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  • Gangs in the River State and politicians

    Corruption is endemic in Nigeria, and the electoral process is renowned for spreading that corruption, but afterwards what is the significance of that corruption on the daily lives of Nigerians. In a special report by Global Initiative, they link the political corruption with crime after the elections. There are other arguments, but the link between…

  • Is Israel’s argument right

    If the conflict in Gaza is going to last months how will it be possible for the Palestinians who have moved to the border exist. That seems to be on the lips of the international community that is calling for a ceasefire, but the Israelis are determined to fight this war until Hamas’ military wing…

  • The 7th October repercussions

    The 7th October 2022, will be remembered in Israel for the absolute barbarity of a Hamas attack on the defenceless, women and children. It will also be remembered for the consequences of the attack and the bombardment of Gaza, where 5,000 have been killed and body parts strewn in rubble with the remnants of those…

  • Israel Gaza, some more arguments

    The argument of discrimination and difference has come to the fore in Israel and Palestine over the past week. The anger is palpable in Israel as is the sorrow that surrounds those who have lost loved ones. But the situation is that this war will escalate, as both sides continue to fight. The moral ambivalence…

  • Another view.

    The soviets argued that Israel was an apartheid state, but on the ground is there a difference between the Israeli state and its citizens – and is discrimination determined by ethnicity. The declaration that Israel is a Jewish state negates the rights of twenty percent of its population, and disenfranchises those that live, work or…

  • The movement away from the forever wars.

    There is nothing quite like the spite of Putin, the end of Karabakh’s Armenian population is down to Armenia moving closer to the West. But the reasoning behind Putin’s negation of the Armenian population is down to larger concerns for the Russian government. The war in Ukraine has stripped the Russian military from much of…