“It’s a shame!” This was the reaction of the famous Flemish journalist and author, Hector van Oevelen, after it became known that the Flemish National Flanders Alliance government gave 30 million euros (about R525 million) for land reform in South Africa.
Clashes broke out at Gaza’s Strip port on Monday, after protesters gathered to support the ‘Freedom Ship 8’ attempting to break the Israeli naval blockade on the Strip.
In less than three months, Jewish settlers have destroyed over 2,000 trees and grapevines in the occupied West Bank. Rights group B’Tselem has issued a detailed report on this destruction, including testimony from Palestinian farmers. Bales of hay and barley fields were also destroyed. The destruction wrought by Israel’s settler-colonists equates Palestinian agriculture to terrorism; slogans sprayed on Palestinian property following the destruction included “No to farmer terrorism”.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has declared the Australian government will not be signing up to a major United Nations agreement on migration “in its current form” despite the fact Australia helped negotiate the deal.
Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals, schools and places of worship; and targeting ambulances, TV stations, power and water plants, roads and bridges, Israelis simply say, “Why do you always attack us? Why do you not say anything about what is going on in Syria?” Continue reading →