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On May 25, Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), closed his campaign rally at the Mminara Sports Ground in Kwakwatsi, Free State, as he often does: by singing his favourite anti-apartheid struggle anthem, “Dubul’ ibhunu”. Sung in Xhosa, the song translates to “Kill the Boer” or “Kill the farmer” and has long sparked controversy in South Africa and abroad. In recent weeks, the controversy has flared up once again.

Just four days…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

European institutions have begun documenting systematic violations in Gaza, including starvation as a weapon.

A confidential report by the European Union’s Human Rights Unit accuses Israel of violating international humanitarian law and weaponizing starvation in its ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, Al-Jazeera reported on…

Israeli forces struck displaced persons, residential areas, and medical centers in one of the deadliest single-day escalations in recent weeks.

At least 32 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip, Al-Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.

Among the dead are 14 civilians killed in a drone strike on tents sheltering displaced…

There was confusion and panic on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on Tuesday night after a drone was spotted circling overhead, prompting the crew to issue a distress signal while sailing outside Greek territorial waters. The drone was later identified as belonging to the Hellenic Coastguard. The Gaza-bound mission continues undeterred, a month after another flotilla ship was bombed by a drone and set ablaze.