Why is Israel in Africa?
A new book explores the rationale of Israel’s efforts to expand its influence on the African continent.
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Linda Ronstadt is still playing Sun City
Nearly four decades later, Linda Ronstadt’s arguments against the cultural boycott - repeated in a new film - ring hollow.
Zionism and global African studies
Delegates to 'Global Africa' at Oxford University write about how Zionists and their apologists target the academy.
Israel and Palestine: The South African alternative
Combating Zionism requires a vision that pays no credence to ethno-nationalism. As the world reconsiders the one-state solution, South Africa should lead the way.
The political viability of anti-immigrationism
European nations increasingly look to the physical space of African nations for potential solutions to their racial and demographic anxieties.
When is it antisemitic to criticize Israel?
The bases on which Israel's supporters believe it is subject to unfair criticism, are eerily similar to the rationalizations of apartheid South Africa's defenders in the 1970s and 80s.
‘Terrorism’ and antisemitism
A radical critique of the discourse on terrorism and, specifically, of repeated Israeli and US claims to moral superiority in the fight against “terrorism,” is long overdue.
Against Zionism
The moral drama of the Israeli occupation plays out at a South African school.
The Deportation Deal
Paul Kagame and Benjamin Netanyahu are enablers of each other’s worst behavior, whether providing cover for each other's domestic policies or how Israel treats African migrants and refugees.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government loves Africa
A big reason for this is to counter the growing success of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Hendrik Verwoerd in Jerusalem
The "two state solution" for Israel and Palestine will be the culmination of the same political vision that motivated apartheid South Africa.
To think through and beyond the nation-state
A conversation on books, borders, and belonging with Somali-American writer, Abdul Adan.
Repackaging Third Way liberalism
Vox's glossy presentations, crisp design and slick animations serve neoliberalism easily digestible to younger people and conducive to social media shares.
Israel’s Scramble for Africa
Israel’s recent rapprochement to African states is part of a coordinated effort by the government to get close to African countries.
The long short history of Angola-Israel relations
Hostile at first, in the wake of the Cold War, Israel-Angolan relations have morphed into a friendly and lucrative bond.
Abnormal Sport
In South Africa activists and sports people campaigning to isolate apartheid, declared: “No normal sport in an abnormal society.” That idea has rattled Israeli diplomats.
Between prison and deportation
Sudanese asylum-seeker to Israel's president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”
Israel’s “blackwashing”
Israel's promotion of itself as a technologically-advanced "white savior" on an aid mission to poor black nations, is a marketing ploy to cover the occupation.
Taking white privilege abroad
“Ex-South Africans” are a white, right-wing strain of South Africa’s diaspora that identify with and longs for the South Africa of apartheid.
Black in Israel
The film 'Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.