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Trump Continues Disinformation Campaign Against South Africa

by Abiyome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, December 2, 2025 Donald Trump continues to punish South Africa for bringing the case against the Israeli genocide to the International Court of Justice. [JB] After boycotting the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, the United States administration is saying that President Cyril Ramaphosa is not welcome in Miami for next gathering of the economic[…]

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The G20 Summit and the Unintended Consequences of South Africa’s ICJ Litigation in Gaza

by Mia Swart, published on Dawn, December 17, 2025 A look into the difficulties faced by South Africa due to it’s courageous stand on behalf of Palestine in the ICJ.  [jb] The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is more critical of South Africa than any other U.S. administration in history. The president has regularly lambasted Pretoria in 2025, most recently announcing that no U.S. officials would attend the Group[…]

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Cyril Ramphosa Schools Trump’s Distorted Presentation on Racism in South Africa

by Ranjan Solomon, published on Countercurrents, May 23, 2025 This article is lightly edited. [jb] When it was announced that South African President Cyril Ramphosa was to visit the White House, there was speculation over whether Ramphosa would have to cope with the kind of bombardment and mistreatment that Zelensky went through on his visit to the White House. Trump[…]

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Yemen is Acting Responsibly to Stop Genocide and the U.S. is Bombing Them For It

by Craig Mokhiber, published on Mondoweiss, April 1, 20259 The U.S. is bombing Yemen because Yemen is acting, as required by international law, to stop the genocide and unlawful siege in Palestine. This is not an editorial opinion. It is a statement of both law and fact. Neither of these facts has been featured in the reporting or commentary of[…]

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Marco Rubio’s Diplomatic Attack on South Africa is Punishment for Standing Up to Israel

by Ziad Motala, published on Mondoweiss, Marh 15, 2025 The Trump administration’s extraordinary and unprecedented move to effectively expel South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was done for one reason: South Africa had the audacity to hold Israel accountable for the Gaza genocide. In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared South African Ambassador[…]

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From Colonial Theft to Aarian Justice: South Africa’s Long Road to Land Reform

by Jonis Ghedi Alasow. published on Peoples Dispatch, February 10, 2025 South Africa’s Expropriation Act has provoked debate within the country over the enduring racist land tenure model in the country, and has also sparked a diplomatic row with the United States. On January 23, 2025, South Africa enacted an Expropriation Act, updating the methods for land expropriation for the[…]

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Nicaragua Acts To Stop Genocide And Strengthen International Law

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, April 27, 2024 NOTE: This is an edited transcript of an interview with Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Arguello Gomez about Nicaragua’s efforts to stop the genocide in Palestine. You can listen to the full interview on Clearing the FOG here.   – Margaret Flowers 🚨Tell Congress to say NO to more sanctions on Nicaragua One[…]

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Rejecting the Bantustan ‘Two-state Solution’, Mandla Mandela Calls for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

by Tim Anderson, published on One Democratic State of Palestine , January 29, 2024 Washington and the Israelis understand that the fig leaf of ‘two states’ hides apartheid and prevents the construction of a broad anti-apartheid movement. The popular but fallacious touchstone of a political resolution in Palestine has been a ‘two-state solution’. Washington constantly reverts to this and, more[…]

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Murder Is Justice and Danger Is Safety

by David Swanson, published on World Beyond War, January 14, 2024 What are we to say about a U.S. culture in which people can openly admire Germany for backing yet another genocide, and condemn warning of World War III as reckless endangerment? Germany has formally endorsed Israel’s defense of its genocide in Gaza, while Namibia has publicly denounced Germany’s longstanding[…]

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Israel on Trial: Historic days in The Hague

by Mahmoud Elenani, published on Peoples Dispatch, January 17, 2024 Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Elenani was in The Hague when South Africa presented its case against Israel to the ICJ, this is his account of those days when history was made With legal precision, South African legal team presented the grounds and evidence for their accusation that Israel is committing genocide[…]

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