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Palestine Action damage military planes at RAF Brize Norton to intervene in the genocide

What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about the U.S.

June 4, 2025 • How the false notion of "white genocide" traveled from the political fringes to the Oval Office. The week on Code Switch, we're talking to a reporter who was in the room during a meeting when President Trump pushed this conspiracy theory on the president of South Africa. And we're digging into what Trump's fixation on white South Africans tell us about anxieties over white replacement here in the U.S.

What is life like for Gaza evacuees?

Today on The Stream: Two Palestinians who left Gaza during the genocide share their stories of escape and survival.

Amnesty Finds Israel Completely Razed Southern Gaza Town in More “Evidence of Israel’s Genocide”

Renewed calls for EU to suspend Israel trade deal

EU had been far to slow to act in the face of genocide in Gaza, says Simon Harris

Israel-Iran war: Congress slams Donald Trump for US strikes; urges Centre to show 'moral courage', break silence on 'Gaza genocide'

Historian Vincent Duclert: 'Focusing on whether genocide is taking place in Gaza is counterproductive'

Questioned on May 13 on how to describe the violence in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was for historians to say. But are they able to decide? Vincent Duclert, a renowned expert on the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda, reflects on the mutual contributions of historians and law experts.

U.N. Condemns Israel’s Grave Violations Against Children in Gaza Genocide, West Bank Attacks

Poll: Half of UK say Israel committing genocide in Gaza, majority support Netanyahu arrest

‘Growing number’ of Britons view Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide: Poll

Turkey's Erdogan: 'PM Netanyahu has long left Hitler behind in terms of genocide'

Speaking in parliament, Erdogan also condemned the attacks on Iran and urged a diplomatic solution.

History says the genocide in Gaza will be recognised – eventually

Don't ask me what you can do for us in Gaza

Global action must match the scale of the genocide for it to end.

Rwandan accused of aiding genocide allegedly lied to enter the U.S.

What India's Refusal to Engage on Global Questions of Principle Means

The American refusal to stop the genocide in Gaza, or curb Israeli aggressions in the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and now on Iran suggests an emerging world order where international norms are applied selectively on the basis of power and not principle. This does not bode well for countries like India, which now risks cementing a world order that operates to its own detriment. 

The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part two)

Mediapart is publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrahim Badra, a 23-year-old journalist and human rights activist, chronicle the grim reality of life and death in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage a genocidal war against the population of about 2.1 million. “Famine is not a natural disaster,” writes Ibrahim Badra in his first contributions published here. “Famine is a despicable, deliberate policy used by the occupation to collectively oppress the people of Gaza.”

In Europe, the ground is being prepared for another genocide

The genocide denial and Holocaust revisionism raging in Europe all point to the normalisation of genocidal violence.

The chronicles of a genocide in Gaza (part one)

Mediapart is publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrahim Badra, a 23-year-old journalist and human rights activist, chronicle the grim reality of life and death in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage a genocidal war against the population of about 2.1 million. “Israel’s goal is no longer hidden, it wants Gaza emptied of Palestinians,” writes Nour Elassy in her first contributions presented here, “and we are beginning to let go of our belief that we can live here, grow here, raise our children here.”

Palantir Technologies and the Age of Automated Genocide

Genocide happens when Israelis believe they're above the law, Holocaust scholar says

Professor Raz Segal tells Middle East Eye that Israel's entire political structure must change before attitudes do

200+ New Yorkers Occupy Maersk Building, Demanding End to Its Participation in Gaza Genocide

Another Irish band airs pro-Palestinian message at festival: ‘Israel is committing genocide’

New proof that von der Leyen ignored Israel's acts of genocide

Gaza, Israel and Macron: the shame, Mr President, is also on you

“It is shameful,” said Emmanuel Macron last week, commenting on Israel’s actions against the civilian population in Gaza, where children are increasingly affected by malnutrition, where famine looms and hospitals have collapsed, and where diseases are spreading. But, writes Mediapart co-founder and former publishing editor Edwy Plenel in this op-ed article, it is also shameful to do nothing concrete to bring an end to this ongoing genocide, and which the French president refuses to recognise as such. Meanwhile, the Hamas-controlled health ministry reported on Saturday that more than 300 people had died in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Wednesday.

Ratko Mladic: ‘Terminally ill’ Bosnian Serb general serving life for genocide seeks release

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ convicted in 2017 of extermination and murder over 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica

Injured Palestinian Journalist vows to keep working despite losses

Duha al-Saify, a Palestinian journalist and mother, has vowed to continue reporting on the genocide in Gaza, despite los

British firm sent over 1,000 ammo boxes to Israel

Exclusive: UK-made munitions containers have been shipped to Israel’s largest arms firm amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed.

IDF expects Gaza flotilla within 24 hours, as it claims Israel downed navigation system

The group is carrying supplies for Gazan Palestinians and protesting what they say is “Israel’s “illegal, decades-long blockade, and ongoing genocide” in the enclave.

Gaza aid sites branded ‘human slaughterhouses’ under deadly Israeli fire

UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese brands US-backed Gaza aid system ‘humanitarian camouflage’, ‘tactic of this genocide’.

CNN distorts student's comments on Gaza genocide

'The silence on Gaza dramatically exposes a blind spot in our cultures of remembrance'

Policies of collective memory, meant to protect societies from the risk of mass crimes and genocide, are in crisis, says a group of historians in an opinion piece for Le Monde. They stress that the qualification of genocide – which does not belong exclusively to historians – in no way diminishes 'the urgent need for political action here and now.'

French grandmother files 'genocide' complaint over Gaza killings

The complaint filed in the 'crimes against humanity' section of the Court of Paris states that Jacqueline Rivault's two grandchildren, who were French citizens, were killed in October 2023 by 'two F16 missiles fired by the Israeli army.'

The Bosnian Serb President Is a Genocide Denying Fugitive. So Why Did Israel Welcome Him?

‘Premeditated genocide’: Brazil’s Lula slams Israel over Gaza war

Lula criticises Israel in Paris, as German FM voices rare criticism of onslaught in Gaza and West Bank settlements.

French dock workers block arms shipment to Israel

Stevedores in Fos-sur-Mer outside Marseille refused to load machine gun components destined for Israel. Their union said the move made clear its refusal to 'participate in the ongoing genocide orchestrated by the Israeli government.'

Protesters Demand U.S. and U.K. Lawmakers Act to Stop Genocide in Gaza

A Doctor Said Israel’s War Is Fueling Health Crises in Gaza. UCSF Fired Her.

Dr. Rupa Marya of San Francisco is suing for discrimination after her university punished her for speaking out against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.

Arab states received 12 percent of Israeli arms exports in 2024 amid surge in arms sales

Israeli arms exports hit a record $14.8bn last year, despite calls for arms embargo as Israel faces accusations of genocide

French Dockworkers Block Military Shipment to Israel Over 'Ongoing Genocide' in Gaza

Why is the UK sheltering Israel’s genocide-inciting ambassador?

It is long past time Tzipi Hotovely was expelled from London. Starmer’s inaction proves he has no intention of stopping his support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza.

MIT Student Condemned Genocide — So ADL Chief Said She Helped Cause Boulder Attack

Jonathan Greenblatt falsely accused graduating students and streamer Hasan Piker of spreading antisemitic lies — and called on Trump to stop them.

UNICEF: Israel Has Killed or Injured Over 50,000 Children in Gaza Since Start of Genocide

20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones

Writer Jean Hatzfeld: 'By destroying Gaza, Israel destroys Judaism'

In an interview with Le Monde, the author of a major body of work on Rwanda draws parallels in Gaza to the early stages of genocide and fears that Israel may be abandoning Jewish values.

If You're Shocked by Israelis Beating an Arab Driver, How Are You Not Stunned by Genocide?

Israel’s ‘genocide general’ welcomed in London – and the media yawns

Ireland stands by claim Israel committing genocide in Gaza

Britain’s Biggest Pension Fund Invests in Israeli Weapons Firm Elbit Systems

Exclusive: Millions of UK workers are unknowingly funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza via their Nest pension contributions. Harriet Williamson reports.

Israel Uses Continued Displacement, Bombing and Starvation in Gaza as Genocide Passes 600 Days

Ben & Jerry’s calls Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’

Ice cream maker is already in a legal dispute with parent company Unilever over its political activism

Scotland's travellers suffered 'cultural genocide', says report

New research claims social experiments on Scotland's Gypsy travellers were a form of "cultural genocide".

Europe, Israel, Gaza: The Guilt Triangle That Leads to Genocide

Israel Kills Journalist Moataz Rajab, at Least the 221st Media Worker Killed in Genocide

Why do so many Americans join the Israeli military?

Tens of thousands of Americans serve in the country’s ranks amid genocide, investing in and propagating occupation

Namibia pushes for German reparations on first genocide remembrance day

Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations

Germany has acknowledged early 1900s genocide of Herero and Nama people, but reparations remain elusive.

Writers including Zadie Smith sign open letter calling for Gaza ceasefire

Smith and Ian McEwan are among 380 writers and groups to call the war a "genocide."

At This Year's Festivities, Jerusalem Day Normalized Calls for Genocide

Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war

Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations.

How to Deny a Genocide: What Hasbara Sounds Like in Turkish

Israel controls 77% of Gaza as ‘genocide, ethnic cleansing’ continues

Gaza’s authorities urge the global community to act against Israel’s ‘blatant defiance of all international laws’.

Trump’s ‘white genocide in South Africa’ video was from Congo

The US president’s accusations of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa relied on images from a completely different country

Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza

South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister

Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.

Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from DR Congo

Other footage shown during meeting with South African president falsely portrayed as depicting ‘burial sites’

Trump, Ramaphosa agreed to strengthen trade, South Africa says

The closed White House talks on Wednesday were preceded by a tense meeting, broadcast live, where Trump ambushed South African President Ramaphosa by playing a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people in South Africa. However, the US visit was deemed 'successful' by Romaphosa's office.

President Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.

South Africa’s mugging at the White House

Violence against Afrikaner farmers needs to stop, but it is not a genocide

Karoline Leavitt doubles down after press questions ‘white genocide’

Martin Rowson on Donald Trump’s Oval Office clash with Cyril Ramaphosa – cartoon

The president of South Africa responded calmly to Trump’s egregious claim of genocide against white Afrikaners

Trump’s Ramaphosa ‘ambush’: Key takeaways from heated White House meeting

Trump showed videos of South Africans singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ alleging genocide against white Afrikaners.

Israel Targets Hospitals, Kills 51 More Palestinians as Its Genocide in Gaza Continues

South African reaction to Trump-Ramaphosa meeting: ‘It was always going to be tough’

US president aired ‘white genocide’ claims in Oval Office, but Pretoria’s delegation stuck to the facts and their script

Are white farmers really being targeted in South Africa?

The US administration has accused the South African government of a ‘white genocide’

Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over 'white genocide'

Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.

Trump claimed proof of genocide – here’s what the video really showed

Sinister Trump dims the lights for another White House ambush

Like a Bond villain startling guests with noxious gas, the president pushed his 'white genocide’ delusion to Cyril Ramaphosa

'Turn the lights down' - How the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting turned confrontational

The meeting comes after the US granted refugee status to a group of 59 white South Africans after claims of genocide against them.

Are white farmers really being killed in South Africa?

The US administration has accused the South African government of a ‘white genocide’. Jane Flanagan investigates what’s really happening

Can Ramaphosa charm offensive help fix South Africa’s ties with Trump’s US?

South African leader keeps calm in the face of an ‘ambush’ by Donald Trump about false ‘white genocide’ claims.

Trump makes unfounded genocide claims during meeting with South African president

In a tense White House meeting, intended to mend US-South African relations, Donald Trump played footage allegedly showcasing unsubstantiated claims of anti-white violence in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa refuted the claims.

Trump confronts Ramaphosa with videos he claims support genocide of white farmers

US and South African presidents in tense Oval office meeting

Listen to Afrikaners, not Trump, on the state of South Africa

The white minority does have justified anxieties but many are thriving and it is absurd to talk of a ‘genocide’

Trump’s Meeting With Ramaphosa Turns Contentious Over False Genocide Claims

Meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, President Trump showed videos meant to back up his claims about mass killings of a white ethnic minority.

Why is Donald Trump fixated on South Africa?

How did the US right become fixated on a debunked conspiracy theory of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa?

Houthi Fighters Launch “Naval Blockade” in Escalating Actions Against Israeli Genocide

When Entire Families Are Wiped Out, It Doesn't Matter if You Call It Genocide or Not

Trump Says Nuclear Deal Sent to Tehran; Iran Slams U.S. Hypocrisy over Its Arming of Israel’s Genocide

Photos: Tens of thousands march in the Netherlands to protest Gaza genocide

Protesters march through The Hague to call on government to do more to halt Israel’s onslaught on besieged enclave.

A coalition of conscience must rise to stop Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza

Turkiye is calling for action – not words. History will judge those who remain silent in the face of genocide.

Musk’s firm calls Grok’s lies about white genocide ‘unauthorized’

Omar El Akkad: Gaza genocide and the failure of US liberalism

Marc Lamont Hill speaks with author Omar El Akkad on Gaza and the failure of Western liberalism.

Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’

NYU withholds diploma of graduate who condemned Gaza war

NYU student Logan Rozos used his speech to accuse the US of supporting a "genocide" in Gaza.

Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?

US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as "imaginary".

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot repeatedly mentions ‘white genocide’ in unrelated chats

Israel's New Gaza Operation Should Be Called 'Chariots of Genocide'

In some Jewish families, speaking up for Palestine stirs discontent

Opposing views have become more entrenched since the genocide in Gaza began, resulting in disownment for some.

Macron judges Netanyahu's Gaza policy 'unacceptable'

The French president said he was 'shaken' by the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and was harsh on Israel, though he refused to use the term 'genocide.' He also reiterated France's commitment to resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

Cannes jury head Juliette Binoche pays tribute to Palestinian photojournalist at opening ceremony

Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna was killed by an Israeli strike in April and is the subject of a documentary in competition at Cannes. Before Binoche's tribute, over 380 film figures accused Israel of 'genocide' in an open letter.

No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case

Is Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ being used in Sudan?

Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ is being used in Sudan, according to international law expert Luigi Daniele.

Leading Hollywood actors and directors denounce the 'genocide' in Gaza: 'We cannot remain silent'

In an open letter released on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, actors and directors including Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Pedro Almodovar urged the film community to 'rise up' and 'name reality.'

Afrikaners enter US as first refugees from South Africa ‘genocide’

First group of white South Africans arrive in US after Trump grants refugee status

Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, minority descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’

Trump claims white farmers suffering ‘genocide’ in South Africa

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

Sudan paramilitaries massacre hundreds of refugees in Darfur

Activists warn of unfolding genocide as UK and others host peace conference in London

Pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 Incites Gaza Genocide, Israeli Groups Say in Top Court Petition

How Israel’s ‘plan’ for Gaza could turbocharge ethnic cleansing

Israel has launched a new plan for Gaza which could induce ethnic cleansing and advance a genocide, say experts.

By calling a genocide a genocide, Andor just made its most political point yet

Protesters arrested while demanding University of Washington cut ties with Boeing

Group says aerospace company has military contracts which ‘are used by Israel in their US-funded genocide of Palestinian people’

Top UN court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE

The International Court of Justice dismissed Sudan’s case accusing the UAE of enabling genocide in Darfur.

U.N. Court Drops Sudan’s Genocide Case Against U.A.E.

The International Court of Justice said it lacked jurisdiction after Sudan accused the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in the African country’s civil war.

Sudan fails in attempt to make UAE accountable for acts of genocide

Top UN court rejects Sudan's bid to sue UAE for genocide

The UAE opted out of part of the Genocide Convention meaning it cannot face genocide allegations itself.

St Andrews rector wins appeal over Gaza 'genocide' claim

Stella Maris was removed from her role on the university court over comments she made on the Israel-Gaza war.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza under world’s ‘watchful eye’, ICJ told

Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘livestreamed genocide’ against Palestinians in Gaza where dozens were killed in the past day

A protective force must be deployed to occupied Palestine

States have the duty to stop genocide. Sending a peacekeeping force to Gaza and the West Bank would fulfil it.

New York beekeeper was involved in Rwandan genocide, prosecutors say

Israeli Incitement to Genocide in Gaza Goes Mainstream

New York beekeeper accused of concealing role in Rwanda genocide

South African courts dismiss 'white genocide' myth

According to some supremacist groups, white farmers are being murdered at higher rates than the rest of the population. This claim, however, is contradicted by the facts and by a new ruling handed down in February.

Rwandan beekeeper arrested in US over genocide charges

The 65-year-old suspect is also charged with visa fraud while seeking to become a US citizen in 2013.

South African court dismisses claim of ‘white genocide’ in country

In Canada, genocide is on the ballot

If Mark Carney wants to win, he must not repeat Kamala Harris’s fatal mistake on Gaza.

ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’