“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.
Syrian Arab Army (SAA) air defences have reportedly intercepted Israeli missiles over the Damascus International Airport, thwarting an attack, according to state news agency SANA, on Saturday.
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”.