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Kanye West Says in New Social Media Rant He Was Planning a Swastika T-Shirt ‘For Over Eight Years’
Singer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West (2nd R), laughs before presenting his Fall/Winter 2015 partnership with Adidas at New York Fashion Week February 12, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, returned to the X social media platform on Monday night for another tirade during which he admitted wanting to release his controversial swastika shirt for almost a decade.
The musician, 47, also talked about having a hard time finding a production company for the swastika merchandise in a series of posts on X that have since been deleted, but not before screenshots were taken of the messages and shared online.
“No one seems to wanna produce me wittle t shirt,” he wrote. The rapper added that he has had the idea for the shirt “for over eight years” and that “it was so intriguing to me that a symbol had so much programming in it.”
“I remember going to Japan and gasping when I saw what is known as the swastika on clothing,” he said. “It felt illegal to even look at it. That’s how I had been programmed. I then found out that swastika had many different meanings and many different names.”
Earlier this month, Ye began selling on his website Yeezy.com only one product – a white t-shirt emblazoned with a large black swastika, the insignia of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party that is also used as a symbol by far-right extremists. He began selling the item two days after posting rabidly antisemitic comments on X.
The swastika shirt was listed on the Yeezy website with the description “HH-01,” which is a reference to “Heil Hitler,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. Shopify, the e-commerce platform that the Yeezy website used to sell the product, has since shut down the website.
Ye also said in his Monday night rant that his “rampage” on X on Feb. 7 was “90% Jew proof” and that “this time I pushed every cancelable idea possible. I pushed every [sic] botton [sic] I could.”
The rapper then talked about his infamous antisemitic tirade in October 2022 in which he threatened physical violence against Jews. He said on Monday night that in his tweet in 2022 was referring to “a few specific Jews. Not the entire race for crying out loud. But a few specific Jews came together and did everything they could to destroy me. Not playing victim just refreshing everyone’s [sic] memory.”
On Monday night he also referenced his commercial for Super Bowl LIX that aired on Feb. 9 and directed viewers to his Yeezy website to shop the swastika shirt. “I taunted CBS to see if they would take my Superbowl [sic] commercial down after they saw all my politically incorrect tweets,” Ye wrote.
In his longest post on Monday night, Ye railed against Shopify and said he is glad Yeezy “was dropped” by the e-commerce platform. He called it “a major victory because I hate Shopify and I always have.”
“Jew proof.”
Ye, formerly known as @kanyewest, has gone on yet another tirade on X.
His hatred for Jews is beyond refute at this point.
Whilst some have called out Ye for his repulsive behaviour, we need action, not just words.
The entertainment industry must stop working… pic.twitter.com/7puOVtwWoX
— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) February 18, 2025
After his antisemitic comments on X earlier this month and his decision to sell a swastika shirt, Ye was dropped by his talent agent and his chief of staff Eric Cui quit, according to Rolling Stone. The rapper’s actions have also been condemned by several celebrities, including singer Charlie Puth, actress Isla Fisher, and “Friends” star David Schwimmer. His “Vultures” collaborator Ty Dolla $ign declared in an Instagram Story last week, “I do not condone ANY form of hate speech toward ANYBODY.” Jewish American musician Matthew Koma responded to the controversy by selling shirts that say “F—k Ye” on front and is donating proceeds to an organization that aids Holocaust survivors. He has since helped raise roughly $18,000.
Ye has also since been sued for discrimination by a former female Jewish employee, who accused him of texting her “Hail Hitler.”
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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.