Author: The Village Indian, The Selfish Shongololo, & best selling memoir Beaten But Not Broken. radio & Tv news journalist occasionally dabbling in print!

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Everybody loves @xolile_ves 😍😃 And @xolile_ves loves The Village Indian 😍🥹 My memoir about my mixed race city slicker family’s escapades in a small Western Cape village, an audacious dive into identity and belonging, filled with gossip and giggles, drama and just everything so unapologetically,beautifully and maddeningly South African is a whole year old this May 🥳 And we shall have the wineries to celebrate 😜 #proudlysouthafrican #books #influencer #readersgonnaread #fridayfeels @JacanaMedia
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I have never seen something like this before…. Nature is quite amazing 😍 #nature #NatureIsMagic
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Inevitable wasn’t it!
After watching you lot whitewash a genocide for almost 3 years its no wonder.
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Netanyahu: "I demand that Western governments do what is necessary to fight antisemitism“ No person on the planet has done more to fuel the rise in antisemitism than this psychopath.
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This is no longer in dispute nor can it be denied!
Zionism is a death cult
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He's worse. He's the Netanyahu of the 21st Century.
Netanyahu is the Hitler of the 21st century, but since he doesn't kill white folks, nobody gives a damn.
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Palestinian Ayman al Fakhouri after spending 26 months inside Israeli slaughterhouses..
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Very valid point 👇🏾
Palestinian Christians are descendants of the earliest followers of Christ. Their churches are older than many nations. If your Christianity cannot mourn for them too, it is worth asking what has shaped your theology more: the Gospel or politics. persecutedchurchalerts.subst…
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Enabled by racists all around the world.
Israel armed settlers with thousands of guns. Now it can't control them | Joshua Leifer haaretz.com/israel-news/haar…
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Thank you Sky News for sharing the results of our undercover investigation. It is a disgrace that synagogues are hosting Israeli real estate fairs selling land in illegal settlements in the West Bank. WAR CRIMES OUT OF OUR SYNAGOGUES
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements promoted at London property show that sparked protests An exclusive by political correspondent @amandaakass trib.al/7zZD1uK
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I treat Gaza genocide deniers the same as Holocaust denier: with contempt and as subhuman
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Hey guys let’s howl about “ anti semitism” though.
BREAKING: ISRAEL DOUBLE TAP STRIKE IN MAYFADOUN LEBANON TARGETING MEDICAL CREWS Israel struck a vehicle and then bombed medical crews and civilians 3 times on arrival, many dead at the horrific scene. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE CEASEFIRE
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RT @MostafaBNaim1: How will you go on with your day when you hear about a father in Gaza, trapped beneath the rubble, begging rescuers not…
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REVEALED: Jewish activists @JAZA_UK have shown us material from inside an Israeli property event in London yesterday, which shows that illegal settlements on Palestinian land were on sale in the UK. Activists gained access to the event, spoke to numerous developers about the properties for sale in Israeli settlements - which are illegal under British and international law - before they were ejected for disrupting the speeches. The Board of Deputies, which calls itself a representational body for British Jews, claimed that all properties being sold were inside Israel, however these pamphlets clearly show the opposite is true.
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They call Palestine Action terrorists because they touched the one thing Western states protect more fiercely than human life: the weapons machine. History has seen this before. In Ireland, the activists of Pitstop Ploughshares, known as the Shannon Five, disabled a US Navy plane before the Iraq War , and the jury understood the point: when the law protects war, conscience must interrupt it. As a Palestinian, I know exactly what they interrupted. They did not attack life. They stood between life and the machine built to erase it.
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Palestinian farmers from Khirbet Wadi a-Rakhim in the South Hebron Hills noticed, on Saturday, 7 March 2026, four Israeli settlers, armed with sticks and clubs, grazing cattle on the farmers’ private land. They called the police and went over to the settlers, filming the incident. They demanded the settlers leave and tried to drive them and their cattle away from the crops. A violent confrontation developed as the residents tried to defend their land, during which one Palestinian resident and one settler were injured. At some point, the farmers began moving away. Meanwhile, a settler named Luria Luski arrived in military uniform, carrying a rifle, on an ATV together with his brother, Shem Tov Luski. After that, the settlers went back to attacking the residents with clubs and stones. One of them beat Muhammad Shinaran, 57, on the head and legs with a club. His son Amir, 28, started coming his way to help his father. Luria Luski fired a shot in the air and when Amir continued approaching, pointed his gun at him and shot him dead. Immediately afterward, he fired again, injuring Amir’s brother Khaled, 33. The two brothers were taken to Beita Hospital, where Amir was pronounced dead. Only after the injured men were taken to hospital did large military and police forces arrive. The soldiers invaded residents’ homes and searched them, confining women and children in a kitchen until 9:30 P.M. They took the recording device from the home’s security camera recording and left. Luski claimed he acted in self-defense, yet Israel never even interrogated him. From October 2023 and to May 30, 2026, Israel killed 1,082 Palestinians in the West Bank, 35 of them killed by settlers. Under Israel’s apartheid regime, Palestinian lives continue to be treated as utterly expendable. Read the full investigation >> btselem.org/settler_violence…
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Baby formula in Nasser Hospital has run out ..
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US sanctions. Here it what you need to know. In the clearest words I have on the matter.
Francesca Albanese has been sanctioned for doing her job and demanding an end to the Genocide in Palestine. The EU has failed to protect her, the UN has failed to protect her. In this video message .@FranceskAlbs updates us on the current state of affairs regarding the US imposed sanctions on her and the ongoing legal battle in the US to have them removed. Please watch and share Francesca´s update on the Court Case and continue raising awareness about our petition to pressure the EU to do its job!
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Στο μεταξύ, τα βασανιστήρια του ηρωικού γιατρού από το Ισραήλ συνεχίζονται. Συνεχίζουν να βασανίζουν τον Δρ Χουσάμ Αμπού Σεφία για το «έγκλημα» ότι δεν εγκατέλειψε τους ασθενείς του. Χωρίς να του απαγγείλουν κατηγορίες, χωρίς να του προσφέρουν ο,τιδήποτε που να μοιάζει με δίκαιη δίκη, το Ισραήλ τον σκοτώνει σιγά-σιγά. Η καταδίκη του Ισραήλ είναι καθήκον μας.
שופטת העליון, גילה כנפי-שטייניץ, דחתה את הערעור על המשך מעצרו של ד"ר חוסאם אבו ספיה. הוא נותר בתנאי בידוד (שאליהם הוא הועבר אחרי הגשת הערעור!) בכלא נפחא.
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There’s nothing wrong with being a Jew. It’s just a religion. There’s nothing wrong with being a Christian. It’s just a religion. There’s nothing wrong with being a Muslim. It’s just a religion. There’s something wrong with being a genocidal Zionist. Most Israelis are.
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There is a reason Israel is known as the genocidal apartheid rape regime. This documentary, very disturbing and not for the faint of heart, explains why. Bodies of Evidence: youtube.com/watch?v=e3pApprH…
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