ilyaas Bassardien
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ilyaas Bassardien
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· Apr 15
“No regrets” says expelled SA ambassador Rasool as he returns from U.S.
by Ilyaas Bassardien – 24 March 2025 Ebrahim Rasool addresses the media and the crowd at the Cape Town International Airport [Ilyaas Bassardien] “It was not our choice to come home, but we co…
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ICYMI: “It was not our choice... but we come home with no regrets” said Former South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool. He was speaking to a large crowd of supporters who welcomed him with open arms. My coverage of his arrival below ⬇️
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The former head of Israel's military intelligence just praised the deaths of innocents as "necessary...as a message for future generations." If we do nothing, we will have to tell our children that we stood idly by as millions of people were sent to their graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim
‘It does not matter if they are children,’ said Aharon Haliva in recorded comments calling the death toll ‘necessary’
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The former head of Israel's military intelligence just praised the deaths of innocents as "necessary...as a message for future generations." If we do nothing, we will have to tell our children that we stood idly by as millions of people were sent to their graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
A little while back, I wrote my first commercial media article (as a freelancer). You can read it here below:
briefly.co.za/south-africa...
briefly.co.za/south-africa...
DA lays charges against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu
The DA has laid charges against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, as it is alleged that he lied to Parliament about his relationship with businessman Brown Magotsi.
briefly.co.za
July 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A little while back, I wrote my first commercial media article (as a freelancer). You can read it here below:
briefly.co.za/south-africa...
briefly.co.za/south-africa...
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Coldplay?? well yeah i guess publicly outing an affair between a CEO and his head of HR is a pretty cold play
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coldplay?? well yeah i guess publicly outing an affair between a CEO and his head of HR is a pretty cold play
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🚨NEW from @dropsitenews.com : GHF Guards Gassed Starving and Fenced in Palestinians, Causing a Deadly Stampede
“It’s as if they meant to kill you. They meant to suffocate you”
✍️ Report by Zaki Awadallah and Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-human...
“It’s as if they meant to kill you. They meant to suffocate you”
✍️ Report by Zaki Awadallah and Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-human...
GHF Guards Gassed Starving and Fenced in Palestinians, Causing a Deadly Stampede
“It’s as if they meant to kill you. They meant to suffocate you”—eyewitnesses describe a nightmarish scene at a GHF hub on Wednesday in Khan Younis.
www.dropsitenews.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🚨NEW from @dropsitenews.com : GHF Guards Gassed Starving and Fenced in Palestinians, Causing a Deadly Stampede
“It’s as if they meant to kill you. They meant to suffocate you”
✍️ Report by Zaki Awadallah and Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-human...
“It’s as if they meant to kill you. They meant to suffocate you”
✍️ Report by Zaki Awadallah and Sharif Kouddous
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-human...
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"You know which country does have nukes? Israel...We should talk about Israel's nuclear weapons, which actually incentivize others in the region...to think about nukes of their own. I'd rather not have more nukes in the Middle East with anyone."
Me with Piers.
Full show: youtu.be/TlmgGGENVXE?...
Me with Piers.
Full show: youtu.be/TlmgGGENVXE?...
June 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"You know which country does have nukes? Israel...We should talk about Israel's nuclear weapons, which actually incentivize others in the region...to think about nukes of their own. I'd rather not have more nukes in the Middle East with anyone."
Me with Piers.
Full show: youtu.be/TlmgGGENVXE?...
Me with Piers.
Full show: youtu.be/TlmgGGENVXE?...
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🔴 BREAKING: At least 11 people have been killed and over 100 wounded after Israeli forces once again opened fire and shelled civilians waiting for aid on Salah al-Din Street, near the Netzarim checkpoint and the GHF site in central Gaza.
June 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🔴 BREAKING: At least 11 people have been killed and over 100 wounded after Israeli forces once again opened fire and shelled civilians waiting for aid on Salah al-Din Street, near the Netzarim checkpoint and the GHF site in central Gaza.
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Gaza's civil defence agency said 30 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including 11 who were seeking aid.
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June 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Gaza's civil defence agency said 30 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including 11 who were seeking aid.
u.afp.com/SNE9
u.afp.com/SNE9
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🚨 Israel just struck Iran
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🚨 Israel just struck Iran
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June 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Went walking at Ratanga Park today
May 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Went walking at Ratanga Park today
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After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing "Palestine" or "Gaza."
🔗 Read: www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-...
🔗 Read: www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-...
Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing "Palestine" or "Gaza."
www.dropsitenews.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing "Palestine" or "Gaza."
🔗 Read: www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-...
🔗 Read: www.dropsitenews.com/p/microsoft-...
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BREAKING: Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING: Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
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Court battle looms over heritage order granted to Cape Town's Athlone Power Station
via @news24southafrica.bsky.social
via @news24southafrica.bsky.social
Court battle looms over heritage order granted to Cape Town’s Athlone Power Station | News24
In a bid to make way for major redevelopment, the City of Cape Town is pushing to overturn a provisional heritage protection order granted to protect the defunct Athlone Power Station.
www.news24.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Court battle looms over heritage order granted to Cape Town's Athlone Power Station
via @news24southafrica.bsky.social
via @news24southafrica.bsky.social
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🚨 Horrific aftermath of Israeli warplanes bombing a crowded café near Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
At least six Palestinians were killed, many wounded, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif reports.
Video shows the dead and wounded slumped in café chairs amid the wreckage and debris.
At least six Palestinians were killed, many wounded, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif reports.
Video shows the dead and wounded slumped in café chairs amid the wreckage and debris.
April 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🚨 Horrific aftermath of Israeli warplanes bombing a crowded café near Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
At least six Palestinians were killed, many wounded, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif reports.
Video shows the dead and wounded slumped in café chairs amid the wreckage and debris.
At least six Palestinians were killed, many wounded, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif reports.
Video shows the dead and wounded slumped in café chairs amid the wreckage and debris.
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These guys took their famous catchphrase from my comic but ok www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case
Alda Curtis, who earned US$1 for the T-shirt she sold on RedBubble, had US$600 removed from her PayPal account without explanation
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
These guys took their famous catchphrase from my comic but ok www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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maga logic should work both ways. Case in point.
April 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
maga logic should work both ways. Case in point.
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This is standard Israeli operating procedure:
1. It didn't happen
2. Ok it happened, but it was self-inflicted.
3. Ok it was our missile, but the targets were terrorists not civilians.
4. Ok they were civilians but it was a mistake.
5. We've investigated ourselves and all is ok.
1. It didn't happen
2. Ok it happened, but it was self-inflicted.
3. Ok it was our missile, but the targets were terrorists not civilians.
4. Ok they were civilians but it was a mistake.
5. We've investigated ourselves and all is ok.
The Pentagon claims that the Sunday blast at a Sanaa market that killed 12 people was actually caused by a misdirected Houthi air defense missile.
They mentioned local reports of a video showing a missile with Arabic writing. The video we found was not filmed in Sanaa
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
They mentioned local reports of a video showing a missile with Arabic writing. The video we found was not filmed in Sanaa
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...
April 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This is standard Israeli operating procedure:
1. It didn't happen
2. Ok it happened, but it was self-inflicted.
3. Ok it was our missile, but the targets were terrorists not civilians.
4. Ok they were civilians but it was a mistake.
5. We've investigated ourselves and all is ok.
1. It didn't happen
2. Ok it happened, but it was self-inflicted.
3. Ok it was our missile, but the targets were terrorists not civilians.
4. Ok they were civilians but it was a mistake.
5. We've investigated ourselves and all is ok.
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The UK has got to be the only country in the world that is politically held hostage by like 15 newspaper columnists that basically nobody reads
April 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The UK has got to be the only country in the world that is politically held hostage by like 15 newspaper columnists that basically nobody reads
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It's another long weekend, here are some Freedom Events happening the City (some are FREE)…
5 ways to commemorate Freedom Day around Cape Town this weekend
Cheers to 31 years of democracy!
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April 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's another long weekend, here are some Freedom Events happening the City (some are FREE)…
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Hey, liberal apologists in the West for Israel, your fave government is no longer designating any of Gaza to be 'safe'. Good job shilling for a genocide, hope you sleep well at night!
April 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hey, liberal apologists in the West for Israel, your fave government is no longer designating any of Gaza to be 'safe'. Good job shilling for a genocide, hope you sleep well at night!
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