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Tolu2024:
The cost of fighting Russia in a proxy war they senior brothers are now begging 🙏 citizens to control to their debt 💸.

I know it just a scam because they can easily print more money and nothing will happen.

Just like they did during Covid.

BlackViper:
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook – July 2025

https://x.com/TheDataHubX/status/1947656829150040401?t=hV-y2mzieCwvoX-KMESxOQ&s=19[/quote]How will a single African country make the list when the combined GDP of all 54 African countries is the same as France or Britain's GDP

Unbiased1:
You're trying to paint a picture of pure Israeli aggression and pure Palestinian victimhood, and the reality is far more complex and dangerous than that.

First, let's talk about this your claim that Israel's control of Gaza is an act of "domination." This isn't a policy that appeared out of nowhere. It's a direct response to a clear and present danger. Before Hamas took over in a bloody coup in 2007, there were 10,000-20,000 Gazans crossing into Israel for work every day. The severe blockade you call a siege was implemented after Hamas violently seized power, executed their Fatah rivals, and began launching thousands of rockets at Israeli towns. What you call a siege is a security quarantine of a territory run by a designated terrorist organization whose official charter calls for the annihilation of Israel. If a narco-state or terrorist group took over Ontario, Canada and started shelling Detroit, USA, you’d see a border policy that would make Israel’s look like a welcome mat. The blockade is a direct consequence of Hamas's actions, not the cause of the conflict.

You try to downplay Egypt's role, but it's a critical piece of the puzzle you're conveniently ignoring. Why does Egypt maintain its own strict blockade on its border with Gaza? Because Egypt's government also views Hamas (an offshoot of their nemesis and another terrorist group, the Muslim Brotherhood) as a major terrorist threat to their national security. Are they also "occupiers"? Or are they being rational actors in the face of a hostile regime? You single out Israel because it fits your narrative, while ignoring that Gaza's other neighbor also wants nothing to do with an open border with Hamas.

Now, let's talk about aid and tunnels. Your claim that international aid doesn't touch Hamas is naive at best. Hamas was the government of Gaza. They controlled the ministries. They controlled distribution. There is overwhelming evidence, including from Hamas leaders themselves, that they diverted massive amounts of resources, like concrete and metal, away from civilian infrastructure to build their terror tunnel network. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas official, stated it plainly: the tunnels were built to protect Hamas fighters, and it was the UN's responsibility to protect civilians. When a hospital's power goes out because fuel was stolen by Hamas to ventilate tunnels, that is not Israel's fault. When a school can't be rebuilt because the concrete was used for an underground bunker, that is not Israel's fault. To blame Israel for bombing a hospital that Hamas has turned into a command center and weapons depot is to blame the firefighter for breaking a window to save the people inside a burning house. Hamas made these civilian sites legitimate military targets by militarizing them. That is the war crime.

Your outrage over the Nazi comparison is misplaced. No one is saying October 7th is quantitatively the same as the Holocaust. The point, which is 100% accurate, is about intent. The Nazi goal was the extermination of the Jewish people. Read the 1988 Hamas Charter. It quotes Islamic scripture to call for the killing of Jews. It's not about land; it's about annihilation. The genocidal intent is identical. The only difference is capability. To ignore this ideological foundation is to fundamentally misunderstand the conflict.

And your point on the 2005 disengagement is a stunning reversal of history. Israel didn't just remove settlers, It unilaterally and forcibly uprooted over 8,000 of its own citizens from their homes, farms, and synagogues in a painful gamble for peace. The idea was to give Gaza full autonomy. What did Israel get in return? A terror state. Instead of building a peaceful society, Hamas turned Gaza into a fortress and a launchpad for attacks. The fenced cage you described was built in response to the terror that poured out of Gaza the moment Israel left. Israel gave them the keys, and they immediately used them to build a war machine.

Finally, the Oslo Accords. You blame Israel for their failure while conveniently forgetting the Second Intifada. Between 2000 and 2005, Palestinian terror groups launched a campaign of suicide bombings that killed over 1,000 Israeli civilians in buses, pizzerias, and nightclubs. This wasn't resistance; it was mass murder of civilians, and it shattered the Israeli public's belief in a Palestinian partner for peace. Yasir Arafat walked away from the 2000 Camp David Summit, where he was offered a state with 97% of the West Bank and a capital in East Jerusalem. He chose to respond with a terror war instead.

So no, I'm not defending apartheid or starvation. I'm defending a democracy's right to exist and protect its citizens from a neighboring regime that is openly and proudly committed to its destruction. You're not defending the victims. You're defending a narrative that absolves a terrorist group of all agency and blames the victim of its aggression for having the audacity to fight back. That's not justice; it's a dangerous fantasy.

Unbiased1:
A bombed out block? How many blocks in Gaza were bombed out before Oct 7? All the clashes that took place between Israel and Hamas from 2008 to 2021 where as a result of initial rocket fire from Gaza prompting a decisive response from Israel. If we are to go by your refugee claim then almost all the Jews living in Israel are refugees because most of the Jews in Israel were those kicked out of other Middle Eastern countries. Maybe you should do more research about the Jewish communities in the Middle East and how those communities disappeared after 1948. The real ethnic cleansing took place after 1948 but no one cared because it happened to the Jews.

As for the 5 peace deals you are trying to downplay, the second one (UN partition plan of 1947) had Jerusalem as an International city not owned by either Jews or Arabs. The 3rd, 4th and the most recent 5th offer that took place in 2008 included East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. Google is your friend here. The Palestinians have always wanted Israel out of the Middle East and that will never happen.

You also mentioned Biafra. I hope you know that the UN declared that the starvation of Biafran children was a direct consequence of war and not a genocide? Today the same starvation is called a genocide. Gross double standards and hypocrisy.

Unbiased1:
There is no country that allows free unchecked entry into its borders. If Egypt doesn't let Palestinians in to avoid Hamas members from getting in, why should Israel let its guard down? Israel is the only country in the world that is criticised for having its military at its borders with a hostile neighbour. Even here in Nigeria, our soldiers are at the border with Benin Republic and even before you get to the border, you will pass through multiple checkpoints despite the fact that Benin Republic is not a hostile state to Nigeria. Why should that of Israel be different? Why should Israel allow people freely pass from Gaza to Israel and vice versa? Who does that? Can you cross from USA to Canada without proper documentation and not get arrested? If Israel is such a hostile neighbour to the Palestinians in Gaza, why don't they go through Egypt? This is one question you all run away from. The Egyptian government has tougher and stricter migration laws for Palestine but lets ignore that and focus on Israel. Such hypocrisy. You also failed to tell me where Israel was when Hamas was carrying out its tests and building tunnels when Israel, the great occupier, was supposed to stop them.

I find it irritating that you condemn the poor health care facilities in Gaza and at the time you justify the use of millions of aid money to build tunnels by Hamas instead of improving the healthcare sector. You justify the use of aid money to build tunnels and purchase drones from Iran. How do you justify Hamas destroying water pipes to build rockets and then complain of poor water supply in Gaza?

Not to forget, my comparison of Hamas to Nazi is 100% on point. The Nazis killed Jews on a mass scale which was exactly what Hamas planned to do on Oct 7 but failed because unlike the 1940s, the Jews can properly defend themselves now.

And please before the war started, there were no Jews in Gaza building houses as you have claimed. Israel has maintained the agreement of the Oslo accord which resulted in a Jew-free Gaza in 2005. The only Jewish civilians in Gaza currently are the captives held by Hamas.

Unbiased1:
If it was about a blockage, I wonder why Hamas didn't also attack Egypt. The Egyptian wall separating Gaza and Egypt is taller and larger than that of Israel. In 2021, official migration report showed that over 170 thousand Palestinians came to Israel for various reasons including jobs. That same year, Israel increased the number of visas it gives to the Palestinians leading to an increase in migration from Gaza to Israel from over 170k in 2021 to over 600k in 2022. So much for a blockage.

Where was Israel when Hamas started building a tunnel network longer than the New York metro line? Where was Israel when Hamas carried out frequent rocket tests into the Mediterranean sea (as confirmed by one of Al-Jazeera's senior journalist in an interview in Doha)? Where was Israel when Hamas was carrying out paragliding tests and shooting tests in Gaza and even documenting their progress with videos? These activities took place in the open and Israel, the official controller of the Palestinian lives could have stopped them. How can you describe Gaza, a city where it's so-called refugee camps are 8 storey buildings of which it's residents have shops where they sell goods? Please these videos are online for everyone to see. Lookup for Gaza before the war and tell me how a city with a Gold market, 5 star hotels and beach resorts is considered a glorified open air prison.

The Israeli government has made it clear on several occasions that this war could come to an end if Hamas surrenders and releases the captives. Israel (as well as no other country) will not accept a ceasefire that will see the enemy (Hamas) continue to exist. If the west did not allow the Nazis exist after WWII, so shall Hamas seize to exist after this war.

For the prisoners, almost 90% of the prisoners that have been released in previous ceasefire deals were properly tried in court and jailed for various offences most of which was murder. Israel has Palestinian prisoners most of whom have been tried and sentenced while Hamas has Israeli captives hope you understand that.

Unbiased1:
A Palestinian who lives in Gaza is not a refugee. You can't have an apartment in an 8 storey building and a shop and still call yourself a refugee. The so-called refugees of Gaza are living better lives than ordinary citizens in many countries of the world. The Palestinians have been offered a 2 state solution on 5 different occasions and they were all rejected. They are their own problems. You can't kill 1,200 people in Israel, kidnap 255 and think you will have peace. Israel should proceed to annex the entire Gaza and be done with it if they don't surrender and release the remaining captives unconditionally.

Unbiased1:
If Israel and the US have bad plans for Gaza, how about Hamas release the captives and go on exile let the current bombardment end? How do you hold 52 captives and watch 2 million plus of your citizens suffer?

Unbiased1:
People don't know that this war is a huge source of income for Hamas and UNWRA. No humanitarian crisis means no donations so Hamas prefers Palestinians to keep dying to keep the aid money flowing. Yasser Arafat died and left 4 billion dollars for his family without owning a single business. Where do you think all that money came from? Palestinians are what we call "forever refugees". The day they seize to be refugees, their aid money stops coming which means no money for their corrupt leaders to spend while living in Qatar and Turkey.

Israel has already cleared up 80% of Gaza for a so-called buffer zone and is now marching into Dier a bala which is one of the last few Gazan neighbourhoods that have not really felt any major impact in this war. Israel will soon crush whatever is left of Gaza, let's see how they get a Palestinian state when Israel controls 90% of Gaza and over 65% of the West Bank.

bada007:
I think everyone is getting this wrong i wanna protect my dog not cage him all the time this small and cute breeds are susceptible to theft so he would be free most of the time just when am not around and i want to control his feeding not just let anyone feed him anything

EponObi:
I want to see how they will twist this to smear Tulumbu and Nigeria and paint Traore as the best thing to ever come out of Africa.

I can't even imagine how much this guy is spending on influencers all over Africa to push propaganda. The sad thing is that Nigerian influencers are among those paid - Tayo Aina and co; many Odordients influencers just jumped on the trend without pay for obvious reasons; they effortlessly manipulating our youths to believe the lies and deceptions coming out of Burkina faso. In what world is Burkina Faso better than Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, even Ghana? In what world is a soldier who took power via coup good for the people? Buhari died days ago; while alive and after his death, many people said a lot of bad things about him. How many of them were arrested or assasinated? You fit try am as a Burkina Faso citizen and not disappear? It's a pity. And those they effortlessly trapped are majorly from the camp of Major General Him Tu Lie.

MatrixCircle:
Better. France wants to use the process to come in true corrupt politicians.
China doesn't have democracy. The 4 Asian giants don't.
Africa most stay away from democracy in order to develop. The west use democracy to destabilise other countries. UK practice Monarchy, use thier parliament to make and change laws every day against immigrants whom they sold democracy to destabilise thier home countries. Denmark, Canada na Monarchy disguised as democracy. Many African countries are fighting endless wars due to trying to introduce democracy which the west use to destroy the country so they can get cheap mineral resources with thier useless worthless papers in form of Dollars, Pounds and Euro. Better African countries sell thier resources through trade by Barter so we know who has more values.
See how Lybia is since they wanted to bring in democracy.
Apartheid was good for South Africa.
Nigeria in 2023 Presidential election was hijacked by foreign powers order wise it was a SCAM.

Enugurangers:
"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck".

Just replace duck with dictator in the above statement.

RealityKings1:
That's a Peregrine falcon


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Flows001:
STFU!
I replied to what was said!
Israel will kick the azz of any Mozlem country anyway! They've done it countless time before now, when they even had limited resources and technology..
Before you talk about US, Israel did all that before the US even became its ally, and FYI, Israel supplied IRAN with weapons during the IRAN/ IRAQ war, so technically, IRAN CANNOT sustain a war without external support

Flows001:
What about what they did to your "almighty" Iran??

Israel dealt with 5 Arab nations at the same time, they fought war in four different fronts and still WON without even a single bullet supply from USA!

Keep Israel and Iran in an all out war and see who will win. The Jews are more ruthless in an all out war, na even USA dey even hold them back in most cases..