Why South Africa is taking on Trump and Israel | Ebrahim Rasool | UNAPOLOGETIC

Former South African ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool sits down with Ashfaaq Carim for an unflinching conversation on power, punishment, and principle. Rasool explains how South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel triggered U.S. retaliation—from tariffs to blocked HIV/AIDS funding—while dismantling the “white genocide” narrative pushed by Trump-aligned networks.

He also traces the global resurgence of white supremacism, drawing on South Africa’s struggle history to show why Gaza has become the defining moral battleground of our time. The discussion explores MAGA’s evolution, collapsing U.S. soft power, student uprisings, and the growing fractures inside Western politics.

From BRICS realignments to ethnic cleansing and global solidarity, Rasool attempt to provide a historically grounded analysis of the world as it is—and where it may be heading

Chapters

00:00 Intro
03:14 Washington appointment tensions
06:09 Maga and lobby pressure
09:10 White genocide narrative
10:14 Timeline of U.S. retaliation
19:40 U.S. wars and isms
39:26 Pro-Israel tactical schisms emerging
43:32 Lessons from apartheid
46:04 ICJ soft power victory
58:07 BRICS and geopolitics
01:14:37 Israel’s endgame and personal reflections

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