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Trump’s viral ‘white farmer genocide’ photo debunked—image is from Congo, not South Africa

President Donald Trump created quite the spectacle during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his attempt to bolster his claim of a white “genocide” happening in the country. However, some of the evidence Trump presented has turned out to be false. Trump displayed numerous printed articles and played a nearly 5-minute-long video montage to reporters at the White House that he claimed proved that white Afrikaner farmers were the victims of a genocide in South […]

May 23, 2025

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Biden administration says Sudan rebel force committed genocide, imposes sanctions on group’s leaders

The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the conflict, which began nearly two years ago and is considered the world’s biggest current humanitarian catastrophe, had escalated beyond a war crimes and ethnic cleansing determination he made in December 2023. Blinken said […]

January 8, 2025

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Dave Chappelle says there’s a ‘genocide’ in the Gaza Strip during show in United Arab Emirates

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American comedian Dave Chappelle said Thursday a “genocide” is striking the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war to cheers during his performance in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while urging Americans to fight antisemitism so Jews don’t feel like they need to be protected by Israel. Chappelle’s comments come as Abu Dhabi has maintained its diplomatic relations with Israel even as it has increasingly criticized its conduct in the seven-month war. […]

May 24, 2024

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Israel defends itself at the UN’s top court against allegations of genocide in Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel insisted at the United Nations’ highest court Friday that its war in Gaza was a legitimate defense of its people and that it was Hamas militants who were guilty of genocide. Israel described the allegations leveled by South Africa as hypocritical and said one of the biggest cases ever to come before an international court reflected a world turned upside down. Israeli leaders defend their air and ground […]

January 12, 2024

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The top UN court is set to hear South Africa’s allegation of Israeli genocide in Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A legal battle over whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide opens Thursday at the United Nations’ top court with preliminary hearings into South Africa’s call for judges to order an immediate suspension of Israel’s military actions. Israel stringently denies the genocide allegation. The case, that is likely to take years to resolve, strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity as a Jewish state created in the aftermath of the Nazi […]

January 11, 2024

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel sets up a high-stakes legal battle at the UN’s top court

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. The filing and Israel’s decision to defend itself at the International Court of Justice set up a high-stakes showdown before a panel of judges in the Great Hall of Justice. The case will likely drag on for years. At its heart is the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime […]

January 3, 2024