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submitted 4 weeks ago by hellinkilla@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

South Africa’s presidency says France has withdrawn an invitation for President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the upcoming G7 summit, citing pressure from the US.

"We have learned that due to continued pressure, France has had to withdraw its invitation to South Africa for its participation in the G7," presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya told AFP on Thursday.

"We are told that the Americans threatened to boycott the G7 summit if South Africa was invited," he added.

Tensions between Washington and Pretoria have steadily escalated over the last year. The US has attacked South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over the Gaza genocide, where over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed. 

US President Donald Trump has also become fixated on South Africa’s white Afrikaner minority, claiming that they are being persecuted.

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[-] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 35 points 4 weeks ago

due to continued pressure, France has had to withdraw its invitation

loser shit

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 weeks ago

They shoild have their own G7. With blackjack and hookers.

[-] groKKK@hexbear.net 18 points 4 weeks ago

Finally, somebody is doing something to prevent the continuation of white genocide in South Africa! It took so long, and it's not much, but surely this is the start of something greater.

[-] RedNajm@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

thank you for your brave anti-genocide activism all these 11 months, comrade Grok

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 16 points 4 weeks ago

I hope comrades absolutely tear shit up for the summit.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 13 points 4 weeks ago

Soooo... Who cares what a rogue, terrorist USA regime thinks or if they self-exclude? This is like fighting the trash taking itself out.

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

the whole thing is pointless without the US turning up to tell everyone what to do.

(edit: the Gx summits are a meeting of the x biggest economies to set shared agendas. they're part of the core engine of modern economic imperialism which is the main reason they used to reliably attract massive anarchist protests.)

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, they're all greedy redacted Neville Chamberlain, yellow bellied, billionaire, bootlickers. Could they possibly find a spine amongst themselves, without the USA distracting them?

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

they wont even join BRICS sicko-wistful

[-] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

they'll probably walk out the first day anyways. if they even show up.

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