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23 | A journalist from Cape Town, South Africa | Currently freelancing, former producer at Radio 786 | UCT Alumni | ilyaasbass.wordpress.com | Banner picture by Aziz Bakr

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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’

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...

17.08.2025 18:41 👍 2279 🔁 790 💬 256 📌 109
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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.

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:

11.08.2025 00:00 👍 836 🔁 581 💬 14 📌 32
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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.

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...

20.07.2025 07:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Coldplay?? well yeah i guess publicly outing an affair between a CEO and his head of HR is a pretty cold play

17.07.2025 17:34 👍 518 🔁 47 💬 21 📌 3
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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.

🚨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...

18.07.2025 01:31 👍 135 🔁 96 💬 3 📌 13
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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?...

17.06.2025 19:26 👍 1468 🔁 238 💬 64 📌 19

🔴 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.

18.06.2025 02:50 👍 158 🔁 72 💬 3 📌 13
A woman mourns as people carry the body of a Palestinian man who was killed a day earlier while seeking food aid, during his funeral at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on June 18, 2025.

A woman mourns as people carry the body of a Palestinian man who was killed a day earlier while seeking food aid, during his funeral at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on June 18, 2025.

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

18.06.2025 10:40 👍 4 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1

🚨 Israel just struck Iran

13.06.2025 00:10 👍 1121 🔁 289 💬 121 📌 79
Where is Dr. #HussamAbuSafiya?

Don't forget about him

Where is Dr. #HussamAbuSafiya? Don't forget about him

Where is Dr. #HussamAbuSafiya?

Don't forget about him!

04.06.2025 21:28 👍 38 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
A rock formation with plants surrounding it, trees in the background with sun shining through them. In the foreground is a small wooden post that reads 'Monkey Falls', and on the floor is orange brick paving.

A rock formation with plants surrounding it, trees in the background with sun shining through them. In the foreground is a small wooden post that reads 'Monkey Falls', and on the floor is orange brick paving.

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Went walking at Ratanga Park today

25.05.2025 09:19 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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."

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-...

22.05.2025 03:14 👍 45 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2
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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

22.05.2025 03:14 👍 384 🔁 196 💬 29 📌 31
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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.

Court battle looms over heritage order granted to Cape Town's Athlone Power Station
via @news24southafrica.bsky.social

12.05.2025 07:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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.

27.04.2025 21:55 👍 35 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1
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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

These guys took their famous catchphrase from my comic but ok www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

27.04.2025 12:50 👍 2371 🔁 421 💬 44 📌 34
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maga logic should work both ways. Case in point.

24.04.2025 14:36 👍 63 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2

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.

25.04.2025 08:31 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It's interesting that it looks like a clock inside a donut. But I wouldn't recommend eating it since that would be very time-consuming

25.04.2025 07:51 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

24.04.2025 08:53 👍 3768 🔁 815 💬 107 📌 40
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5 ways to commemorate Freedom Day around Cape Town this weekend Cheers to 31 years of democracy!

It's another long weekend, here are some Freedom Events happening the City (some are FREE)…

25.04.2025 07:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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!

21.04.2025 17:34 👍 1245 🔁 308 💬 48 📌 10
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21.04.2025 21:06 👍 3644 🔁 395 💬 34 📌 9
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

21.04.2025 14:38 👍 17590 🔁 4872 💬 780 📌 2017
How to make ChatGPT more factual.. #carterpcs #tech #techtok #techfacts #chatgpt #ai
How to make ChatGPT more factual.. #carterpcs #tech #techtok #techfacts #chatgpt #ai YouTube video by CarterPCs

youtube.com/shorts/Bi47p...

Just the first 3 seconds of this video. He says that he "was up all night talking to ChatGPT"

Bro has a girlfriend and is a popular content creator.

Our generation is cooked, but at least ChatGPT can be nice about it.

21.04.2025 14:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

dude said if i get one more call from jd vance i am LEAVING,

21.04.2025 09:00 👍 137 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 0

“no positive results to show for it” as if bombing the poorest country in the middle east was going to bring anything but additions to the US warcrimes list

20.04.2025 22:05 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0