Israel's military campaign on refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, dubbed 'Operation Iron Wall', is applying tactics similar to those used to devastate Gaza, according to a 25 April report by University of London-based research group Forensic Architecture (@ForensicArchi on X) .

The operation launched on 21 January, and the UN has described it as the ‘most destructive’ in the West Bank since the Second Intifada, a 2000-05 Palestinian uprising against Israel’s occupation since 1948. By 10 February, the operation had displaced approximately 40,000 refugees out of a total of 75,000, according to the UN. Israeli forces have targeted refugee camps in Jenin, Far'a, Nur Shams and Tulkarem, using evacuation orders, attacks on medical infrastructure, systematic demolitions and other infrastructure destruction to establish a ‘network of military routes’ wide enough to allow unrestricted movement of armoured vehicles.

Continued…….. This ‘spatial control’ approach resembles the military strategy employed in Gaza, where Israel’s bombardments and escalated siege had destroyed urban centres and k*lled at least 186,000 people by July 2024, according to the Lancet medical journal. Israeli ministers have stated that they plan to use the strategy that destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure to destroy the West Bank, forcing the further displacement of Palestinians.

Many refugees are descendants of Palestinians forced from their homes during the 1948 Nakba that established the state of Israel with the support of Western powers. Forensic Architecture argues that Israel uses military orders as tools of coercion, as once residents leave an area, the Israeli military reshapes it into a ‘kill zone,’ preventing people from returning.

The report says Israel has also surrounded hospitals in Jenin, blocking ambulance access and converting a health centre into a detention site. More than 200 documented cases show Israel’s military destroying civilian property, including olive trees, greenhouses and food carts. The report adds these acts represent a coordinated effort to dismantle the ‘urban fabric’ of West Bank refugee camps.

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TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN R*CIST

The disastrous meeting at the White House between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump exposed Trump’s longstanding r*cism.

On 21 May, he used claims about a ‘white g*nocide’ despite no evidence and a South African court recently dismissing it as ‘not real’ and ‘clearly imagined.’ 

Here's a look at several more r*cist moments, from being sued by the US government for refusing to rent to Black people to numerous disparaging remarks about Black and Native American communities.

Have a watch, and let us know what you think.

Video credit: @arshareef (IG)

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https://apnews.com/events-united-states-presidential-election-6349efef6986435b95411dc2e8f8f2c4

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-casinos-hid-black-011809739.html

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6131533-trumpdeathpenaltyad05011989/

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/14/books/the-down-side-of-the-donald.html


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-challenged-over-ties-to-mob-linked-gambler-100050602.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-said-don-t-look-122607375.html

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/former-em-apprentice-em-contestant-trump-doesn-t-like-educated-african-americans-very-much

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: 'K*LL THE BOER' IS A STRUGGLE SONG!

In this 27 May video clip from the sidelines of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (SIDSSA) conference in Cape Town, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the United States cannot dictate to South Africa to arrest opposition leader Julius Malema for singing 'K*ll the Boer' because it is a struggle song. 

His remarks came just days after returning from the White House, where US President Donald Trump accused South Africa's government of allowing 'white g*nocide.'

Continued……. White supremacist organisations like AfriForum have denounced the anti-apartheid song, 'K*ll the Boer,' alleging that it incites racial violence against white settlers, especially Boers, descendants of Dutch colonisers.

In March 2025, South Africa's Constitutional Court upheld the Equality Court's 2022 decision that the song did not constitute hate speech. Addressing the court during the 2022 case AfriForum had lodged against Malema and his party, the opposition politician stated that African culture includes singing songs that people understand not to take literally.

However, Ramaphosa's firm stance in this clip contradicts his more timid and jovial demeanour during his meeting with Trump on 21 May. Many South Africans believed that the president had failed to defend national policy adequately during that exchange.

Days after the White House meeting, Malema said that Trump insisting South Africa arrest him implies Trump wants Malema dead. 

'K*ll the Boer' originated during South Africa's liberation struggle, sung in the streets to rally the people during the 1980s and 1990s. While apartheid ended in the early 1990s, its legacy lingers, with South Africa being the most unequal country, according to the World Bank.

Earlier this year, Trump ended aid to South Africa, citing its supposedly 'discriminatory' land expropriation law that seeks to address the racial disparities in land ownership.

Video credit: @newzroom405 (X)

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKM8OAoCNuO

Just a ‘lovely family man.’ That’s how the British newspaper, the Daily Mirror (@dailymirror on X), described Paul Doyle, the white Brit who rammed his vehicle into a crowd on 26 May during the Liverpool Football Club's parade for winning the Premier League noscript, injuring at least 109 people, including four children.

Would the headline have been the same if the 'lovely family man' had been a Black or Brown person? As Zimbabweans say to unlikely possibilities, when donkeys grow horns!

The Mirror is not the only British media outlet that has been working hard to humanise Doyle. Many other outlets, including the BBC, have made it their mission to remind their audience that Doyle is a 'father of three.'

Continued……Had the attacker not been white, headlines would most likely have been screaming about a 'domestic t*rrorist.’ However, in Doyle's case, he is just an 'arrested driver.'

Such biases are not by chance but another example of how white supremacy is prevalent in Western media newsrooms, providing immunity to white people with the presumption of innocence. For years, Western-media newsrooms have reserved the label of ‘t*rrorist’ for Black and Brown people, especially those of the Muslim faith. We can also see this bias in how the Western media report on school shooters in the United States. News outlets often frame white shooters as victims of mental illnesses, while they label Black or Brown shooters as criminals or t*rrorists.

A 2018 study by University of Ohio sociologists revealed that white shooters were 95 per cent more likely to be portrayed as 'mentally ill' than Black shooters.

Meme credit: ‘Family Guy’ (@FamilyGuyonFOX on X)

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https://news.osu.edu/white-mass-shooters-receive-sympathetic-media-treatment

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d51kdpzk3o

https://x.com/normalislandnws/status/1928037643029213591?s=48

‘AFRICANS DID NOT HAVE MONEY’ | WE REACT

A necessary ingredient for subjugating a people is conquering the mind. For Africa, this has entailed five centuries of erasing African cultures and achievements, a clean slate on which to impart an imperialist narrative. 

Take this GB News panel whining about how no one mentions the good side of colonialism, citing Africans’ supposed lack of money and creativity. Historical evidence suggests otherwise. From the wealth of Mansa Musa’s Mali Empire to the Egyptian influences on Greece, Africa has a rich tapestry from which Europe has long drawn to build its societies. 

Have a watch, and let us know what you think. 

Continued…….. You can check out our whole reaction by heading to Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo’s YouTube channel (@ahmedkaballo4170).

Soundbite credit: @GBNEWS on X

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https://theafricanhistory.com/1103

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https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Greek+philosophers+who+came+to+Africa+to+study.-a0187012521

https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-egypt-influence-greece/