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The Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak being arrested by Israeli soldiers in Nilin in 2017.

Targeting of dissidents speaks to a deep insecurity at the heart of Israeli society

There is such institutionalised discrimination that any political challenges are immediately quashed

July 10, 2019

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates victory for his African National Congress party. Mike Hutchings / Reuters

The ANC might have liberated South Africa but it doesn't have a free pass to govern forever

The party's diminishing popularity shows how much work still needs to be done to reverse inequality and economic apartheid

May 12, 2019

African National Congress leader Cyril Ramaphosa promised South Africans a new dawn when he became president in 2018. AFP

South Africa's hopes of reversing economic decline ride on election outcome

ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa needs strong mandate to root out corruption and bring in investment

May 9, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he addresses supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night early on April 10, 2019. AFP

This election has nailed once and for all the myth that Israeli voters want peace

The international community can no longer be bound by any misconception about Israel's intentions

April 10, 2019

An election billboard for the centrist Israeli Blue and White alliance alongside a panel for the Likud party. Abir Sultan / EPA

The Israeli occupation is anything but temporary – and renders any two-state solution impossible

It is centrist and liberal parties that have brought us to this point by justifying Israel's encroachment on Palestinian territory and rights

March 21, 2019

The Israeli author Amos Oz died in late December. AP

The death of Amos Oz is a symbol of the wider demise of liberal Zionism

As Israel's aggressive nationalism reveals itself, an ideology that won over hearts and minds in the West is in crisis

January 6, 2019

A Palestinian family watch from a balcony as Israeli bulldozers demolish shops in the Arab-inhabited Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. AFP

Trump's ultimate peace plan is meaningless and a mere distraction from Netanyahu's faltering grip on power

The US president has hitched his wagon to the current Israeli prime minister but those on the ground and many in the international community can see the writing on the wall

November 22, 2018

The West Bank Bedouin community of Khan Al Ahmar, given a temporary reprieve. Majdi Mohammed / AP

The Khan Al Ahmar resistance is proof of the power of peaceful protests

The tiny village is bringing the David and Goliath battle back to the foreground and won a small victory last week

October 22, 2018

Tourists visit the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City and the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. AFP

When it comes to local politics, Jerusalem's Palestinians just can't win

Participating in the system implicitly acknowledges Israeli sovereignty, while not doing so means there is scant hope of this community's dire needs ever being heard

October 10, 2018

Assassinated Israeli ex-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and the late Yasser Arafat, with former president Bill Clinton during the 1993 Oslo peace accords in Washington, DC. Ron Edmonds / AP

Twenty-five years on, the Oslo Accords are dead. They served only to advance, entrench and protect Israel’s occupation

Since that fateful handshake between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, the reality on the ground for Palestinians has never been bleaker

September 6, 2018

Bottles of Pepsi sit in a cooler at a gas station in San Francisco, California. AFP

PepsiCo puts itself in the firing line with SodaStream purchase

The company profited from an Arab embargo on Coca-Cola, but it’s now defying the boycott call

August 23, 2018

Demonstrators attend a rally to protest against the 'Jewish Nation-State Bill' in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. Jack Guez / AFP

Israel can no longer hide behind the illusion of liberal democracy

As the Nation State Bill and others pass into law, the Jewish state's public relations campaign will suffer, writes Joseph Dana

July 26, 2018

The coffin of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is carried into Orlando Stadium for the official state funeral in Soweto, Johannesburg. EPA

Never far from controversy, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy raises questions over the state of the ANC's ideological project

Underlying all of the challenges is the fact the ANC traded control over the country’s economy in exchange for political power at the end of apartheid

April 17, 2018

Israel's illegal occupation, separation wall building and settlement construction have been continuing at pace for decades. AFP

Trump's accelerated Jerusalem decision is desperate electioneering

This is not strategic thinking, writes Joseph Dana, it is the act of a wounded politician and party

February 26, 2018

A 2016 file photo of Jacob Zuma (L) and Cyril Ramaphosa arriving at an ANC rally in Johannesburg. AFP

Jacob Zuma and the bigger question about South Africa's future

After nine years, the Zuma era is coming to an end. Joseph Dana assesses what will happen next

February 14, 2018

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