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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Alleged killer of Jewish diplomats was obsessed with whites and and white genocide, leaked texts reveal
The accused killer of two Jewish diplomats was obsessed with white people and white genocide. Elias Rodriguez said in text messages to friends that 'you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country.' 'Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people,' he went on. The messages - posted a week after the couple were shot dead in Washington DC - were obtained by journalist Ken Klippenstein. Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago native, was arrested on May 21 after he allegedly opened fire on Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrime 21 times outside the Capital Jewish Museum. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The couple, who were set to get engaged just a week from their deaths, had attended a Young Diplomats event before they were shot that night. During his arrest, Rodriguez was hysterically hauled away while shouting: 'Free, free Palestine,' as he squirmed against an officers' grip. Now, a week after the senseless attack, text messages sent in a group chat from Rodriguez revealed his disturbing obsession with the specific demographic. 'Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country,' Rodriguez wrote to friends in a group chat. 'Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people,' he went on. White genocide is a conspiracy theory that claims there is a deliberate plot to cause mass extinction of white people through violence, immigration, and forced assimilation. Friends of the alleged killer claim he 'never, ever said anything remotely racist about Jews or anyone.' But he harbored a strong hatred of Israel, they contend. 'He was a big proponent of "the emerging resistance axis" of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad's Syria,' one claimed. 'He seemed pretty vocally in favor of Hamas for years — way before 2023,' the pals added. 'He'd always hated Israel and would call it "The Little Satan." ' In other messages to his peers, Rodriguez professed his sadness over the murders of two prominent Hamas leaders - Hassan Nasrallah and Yahya Sinwar. 'Honestly I'm still just feeling sad about the murder of Hassan Nasrallah,' Rodriguez wrote. 'It hurts when people are killed specifically for doing what's right, when so many are afraid to…' After the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video of the killing of Sinwar - the former chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau - he told the chat: '100% him sadly.' During his arrest, Rodriguez also expressed praise for Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. airman who set himself on fire outside the Israel Embassy - where Lischinsky and Milgrime worked. 'Just now saw the unblurred video and lost it,' Rodriguez told the group in reference to the horrific video of Bushnell setting himself ablaze. Although his messages did not appear to mention anything about murder, Rodriguez's friends told Klippenstein he seemed nicer in the weeks just before. Only one post by Rodriguez revealed what he did the day before the shooting. He told his friends that he met and shook the hand of Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and convicted for public corruption. After being behind bars for nearly eight years, Blagojevich was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year. When a friend replied, asking if Blagojevich was the ambassador to Serbia, Rodriguez responded: 'Lmao is he? ' After reading a link to an article stating that Trump had considered Blagojevich for the position, Rodriguez added: 'Hilarious.' Meanwhile, has revealed that Rodriguez has a live-in girlfriend. The 'manifesto' he allegedly wrote the day before the killings ended with the words 'I love you Mom, Dad, baby sis, the rest of my familia, including you, O*****.' Rodriguez and the woman – who is believed to have the last name Oliver – moved into a modest Chicago apartment two years ago. The exact number of asterisks were used to match the remaining letters in the name Oliver in the screed about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. Neighbor John Fry, 71, said Rodriguez's girlfriend mysteriously vanished shortly before the fatal shooting. 'There was a young woman, although I haven't seen her for a couple of weeks now,' Fry added. 'I can't say exactly when she left.' 'I'm guessing she was in her late 20s, about 5ft 3in tall, dark hair. Nothing special about her build. Difficult to really describe her much after that. 'I don't know why she apparently hasn't been around.' 'They were a really quiet couple. Although in these apartment buildings people only tend to just say "hi" to each other, not much more than that,' said Fry. 'I didn't exchange that many words with her.' The shocking double slaying was far from the first time Israeli foreign hubs have been targeted by terrorists. Since 1969, there have been at least 31 terrorist attacks on Israeli embassies or diplomatic staffers around the world, according to Fox News. The murders came amid rising global protests over Israel's treatment of civilians in Gaza.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Leaked chats of Jewish DC museum 'killer' reveal disturbing obsession
Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of shooting a young Jewish diplomatic couple dead outside a museum in DC, was obsessed with white people and white genocide, according to leaked messages he sent. The 31-year-old Chicago native was taken into custody May 21 after he allegedly opened fire on Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrime 21 times outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The couple, who were set to get engaged just a week from their deaths, had attended a Young Diplomats event before they were shot that night. During his arrest, he was hysterically hauled away while shouting: 'Free, free Palestine,' as he squirmed against the officers' grip. Now, a week after the senseless attack, text messages sent in a group chat from Rodriguez revealed his disturbing obsession with the specific demographic. 'Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country,' Rodriguez wrote to friends, the messages, obtained by journalist Ken Klippenstein. 'Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people,' he went on. White genocide is a conspiracy theory that claims there is a deliberate plot to cause mass extinction of white people through violence, immigration and forced assimilation. Friends of his also revealed exactly what Rodriguez beliefs are, as one of them said: 'He never, ever said anything remotely racist about Jews or anyone.' Despite that, his friends did say he had a strong hatred for Israel. 'He was a big proponent of "the emerging resistance axis" of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad's Syria,' one went on. 'He seemed pretty vocally in favor of Hamas for years — way before 2023. He'd always hated Israel and would call it "The Little Satan",' they added. In other messages to his peers, Rodriguez professed his sadness over the murders of two prominent Hamas leaders - Hassan Nasrallah and Yahya Sinwar. 'Honestly i'm still just feeling sad about the murder of hassan nasrallah,' Rodriguez wrote. 'It hurts when people are killed specifically for doing what's right, when so many are afraid to…' After the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video of the killing of Sinwar - the former chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau - he told the chat: '100% him sadly.' During his arrest, Rodriguez also expressed praise for Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who set himself on fire outside the Israel Embassy - where Lischinsky and Milgrime worked. 'Just now saw the unblurred video and lost it,' Rodriguez told the group in reference to the horrific video of Bushnell setting himself ablaze. Although his messages did not appear to mention anything about his plans to kill the couple, Rodriguez's friends told Klippenstein he seemed nicer in the weeks just before. Only one post by Rodriguez revealed what he did the day before the horrid shooting. He told his friends that he met and shook the hand of Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and convicted for public corruption. After being behind bars for nearly eight years, Blagojevich was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year. When a friend replied, asking if Blagojevich was the ambassador to Serbia. 'Lmao is he?,' Rodriguez responded. 'Hilarious,' he added after reading a link to an article that Trump had considered Blagojevich for the position. Right after the shooting, revealed that Rodriguez has a live-in girlfriend. The 'manifesto' Rodriguez allegedly wrote the day before the killings ended with the words 'I love you Mom, Dad, baby sis, the rest of my familia, including you, O*****.' Rodriguez and the woman – who is believed to have the last name Oliver – moved into the modest Chicago apartment two years ago. The exact number of asterisks were used to match the remaining letters in the name Oliver in the screed about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. Neighbor John Fry, 71, said Rodriguez's girlfriend mysteriously vanished shortly before the horrific incident. 'There was a young woman, although I haven't seen her for a couple of weeks now. I can't say exactly when she left,' Fry added. 'I'm guessing she was in her late 20s, about 5ft 3ins tall, dark hair. Nothing special about her build. Difficult to really describe her much after that. 'I don't know why she apparently hasn't been around.' He would not speculate that the couple could have fallen out before the murderous assault outside the Capital Jewish Museum. 'They were a really quiet couple. Although in these apartment buildings people only tend to just say hi to each other, not much more than that,' said Fry. 'I didn't exchange that many words with her.' Rodriguez has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The shocking double slaying was far from the first time Israeli foreign hubs have been targeted by terrorists. Since 1969, there have been at least 31 terrorist attacks on Israeli embassies or diplomatic staffers around the world, per Fox News. The murders came amid rising global protests over Israel's treatment of civilians in Gaza.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Trump's unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president's claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of apartheid in South Africa. It is not enough to be affronted by these claims, or to casually dismiss them as untruths. These statements are a clear example of how language can be leveraged to extend the effects of previous injustices. This mode of violence has long been used against Indigenous Africans. And it cannot simply be met with silence – not any more. The Kenyan writer Mzee Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o wrote: 'Language conquest, unlike the military form, wherein the victor must subdue the whole population directly, is cheaper and more effective.' African nations learned long ago that their fates are inextricably linked. When it comes to interactions with the world beyond our continent, we are each other's bellwether. In 1957, the year before my birth, Ghana became the first Black African country to free itself from colonialism. After the union jack had been lowered, our first prime minister, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, gave a speech in which he emphasised that, 'our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa'. Shortly after, in 1960, was the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, which resulted in 69 deaths and more than 100 wounded. In Ghana, thousands of miles away, we marched, we protested, we gave cover and shelter. A similar solidarity existed in sovereign nations across the continent. Why? Because people who looked like us were being subjugated, treated as second-class citizens, on their own ancestral land. We had fought our own versions of that same battle. I was 17 in June 1976, when the South African Soweto uprising took place. The now-iconic photo of a young man, Mbuyisa Makhubo, carrying the limp, 12-year-old body of Hector Pieterson, who had just been shot by the police, haunted me for years. It so deeply hurt me to think that I was free to dream of a future as this child was making the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom and future of his people. Hundreds of children were killed in that protest alone. It is their blood, and the blood of their forebears that nourishes the soil of South Africa. The racial persecution of Black South Africans was rooted in a system that was enshrined in law. It took worldwide participation through demonstrations, boycotts, divestments and sanctions to end apartheid so that all South Africans, regardless of skin colour, would be considered equal. Nevertheless, the effects of centuries-long oppression do not just disappear with the stroke of a pen, particularly when there has been no cogent plan of reparative justice. Despite making up less than 10% of the population, white South Africans control more than 70% of the nation's wealth. Even now, there are a few places in South Africa where only Afrikaners are permitted to own property, live, and work. At the entrance to once such settlement, Kleinfontein, is an enormous bust of Hendrik Verwoerd, the former prime minister who is considered the architect of apartheid. Another separatist town, Orania, teaches only Afrikaans in its schools, has its own chamber of commerce, as well as its own currency, the ora, that is used strictly within its borders. It has been reported that inside the Orania Cultural History Museum there is a bust of every apartheid-era president except FW de Klerk, who initiated reforms that led to the repeal of apartheid laws. Both Kleinfontein and Orania are currently in existence, and they boast a peaceful lifestyle. Why had the America-bound Afrikaners not sought refuge in either of those places? Had the Black South Africans wanted to exact revenge on Afrikaners, surely, they would have done so decades ago when the pain of their previous circumstances was still fresh in their minds. What, at this point, is there to be gained by viciously killing and persecuting people you'd long ago forgiven? According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, half of the population of South Africa is under 29, born after the apartheid era and, presumably, committed to building and uplifting the 'rainbow nation'. For what reason would they suddenly begin a genocide against white people? Ramaphosa was blindsided by Trump with those unfounded accusations and the accompanying display of images that were misrepresented – in one image, pictures of burials were actually from Congo. Trump refused to listen as Ramaphosa insisted that his government did not have any official policies of discrimination. 'If you want to destroy a people,' Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, 'you destroy their memory, you destroy their history.' Memory, however, is long. It courses through the veins of our children and their children. The terror of what we have experienced is stored at a cellular level. As long as those stories are told, at home, in church, at the beauty and barber shop, in schools, in literature, music and on the screen, then we, the sons and daughters of Africa, will continue to know what we've survived and who we are. Mzee Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o wrote: 'The process of knowing is simple. No matter where you want to journey, you start from where you are.' We journey forward with a history that cannot be erased, and will not be erased. Not while there are children dying in the mines of the Congo, and rape is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Our world is in real crisis; real refugees are being turned away from the borders of the wealthiest nations, real babies will die because international aid has been abruptly stopped, and real genocides are happening in real time all across the globe. John Dramani Mahama is president of the Republic of Ghana
Free Malaysia Today
6 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Ramaphosa says ‘Kill the farmer' song not a call to murder
President Cyril Ramaphosa was involved in tense talks with US leader Donald Trump last week. (EPA Images pic) JOHANNESBURG : A chant that US leader Donald Trump used to back claims of white genocide in South Africa is an apartheid-era slogan that did not really mean for farmers to be killed, the president said today. Trump showed clips of an opposition politician chanting 'Kill the Boer, kill the farmer' at tense talks with president Cyril Ramaphosa last week where he repeated unfounded claims of an orchestrated campaign of violence against white farmers. He also asked why the opposition politician seen making the chant, opposition firebrand Julius Malema – whom Trump mistakenly said was in government – had not been arrested. Ramaphosa told journalists the government accepted court rulings that the controversial slogan should be considered in the context of the liberation struggle against the brutal system of white-minority rule called apartheid. 'It's not meant to be a message that elicits or calls upon anyone to be killed,' Ramaphosa said. 'We are a country where freedom of expression is in the bedrock of our constitutional arrangements,' he said, brushing aside the suggestion that Malema should be arrested. Malema's continued use of the chant after the end of apartheid in 1994 infuriates many in South Africa and some groups have attempted to have it banned as hate speech. Malema, the vocal leader of the populist, Marxist-inspired Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, is also seen in the video shown at the White House as claiming, 'We are going to occupy land, we require no permission.' This fuels claims repeated by Trump that a revised land expropriation act will allow the government to seize white farmland. The law contains a 'nil compensation' clause but the government says this would only be in exceptional circumstances and after efforts to seek a 'just and equitable' settlement. The revised law brings the judiciary directly into decisions about expropriation, Ramaphosa said. Scenarios of the government taking property without compensation could include situations where the owners could not be traced or were heavily indebted and the property was required for the public interest, he said. The Democratic Alliance, the second-largest party in the government of national unity, has gone to court to challenge the 'nil compensation' provision, which they say is open to abuse.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'More than embarrassment.': Trump slammed for turning Oval Office meeting into WWE-style stunt
For a second time, President Trump hijacked an Oval Office meeting with a foreign leader to turn it into a reality show. This time, Trump hurled false claims of "white genocide" at South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa. MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell and Antonia Hylton break down Trump's chaotic, lie-filled ambush with Semafor Africa Editor Yinka Adegoke and civil rights attorney Maya Wiley.
