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Items by Ziyad Motala
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The desert pharaohs: Gulf monarchs, Trump, and the great betrayal of Palestine and the Islamic conscience
In the annals of modern statecraft, there are few spectacles as garish, or as morally bankrupt, as the partnership between the Gulf monarchies and Donald Trump now serving his second term as President of the United States. These family dynasties, gilded in petro-wealth and at times draped in religious...
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The white man’s burden redux: Trump, Musk, and the fabricated persecution of Afrikaners
With all the moral clarity of a man who once mused about injecting disinfectant to treat COVID; recently floated the idea of taking over Greenland; and reportedly thought nuclear weapons might be a fun tool for hurricane management, Donald Trump has now taken up the righteous cause of South...
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Big Tech’s complicity in genocide: The unforgivable silence of online platforms
A damning report, “Palestinian Digital Rights, Genocide, and Big Tech Accountability”, by 7amleh, a Palestinian-led non-profit organisation that is focused on protecting the human rights of Palestinians, has laid bare the disturbing and active role that major online platforms and big tech companies play in perpetuating human rights abuses...