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Kanye West Uses Super Bowl Ad to Promote New Swastika T-Shirts After Leaving X Over Antisemitic Rant
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Photo: BANG Showbiz via Reuters Connect
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, used a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday night to advertise t-shirts he is selling on his website that feature a swastika, the symbol used by extremists like Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, whom Ye praised days earlier during an antisemitic rant on X/Twitter.
The short sleeve, white t-shirts have a black swastika on the front and are being sold on Yeezy.com. They are the only items for sale on the home page of the website as of Monday afternoon and are not accompanied by any description except for the letters “HH-01.” They are being sold for $20 in three different sizes.
Ye’s advertisement that aired during Super Bowl LIX directed viewers to the Yeezy website, to shop the new swastika shirt. The commercial did not air nationally but was seen in the Los Angeles area, according to Variety. It was shot on an iPhone and featured Ye talking into the camera while at the dentist. “Guys, I spent, like all the money for the commercial on these new teeth. So once again, I had to shoot it on the iPhone,” he said in the ad. He then added, “Um … um … go to yeezy.com.”
Ye deleted his X account, where he had 32 million followers, on Sunday after posting numerous antisemitic messages since the early hours of Friday morning. Before deleting his account, he tweeted: “I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate [X owner] Elon [Musk] for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board.”
The rapper has been condemned by a number of Jewish organizations for going on an antisemitic rampage on X on Friday, during which he declared “Im [sic] a Nazi”” “Im [sic] racist,” and “I love Hitler.” He also called Hitler “so fresh” and wrote: “Any Jewish person that does business with me needs to know I dont [sic] like or trust any Jewish person.” He also said, “Some of my best friends are Jewish, and I don’t trust any of them”” He insisted that he was sober while writing the series of antisemitic posts on Friday and that he is “never apologizing” for them.
Ye’s antisemitic remarks were also denounced by several celebrities, including Disturbed frontman David Draiman and “Friends” actor David Schwimmer, who called on Musk to remove Ye from X. He also said the rapper should be banned from all social media.
“We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile … but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk,” Schwimmer wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday, before Ye’s X account was deleted. The Jewish actor further told Musk, “Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.”
“I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point,” Schwimmer added. “Silence is complicity.”
Ye went on a similar antisemitic rant on X in 2022, and his account was temporarily deactivated. He later apologized for his remarks and said he “definitely was drinking” when he posted the antisemitic comments. Also in 2022, Ye praised Hitler in an interview with far-right talk show host Alex Jones. On Friday, Ye wrote in a post on X, “Me loving Hitler is old news.”
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.