Estaleto
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If you read Afrikaans, this is well worth a look.
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Van apartheid tot Trump: dieselfde fout, nuwe held
Waarom kies Afrikaner-organisasies weer ideologie bo beginsels en waarheid?
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January 21, 2026 at 7:44 AM
If you read Afrikaans, this is well worth a look.
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Israel blocking the Palestinian committee set to administer Gaza under Trump's cease-fire proposal from entering Gaza. Is that a good sign for the plan?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel blocks entry of committee meant to run Gaza under Trump plan, Palestinians say
The Palestinian Committee Set to Administer Gaza Under Trump's Cease-fire Proposal Was Set to Enter the Enclave and Assert Administrative Control by the End of the Week, Sources Say. Egypt Is Working ...
www.haaretz.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Israel blocking the Palestinian committee set to administer Gaza under Trump's cease-fire proposal from entering Gaza. Is that a good sign for the plan?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
This is the latest in a series of warnings over the increasing instrumentalization of Christianity by external actors seeking to advance political agendas that ignore the lived reality of Palestinian Christians under Israeli occupation.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jer...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jer...
Jerusalem church leaders condemn Christian Zionism as harmful political ideology
The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have issued forceful public statement denouncing Christian Zionism as a “damaging ideology” that threatens the unity of Christian communities i…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM
This is the latest in a series of warnings over the increasing instrumentalization of Christianity by external actors seeking to advance political agendas that ignore the lived reality of Palestinian Christians under Israeli occupation.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jer...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260119-jer...
Death, taxes, and America abandoning the Kurds when they're no longer useful.
This agreement would most likely definitively end the Syrian Kurds' hopes for political autonomy.
I know, big picture, new regional dynamics, but, man, you have to feel for these people.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
This agreement would most likely definitively end the Syrian Kurds' hopes for political autonomy.
I know, big picture, new regional dynamics, but, man, you have to feel for these people.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Bowing to US pressure, Syrian military advances, Kurdish-led SDF agrees to Sharaa's terms
Syrian government forces rapidly retook Raqqa and key eastern territories from the US-backed SDF, prompting a ceasefire agreement that effectively restores Damascus’ control over much of Syria’s oil-r...
www.al-monitor.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Death, taxes, and America abandoning the Kurds when they're no longer useful.
This agreement would most likely definitively end the Syrian Kurds' hopes for political autonomy.
I know, big picture, new regional dynamics, but, man, you have to feel for these people.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
This agreement would most likely definitively end the Syrian Kurds' hopes for political autonomy.
I know, big picture, new regional dynamics, but, man, you have to feel for these people.
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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I hope it’s clear that this is happening at least in part because he pulled the same unhinged belligerence against Iran last year and then Venezuela, and Europe was happy to let him get away with it because they arrogantly assumed that shit was for the browns and could surely never happen to them.
January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I hope it’s clear that this is happening at least in part because he pulled the same unhinged belligerence against Iran last year and then Venezuela, and Europe was happy to let him get away with it because they arrogantly assumed that shit was for the browns and could surely never happen to them.
South African trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi says Ramaphosa should not to accept the credentials of the newly appointed US Ambassador Brent Bozell III.
👏And so say all of us.
👏And so say all of us.
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
South African trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi says Ramaphosa should not to accept the credentials of the newly appointed US Ambassador Brent Bozell III.
👏And so say all of us.
👏And so say all of us.
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Amazing stuff.
We are now indulging the delusion that Trump can personally replace...I dunno, the UN Security Council, I guess? thanks to his world historical deal-making skills.
Literally a "new world order" that will be decided by Trump and some hand-picked dipshits.
We are now indulging the delusion that Trump can personally replace...I dunno, the UN Security Council, I guess? thanks to his world historical deal-making skills.
Literally a "new world order" that will be decided by Trump and some hand-picked dipshits.
News: US officials have floated the idea of broadening a Gaza “Board of Peace” headed by Donald Trump to include other hotspots such as Ukraine and Venezuela, according to people familiar with discussions.
www.ft.com/content/3461...
www.ft.com/content/3461...
US floats expanding Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ to other global hotspots
Trump-headed body could mediate in countries such as Ukraine and Venezuela
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Amazing stuff.
We are now indulging the delusion that Trump can personally replace...I dunno, the UN Security Council, I guess? thanks to his world historical deal-making skills.
Literally a "new world order" that will be decided by Trump and some hand-picked dipshits.
We are now indulging the delusion that Trump can personally replace...I dunno, the UN Security Council, I guess? thanks to his world historical deal-making skills.
Literally a "new world order" that will be decided by Trump and some hand-picked dipshits.
Apparently unpopular opinion: How Harlan Coben still gets work is beyond me.
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Apparently unpopular opinion: How Harlan Coben still gets work is beyond me.
😡Read this. This opinion piece from TIMES OF ISRAEL explains why Israel is cultivating and buying off the likes of Christian Zionist groups, Afrisol, Cape Seccessionism and many others in SA. It shows how dangerous these groups and their Zionist backers are.
blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-...
blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-...
The Blogs: Africa Must Fragment, South Africa First
From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
😡Read this. This opinion piece from TIMES OF ISRAEL explains why Israel is cultivating and buying off the likes of Christian Zionist groups, Afrisol, Cape Seccessionism and many others in SA. It shows how dangerous these groups and their Zionist backers are.
blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-...
blogs.timesofisrael.com/africa-must-...
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Dignity belongs to everyone.
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Dignity belongs to everyone.
If you haven't already, you simply must read this piece from LAST OCTOBER.
It's all just one big theatrical production.
It's all just one big theatrical production.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
If you haven't already, you simply must read this piece from LAST OCTOBER.
It's all just one big theatrical production.
It's all just one big theatrical production.
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Another thing about Maduro capture — this isn’t the work of fools, which means serious military people, and not just trumps dumb and dumber collection of idiots — went along with this. I’m so tired of seeing media frame this as just a Trump thing - this is maybe the most American thing he’s done.
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Another thing about Maduro capture — this isn’t the work of fools, which means serious military people, and not just trumps dumb and dumber collection of idiots — went along with this. I’m so tired of seeing media frame this as just a Trump thing - this is maybe the most American thing he’s done.
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It is the fact that we will not know these Venezuelans names or stories beyond the president and his wife who were kidnapped.
That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.
That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It is the fact that we will not know these Venezuelans names or stories beyond the president and his wife who were kidnapped.
That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.
That they are talked about as pawns in a global story by us all.
"South Africa views these actions as a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, which mandates that all Member States refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
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South Africa urges UN Security Council Session following unilateral military action in Venezuela
The Government of the Republic of South Africa notes with grave concern the recent developments, which were confirmed by the United States that the USA has conducted “a large-scale military strike aga...
dirco.gov.za
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"South Africa views these actions as a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, which mandates that all Member States refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
...here is no connection between democratically elected governments and the will of the people. It’s ended. So, the whole charade of Western liberal democracy is as much of a corpse under the rubble as the tens of thousands of Palestinians."
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
...here is no connection between democratically elected governments and the will of the people. It’s ended. So, the whole charade of Western liberal democracy is as much of a corpse under the rubble as the tens of thousands of Palestinians."
The putrid delusion of the "Western rules-based international order" is disintegrating. Finally.
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The putrid delusion of the "Western rules-based international order" is disintegrating. Finally.
Starting now. Livestream here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CE...
January 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Starting now. Livestream here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8CE...
Gorillaz doing a collab with Omar Souleyman. What??!! Utterly surreal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPf...
Gorillaz - Damascus ft. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
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January 1, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Gorillaz doing a collab with Omar Souleyman. What??!! Utterly surreal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPf...
"Instead, South Africa is moving toward a hybrid arrangement that preserves Eskom’s ownership of the grid, strips the new TSO of transmission assets and risks recreating precisely the conflicts of interest the reform agenda was meant to eliminate." 😡
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
WIKUS KRUGER: This is not the Eskom unbundling South Africa was promised
New TSO lacks assets, leaving grid control — and reform risks — inside Eskom
www.businessday.co.za
December 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Instead, South Africa is moving toward a hybrid arrangement that preserves Eskom’s ownership of the grid, strips the new TSO of transmission assets and risks recreating precisely the conflicts of interest the reform agenda was meant to eliminate." 😡
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
I'm a secret agent spying on Nazis in occupied France. Lord help me because I can control my mouth, but this FACE!
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm a secret agent spying on Nazis in occupied France. Lord help me because I can control my mouth, but this FACE!
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Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-turkey-rivalry-moves-horn-africa
Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa
By recognising Somaliland, Israel aims to target Houthis and counter the deep Turkish presence in Somalia
www.middleeasteye.net
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-turkey-rivalry-moves-horn-africa
