So let me get this straight, South Africa takes Israel to court over genocide, and the U.S. hits them with sanctions?
Not Israel, the ones actually dropping bombs on civilians, but South Africa? Yeah, makes perfect sense…
When the U.S. flattens entire countries? “Defending democracy.” When Israel turns Gaza into rubble? “Self-defense.” But when South Africa uses legal channels? They receive Economic punishment..
The U.S. backed apartheid South Africa for decades, but now they wanna act like this is about "land policies"? From a country literally built on stolen land? Please.. This ain’t about justice or democracy, it’s straight-up geopolitical bullying.
Trump has said, without citing evidence, that "South Africa is confiscating land" and that "certain classes of people" were treated "very badly.
I'm vindicated. I said it the other day: Donald Trump's stance on South Africa isn't about land—it’s entirely about South Africa taking Israel to court for genocide.
Yet, some people dismissed me as a conspiracy theorist.
Donald Trump imposes sanctions on South Africa over its land policy and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington's ally Israel. The United States allocated nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa in 2023, the most recent U.S. government data shows. The White House said Washington will also formulate a plan to resettle white South African farmers and their families as refugees.
It said U.S. officials will take steps to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program for Afrikaners in South Africa, who are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers. Trump has said, without citing evidence, that "South Africa is confiscating land" and that "certain classes of people" were treated "very badly." South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who is close to Trump, has said that white South Africans have been the victims of "racist ownership laws."
Washington has also complained about the case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice, where it accused Israel of genocide over Israel's military assault on Gaza that has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.
The White House cited that case as an example of South Africa taking positions against Washington and its allies.
Softmirror: He is not a Muslim so it won't matter.
When the news broke about the Sweden shooting killing 10 the usual wankers got excited & were commenting about immigration, “usual suspects” & “diversity”. It turned out to be a white bloke & they’ve all lost interest. No more tweets about it.
And he shouted "get out of Europe" as he shot immigrants. It's an open shut case, white supremacy and zionism is one of the deadliest issues the world faces.
The person responsible for the Sweden school shooting has been identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson.
Ten people were killed at Risbergska school by a gunman Rickard Andersson, named by Swedish media, who afterwards turned the gun on himself. The suspected perpetrator was found dead, with multiple weapons and lots of ammunition, police said on Thursday. His home was raided by police who are investigating the motive.
Andersson, the reported suspect, is a 35-year-old unemployed recluse who had little contact with the outside world. He was reportedly previously enrolled in classes at the adult educational centre.
Investigators said on Thursday the victims are “different nationalities, different genders and different ages”, according to Expressen.
A Syrian refugee is the first named victim of the horror mass shooting in Sweden on Wednesday. Salim Iskef, 29, an Orthodox Christian who fled the war in Syria in 2015, was a “very kind person” who “just wanted to finish his studies”, his aunt told Alkompis.
A Bosnian citizen is also among the dead, the country’s foreign ministry announced on X. No victims have been officially named by Swedish police.
Forensic medical experts are currently working at identifying the bodies of those killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting.
Lars Bröms, leading operations to identify the deceased, said on Tuesday that he hoped the identities would be revealed within 48 hours. Interviews will also be conducted with the relatives of missing people, Mr Bröms added.
Unacceptable: European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution and rebuke Trump's expansionist agenda.
Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and displace 1.8 million Palestinians to turn the devastated enclave into the "Riviera of the Middle East" has been met with strong criticism and scepticism from European countries, which warned the idea would run roughshod over the two-state solution.
France France delivered an unambiguous rejection of Trump's plan, saying the forced transfer of the Palestinian population to enable the American supervision would "constitute a serious violation of international law, an attack on the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians and also a major obstacle to the two-state solution."
Spain and Ireland Spain and Ireland, two countries that last year recognised the State of Palestine, voiced opposition against the unexpected proposal, which upends decades of America's foreign policy. "I want to make something very clear: Gaza is the land of Palestinian Gazans and they must remain in Gaza," Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said on Wednesday morning. "Gaza is part of the future Palestinian state." His Irish counterpart, Simon Harris, said he would judge the White House "based on what they do. "We need a two-state solution, and the people of Palestine and the people of Israel both have a right to live in states safely side by side and that’s where the focus has to be,Any idea of displacing the people of Gaza anywhere else would be in clear contradiction with UN Security Council resolutions," Harris added.
Italy Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani: "It seems to me that as far as the evacuation of the civilian population from Gaza is concerned, the response of Jordan and Egypt has been negative, so it seems to me that it is a bit difficult (to implement the plan)," Tajani said.
Netherlands "For the Netherlands, there is no doubt: Gaza belongs to the Palestinians," Veldkamp said. "Our position is and remains unchanged: the Netherlands supports a two-state solution. That means an independent, viable Palestinian state alongside a safe Israel."
Previously, Trump had suggested that Jordan and Egypt should be prepared to take in around two million displaced Palestinians – a proposal both countries have rejected.
On Wednesday, Jordan's King Abdullah stuck down "any attempts to annex land and displace the Palestinians,"
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I did it to one idiot here who wrote something about the Oba of Bini , i got his details and emailed the consulate of the country where he is located with all his real information , i am sure he will be deported 100%
Lmao, i don't give a f about america, if only u knew how much i hate that country 😂. Give me free visa to America and i swear i will reject it.
Jayhome24: Final say over what? Stop supporting what is wrong. I don't like Islam, I don’t like Hamas but that does not mean anyone have the right to remove them from their homes. Trump have no such right either.
When I see you people especially 99% Trump supporters who are ipob you are that same people claiming Nigeria army are doing fake ethic clasen in SE and shouting but samdyou now saying Palestinian should be cleanse, nwannem biko na wetin?
Ggam, ibos should be at the for front supporting Palestinians because their struggle is identical, but due to their hatred for islam they rather support the Zionist. This will never cease to amaze me, like wtf
Blackfire: Muslim countries should absorb them.... but NO they can't.
Why doesn’t Israel get relocated to the USA, considering how much it is loved there? I wonder why. Even the whites don't trust the jews
109 countries have expelled them 1,030 times. If you can’t see the source of the problem, you’re deliberately blind.
The irony of Zionist a** kissers claiming that no Muslim countries want to accept Palestinians, meanwhile Jews have been expelled from 109 countries throughout history.
The UK, Germany, China, Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia reject any attempts to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their lands.
UK prime minister: Palestinians 'must be allowed home, allowed to rebuild' on way to two-state solution Speaking in parliament in London, the British prime minister Keir Starmer has said Palestinians “must be allowed home.”
German foreign minister says Gaza expulsion would be unacceptable German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Wednesday that the Gaza Strip belongs to Palestinians, and their expulsion would be unacceptable and contrary to international law, reports Reuters.
“The civilian population of Gaza must not be expelled and Gaza must not be permanently occupied or repopulated,” Baerbock said in a statement. “It is clear that Gaza – like the West Bank and East Jerusalem – belongs to the Palestinians. They form the basis for a future Palestinian state.”
Trump’s Gaza plan 'unacceptable', says Turkish foreign minister Turkey’s top diplomat on Wednesday criticised Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries. “This is an unacceptable issue,” Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, told the official news agency Anadolu in broadcast comments. He said relocating Palestinians from Gaza was something “neither we nor the region can accept”.
Iran says US 'maximum pressure' will fail as it did in Trump first term Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Wednesday that US president Donald Trump’s reimposition of a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran will end in “failure” as it did during his first term, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). “I believe that maximum pressure is a failed experiment and trying it again will turn into another failure,” Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting, adding that Tehran was not pursuing nuclear weapons.
China says it opposes 'forced transfer' of Palestinians after Trump plan China on Wednesday said it was opposed to the “forced transfer” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip after US president Donald Trump said he planned to “take control” of the territory.
“China has always maintained that Palestinian rule over Palestinians is the basic principle of the postwar governance of Gaza, and we are opposed to the forced transfer of the residents of Gaza,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said when asked about Trump’s plan at a regular press conference, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that Riyadh was not demanding a Palestinian homeland when he said the US wants to take over the Gaza Strip.
Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that its stance towards the Palestinians is not negotiable.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the kingdom’s position in ‘a clear and explicit manner’ that does not allow for any interpretation under any circumstances, the statement said.
Hamas says 'racist' Trump Gaza plan aims to 'eliminate Palestinian cause' Hamas on Wednesday rejected US president Donald Trump’s plan to “take control” of the Gaza Strip, calling it “racist” and aimed at eliminating the Palestinian cause.
“The American racist stance aligns with the Israeli extreme right’s position in displacing our people and eliminating our cause,” Hamas spokesperson, Abdel Latif al-Qanou, said in a statement, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Hackers managed to edit a 2011 post and leak nude photo of the U.S. president to launch a scam memecoin. The uncensored photo is still up on his Twitter page and remains undeleted
smokinloud: Let any country attack US first then watch how her territory is levelled and occupied in few days. Zionism is an ideology. Whoever believes Israel should exist is a Zionist. You can't dictate how a country spends its money. The Arab nation, most especially Egypt, has received more than what Israel has received without showing any positive result for it.
Are we talking about the same usa that couldn't occupy Afghanistan for 20 years 🤣🤣
Zionism is a racist and settler colonialist movement, which opportunistically coopts aspects of Judaism in an attempt to justify its criminal practices of apartheid and genocide of indigenous Palestinians.
Hellisreal70: It is human beings that needs food, homes and education. If terrorists are not dealt with, a lot of human beings even in USA will be killed as a result of terrorism. Trump is for now doing humanity a great favour
Only five countries possess the weapons capable of striking the United States, and none of the countries are from the Middle East.
Zionist a** licker, usa only bully countries it knows it can't retaliate.
Donald Trump's position on South Africa has nothing to do with land, but everything to do with South Africa taking Israel to court for genocide. Trump is a puppet of the Zionists.
The USA could have eradicated hunger and homelessness and provided free education to its citizens, but instead, it prefers to send American taxpayers' money to Israel, how are Americans ok with this
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1 billion worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, worth more than $700 million, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar.
More than 80 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since ceasefire ...
Israeli air strikes are continuing in Gaza ahead of the ceasefire agreement and hostage deal with Hamas, which comes into effect on Sunday, subject to the Israeli cabinet's approval.
The strikes killed 73 people overnight, following the announcement of the deal, Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency reported. Victims include 12 people who were living in a residential block in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, the health ministry said.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) initially said "a fallen projectile" had been identified in southern Israel on Thursday, but later said it had been wrongly identified.
A doctor in Gaza City's Baptist Hospital said staff "did not rest for one minute" during the "bloody night".
"The injured kept on coming," Dr Amjad Eliwah told the BBC. "The dead were sent directly to the morgue."
He said "for a little while, everyone was happy and joyful", following news of the ceasefire.
Donald Trump has shared inflammatory video content calling Benjamin Netanyahu a “deep, dark son of a bitch” just weeks after the Israeli leader claimed the two had a “very friendly, warm” discussion about hostage negotiations and Syria policy.
The president-elect posted the clip to Truth Social featuring economist Jeffrey Sachs, who accuses Netanyahu of manipulating US foreign policy and orchestrating “endless wars” in the Middle East.
In the video, Sachs – talking at a Cambridge Union event – claims Netanyahu has pursued a systematic strategy since 1995 to eliminate Hamas and Hezbollah by targeting their supporting governments in Iraq, Iran and Syria.
“[Netanyahu’s] gotten us into endless wars and because of the power of all of this in US politics, he’s gotten his way,” Sachs says in the interview, referring to the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups.
Trump’s aim in promoting the video was not immediately clear.
The president-elect has a history of re-posting clips and images that criticize establishment policies in Washington, but the repost comes amid intensive diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the current US administration to broker a truce deal that would include hostage releases.
Trump’s decision to amplify Sachs’s comments also comes as he assembles what Israeli settlers are dubbing a “dream team” of hardline supporters of the state.
During Trump’s first term, he delivered significant diplomatic wins for Netanyahu, including recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019 and supporting the Abraham accords with Gulf states. This past summer, Trump hosted Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago during the prime minister’s US trip.
But when Trump lost the 2020 elections, he blasted Netanyahu for congratulating Biden, telling an Axios reporter: “I haven’t spoken to [the Israeli leader] since. F#ck him.”
The Israeli government did not immediately respond to the repost.
Sachs told the Guardian that while he was not advising Trump, he hoped it signaled a shift in US foreign policy.
“I do not know Trump’s disposition on these issues, but I do very much hope that he frees US foreign policy from the grip of the cruel, ineffective, illegal and destructive policies of Netanyahu,” he said.
Not hacked, Henry Ford rising from the grave and taking control of the X account.
Meanwhile Natanyahu suffering fom Stage 3 cancer which is pretty advanced. It has most likely spread to his testes and they may need to be removed. It happened to Bobby Riggs. then even if the surgery was successful, if the cells have made their way to the lymph nodes, the cancer will still come back.
Same as former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon. Sharon suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on 4 January 2006, and remained in a long-term care facility in a vegetative state from late 2006 until his death. Sharon died at 14:00 on 11 January 2014. God works in mysterious ways.
Now I really am very curious to find out what God has in store for Netanyahu. Hopefully it's something worse than what Sharon had to endure.
What is even more sickening is the politicians who support these people. All western governments, including the US know very well that Israel is evil to the core. Yet, they support it. It's mind blowing.
A series of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian messages were sent from Ford Motor Co.'s account on the X social media platform on Monday before being deleted, sparking speculation over the source of the posts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday after he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, his office said.
The 75-year-old leader underwent a test at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, where he was "diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement," the prime minister's office said in a statement.
"As a result, the prime minister will undergo prostate removal surgery," it said.
In March, Netanyahu underwent a hernia surgery, while in July last year, doctors implanted a pacemaker after a medical scare.
Earlier this month, Netanyahu took the stand in his long-running trial for alleged corruption. This week, Israel's attorney general ordered police to open an investigation into Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in the corruption trial.