not to surprise anyone that autocratic Arab regimes, right-wing groups in Europe, Israeli propagandists and a host of right-leaning think tanks, all have a common interest to fuel Islamophobia. And […]

Full Steam ahead: SA Downgrade of Embassy in Israel

April 6, 2019

By Iqbal Jassat Cynics may call it politicking to garner Muslim votes for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on the eve of South Africa’s crucial May 2019 national elections. Others, especially from Israel’s local […]

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