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Articles
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DAY OF OUT’RAGE
If Palestinians on the West Bank are into their 3rd Intifada are Israelis in 2023 into their 1st?
By David E. Kaplan

The singular “Day of Outrage” last Wednesday is likely to turn into the plural “Days of Rage” as the nation-wide protests persist into its 9th week with increasing numbers. At major city crossroads, Israel itself stands at a CROSSROAD!
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SHAKEN, STIRRED AND REALLY PERTURBED
Are our favourite, iconic stories being rewritten for our over-sensitive times?
By Rolene Marks

From the pen of Roald Dahl to Ian Fleming, words of the past are being today subject to scrutiny and censorship. Time honoured classics are no longer safe as we navigate through a verbal minefield.
SHAKEN, STIRRED AND REALLY PERTURBED
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SOUTH AFRICA’S PATH TO NOWHERE
ANC government repeatedly alienates partners for development in South Africa
By Pamela Ngubane

Shaking off the past, Israel and Africa are now shaking on it – literally – as evidenced earlier this month when Chadian President Idriss visited Israel to officially open his country’s embassy. While much of Africa and Israel are exploring partnerships, South Africa plays spoiler to the detriment to its own people!
SOUTH AFRICA’S PATH TO NOWHERE
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