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Speaker 1: Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

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on Tuesday fixed October twenty seventh and November twentieth, twenty

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twenty five for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before

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them by the founder and publisher of Sahara A Reporters,

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Homilea Saware in the Department of State Service the ssover

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issue of posts published on X and Facebook social media

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platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Tanubu as a

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criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more

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corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an

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event in Brazil in the month of August twenty twenty five.

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According to Homilea Saware’s lawyer, Tot Temoken, today at the

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Federal High Court in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the historic

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cases filed by rights activist Omila Saware challenging the clamdown

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on free speech and political expression by the Department of

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State Services SSS in collusion with global social media job

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as Meta Facebook, Instagram and X Corporation Twitter. The suitsa

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Omilea Swarre versus SSS and Meta FHC ABJ CS eighteen

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eighty seven, twenty twenty five, Omila Sarre versus SSS and

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X Corporation fhc abj CS eighteen eighty eight, twenty twenty five.

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Sware was represented by a formidable team of lawyers led

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by Tope Temokin Abu Baka Marshall, Alexander Iketta, doctor sm

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oyaher Doctor Maxwell o’para her Kinserware and a COJ Saber

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representation for the respondents. Meta appeared through Mafesmo Teo Yetebo

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sam X Corporation and the DSS had no council present

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in court proceedings. The court granted motions X Party filed

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by Suares Council for leave to serve Meta and EX

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Corporation outside jurisdiction through electronic means. The originating motion against

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Meta was also served in court on metas Council adjournment.

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The court adjourned both matters to November twentieth, twenty twenty five,

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for hearing. These suits filed following the DSS attempted censorship

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of Sir Ward’s social media post calling the President a criminal.

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Mark a significant stand against both local repression and international

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collaboration in silencing dissenting voices. S War insists that no

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government agency or foreign corporation has the right to muzzle

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Nigerians in the digital space. Barrister Tottemokin stated on September thirtieth,

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twenty twenty five, at a separate court where the Federal

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Government of Nigeria filed a five count charges against the

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news media publisher Homiele Saware and the DSS had planned

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to arrang the publisher before the court. Vanguard Newspaper reported

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that when the matter came up, Sware’s council, Marshall Abubaka,

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objected to the charges being read, arguing that his client

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had not been properly served. He also noted the absence

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of legal representation i X. However, Meta was represented in

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court by a team led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria,

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Teo Yetebo. Justice Mohammad Umar, presiding, directed that Saware be

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served in court, an order not opposed by any of

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the parties, including Mohammed Babadoco, Director of Public Prosecutions of

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the Federation. The court then adjourned the case to October

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twenty seventh for commencement of trial. Hunch newspaper also reported

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that the d PPF then applied for an order to

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serve Saware in open court, which the judge granted. Sawar

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accepted the documents in court. He subsequently requested three days

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as provided by law, to study the charge and prepare

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his defense. While the d PPF objected, Justice Garber upheld

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the request to adjourn the arraignment to October twenty seventh.

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The court will adjourn to the twenty seventh day of

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October for the arraignment of the defendants. Justice Garba said.

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The suit dated the sixteenth of September twenty twenty five,

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was launched after Saware allegedly refused to delete the controversial

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posts about the president. The Sahara Reporter’s publisher was accused

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of using his official ex handle to make the post.

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This criminal at official pbaight actually went to Brazil too,

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state that there is no more corruption under his regime

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in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly. The alleged defending post,

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said to be contrary to Section twenty four two B

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of the Cyber Crimes Prohibition and Prevention Act twenty twenty four,

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was said to have been made on August twenty fifth

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within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court. The charges

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were brought on behalf of the DSS and the federal

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government by mb Abu Bakha, Director of Public Prosecutions at

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the Federal Ministry of Justice, alongside four other council to

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the d S s M. E. Ernest ub Bullah, doctor C. S.

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Hez and E. G Aurobore. Social media companies X Incorporation

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and Meta Platforms in Corporation are listed as co defendants.

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Confirming the legal action, in a Facebook post last week,

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Sirware wrote, the State Security Service alias AT officials in

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to day filed a five count charge of the Federal

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High Court in Abuja against X formerly Twitter, Facebook and myself.

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They claimed that because I called Asswaju Bolah Ahmed to

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Enubua criminal, I have somehow committed a set of novel

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offenses they invented and spread across five counts. It’s hard

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to believe that any one sensible left in these offices

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that should be making Nigeria work. Regardless, I will be

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present whenever this case is assigned for trial. Revolutiono Punch

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Online had earlier reported that the human rights activist and

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African Action Congress candidate in the twenty twenty three election,

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vowed not to delete the controversial tweet despite a request

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from the DSS to X demanding its removal. Restating his stance,

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Sirwarre wrote, this morning, X formerly Twitter officially contacted me

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about the despicable thread letter they received from the lawless

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DSS over my tweet on Tanubu. One option I will

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not be taking is deleting the tweet. Thank you at X,

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Lady Quindi Uini. Information from the Nigerian Presidency has indicated

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that there is a plan by President Bulla Ahmed Tanubu

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to begin legal action against the country Former President good

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Luck of beallet Jonathan over sustained and continuous rumors in

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certain quarters that X President Jonathan may have indicated interest

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to recontest as Nigeria president in twenty twenty seven. This

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the Special Advisor to President Bola armed Tanubu on Information

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and Strategy, BeO on Aanugu, said Jonathan is welcome to

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join the twenty twenty seven presidential electoral race, but Jonathan

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will have his date in the court of the land. Indeed,

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the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in

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twice as president satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible

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to contest the presidency and be sworn in if successful

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for a third term in office. It would be recalled

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that ex President Jonathan was one of the most criticized

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presidents in Nigeria, with politicians including President Bola Ahmed Tanubu,

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who was then a chieftain of the Action Congress of

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Nigeria ACN, forming a coalition of All Progressives Congress APC

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to defeat the incumbent president in twenty fifteen. Currently, there

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is also a coalition formed by politicians in Nigeria the

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African Democrat Congress ADC to defeat and remove President Tanubu

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from office in twenty twenty seven, and lately, reports indicated

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that the former President good Luck Jonathan is considering joining

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the African Democratic Congress ADC, but no official announcement has

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been made. The speculation intensified after Jonathan met with ad

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C national Chairman David Mark in late September twenty twenty five,

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amidst ongoing discussions about the twenty twenty seven presidential election

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and Jonathan’s closed door meeting with ad C leaders on

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September twenty fifth, twenty twenty five, fueled widespread speculation about

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his potential run for the presidency on their platform. In

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a statement issued on Monday, bo on Anuga, the spokesperson

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to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, said, as we begin the

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march towards the twenty twenty seven elections, prematurely foisted on

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the nation by the desperation of the opposition ganging up

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against President bus owner Tanubu, despite his glaring, giant economic strides,

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we are once again regaled with a cacophony of voices,

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most of them full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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To paraphrase inimitable WILLIAMS Shakespeare in one of his classic works, Macbeth.

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One recent statement that stands out in its absurdity is

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Professor Jerry Garner’s, the former Minister of Information and National Orientation,

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moving to draft former President good Luck Jonathan into the

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two thousand and seven presidential race, affirmed that the former

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president would contest the coming election on the platform of

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the discredited People’s Democratic Party PDP, which bequeathed the legacy

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of economic ruins after sixteen years of bad governance. Garner

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even deluded himself, asserting that the former president would defeat

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President Tanubu to reclaim power after twelve years. Professor Garner

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of the defunct M A M. S. E. R. Fame

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is free to delude himself and engage in his un comedy.

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After all, Jonathan’s entering the race would provide another job

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for the Niger State born former university don However, we

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should caution former President Jonathan to be wary of the

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PDP sugar coated cheerleaders. Politicians of Jerry Gana’s ilk merely

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want to lure him into the race to satisfy their

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personal political, religious and ethnic interests. They will abandon him midstream,

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as they did in twenty fifteen and leave gentlemen Jonathan

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in the lurch. Don’t get us wrong, President Jonathan reserves

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the right to run if he wishes. It is his

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inalienable right to contest the presidency again. President Tanubu will

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wholeheartedly welcome him if he decides to enter the race,

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but Jonathan will have his date in the court of

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the land. Indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who

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was sworn in twice as president, satisfies the constitutional requirements

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and is eligible to test the presidency and be sworn in.

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If successful for a third term in office, shorn of

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all those selfish considerations for which some PDP big guns

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find his candidacy appealing. President Jonathan will also have his

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encounter with the people as to whether he has anything

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new to offer after his disastrous six years for which

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they voted him out in twenty fifteen. Let us remind

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ourselves about Jonathan’s record. We cannot forget in a hurry,

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how his regime, devoid of any clear economic agenda, engaged

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in frivolous spending, ran the economy aground and put the

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country in dire straits. The nation’s economic downturn, which President

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Tanubu is working very hard to overcome, actually began under

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President Jonathan. The Jonathan administration severely damaged the economy and

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all key indicators declined under his watch. Under him, the

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so called business moguls allocated foreign exchange to import fuel,

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simply pocketing the dollars without importing anything. Some of those

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big men still have court cases on the issue today.

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Jonathan and his National security adviser, Colonel Sambo Dusuki retired

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freely distributed security funds to friends and cronies. In twenty ten,

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President Jonathan inherited a total of sixty six billion dollars,

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of which forty six billion dollars was in foreign reserves

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and twenty billion dollars in the noble but abused excess

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crude account. By twenty fifteen, when the people democratically removed

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him from office, the foreign reserves had fallen below thirty

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billion dollars and the excess crude account had been depleted

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to two billion dollars. Despite generating record revenue from crude

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oil sales that the country had never achieved in more

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than twenty five years combined, it is on record that

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between twenty ten and twenty thirteen, crude oil sold for

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an average of dollar one hundred per barrel. By December

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twenty fourteen, however, the Jonathan led federal government could no

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longer pay salaries to federal civil servants. At least twenty

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eight states across the country owed workers huge salary arrears.

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In contrast, President Nubu has taken bold decisions over the

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last twenty eight months to reset the economy, removing the

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ruinous fuel subsidy in abolishing multiple exchange rates which paved

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the way for arbitrage to flourish. The president has stabilised

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the economy in slightly over two years in office. In

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twenty twenty five Q two, the gross domestic product grew

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by four point two three per cent, the highest in

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four years, outpacing the three point four per cent projected

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by the International Monetary Fund. Inflation decreased to twenty point

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one two per cent in August twenty twenty five, the

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lowest level in three years. The fine reserves stand presently

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at forty two dollars OH three billion. The nira has

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virtually stabilised. Investor confidence in our economy has been restored

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and investors are betting on Nigeria. In plain language, the

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nation has turned the corner and our people have started

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reaping the gains of the bold reforms instituted by the

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Tanubu administration. Road infrastructure is being boosted. Old roads are

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being reconstructed, while new ones like the Lagos Kalibar Coastal

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Highway and the Sokotoba Dagri Highway, among others, as springing up.

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The government is addressing security issues in some parts of

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the country. We can go on and on reeling out

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the many macroeconomic gains of the Tanubu administration. However, The

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point is that the p d P and Jerry Gana’s

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co travelers broke the economy. President Tanubu is fixing it.

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President Jonathan and others are welcome to the twenty twenty

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seven race. They broke the economy before, but millions of

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Nigerians who will not easily forget the recent past, will

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not allow him to return and run it down again.

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Lady Gugdi Gigni, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu on Friday

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stated that many world leaders who do come out publicly

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to condemn the Israel war in Gaza do privately thank

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Israel for staging the war against Tamas. And according to

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Benjamin Natanyahu, the world leaders tell me how much they

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value Israel’s superb intelligence services that have prevented time and

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again terrorist attacks in their capitals, time and again, saving

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countless lives. General George Keegan, former head of US Air

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Force Intelligence, once said, if the United States had to

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gather on its own the intelligence that Israel gives us,

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we would have to establish five sea hires, five sea ires.

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This past June, when Israel struck Around’s nuclear facilities, German

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Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth this Benjamin Natannah, who stated

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when the speech was being broadcast live via huge loudspeakers

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that were placed on the Gaza border while the Israel

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General Assembly, which his appearance drew a mix of applause

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and protest, with some delegates walking out of the hall

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as he took the stage. You know deep down that

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Israel is fighting your fight. I want to tell you

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a secret. Behind closed doors, Many of the leaders who

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publicly condemn us privately thank us, Benjamin Natanjaho stated. In response,

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed the Israel war

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in Gaza on Iran, saying Iran terror axis threatened the

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peace of the entire world. Some parts of the long

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speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu at the United Nations

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General Assembly are presented verbatim below. Mister President, the families

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of our dear hostages languishing in the dungeons of Garza,

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Ladies and gentlemen. Last year, I stood at this podium

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and I showed this map. It shows the curse of

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Iran’s terror axis. This axis threatened the peace of the

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entire world. It threatened the stability of our region and

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the very existence of my country Israel. Iran was rapidly

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developing a massive nuclear weapons program and a massive ballistic

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missile program. These were meant not only to destroy Israel,

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they were meant also to threaten the United States and

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blackmail nations everywhere. From Gaza Yeya Sin were dispatched waves

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of Hamas terrorists. They stormed into Israel on October seventh

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and committed acts of unspeakable savagery. From Lebanon, Hassan Nasralla

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had launched thousands of missiles and rockets at our cities,

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terrorizing our citizens. In Syria, the murderous dictator Hassad hosted

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Iran’s forces, tightening a noose of death around our throats.

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In Yemen, the Huthis launched ballistic missiles at Israel while

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choking global trade at the mouth of the Red Sea.

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So what’s happened over the past year. We’ve hammered the Huthis,

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including yesterday we crushed the bulk of Hamas’s Terra machine.

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We crippled Hesbalah, taking out most of its leaders and

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much of its weapons. Arsenal, remember those beepers, the pages

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we paged Hesbalah, and believe me, they got the message

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and thousands of terrorists dropped to the ground. We destroyed

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Assad’s armaments in Syria, We deterred Iran’s schiaited militias in Iraq.

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And most importantly, and above everything else that I could

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say to you, all that we did in this past year,

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in this past decade, we devastated Iran’s atomic weapons and

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ballistic missile programs. Here’s where things stand today. Half the

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Hothy leadership are Yemen, Gong Yehya Sinma in Gaza, Gong

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Hassan Nazrella in Lebanon, Gon. The Assad regime in Syria gone.

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Those militias in Iraq, well, they’re still deterred, and their leaders,

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if they attack Israel will also be gone. And for

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Iran’s top military commanders and its top nuclear scientists, well

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the gone too. Israel’s twelve day war with Iran, which

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I renamed Operation Rising Lion, that’s from the Bible. This

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twelve day war will go down in the annals of

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military history. Are daring pilots neutralized Iran’s missile defenses and

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took control of the skies over Tehran. You saw this

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Israeli fighter pilots and American B two pilots bombed Iran’s

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nuclear enrichment sites. I want to thank President Trump for

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his bold and decisive action. President Trump and I promised

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to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and we delivered

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on that promise. We removed an existential threat to Israel

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and a mortal threat to the civilized world. We lifted

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a dark cloud that could have claimed millions and millions

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of lives. But ladies and gentlemen, we must remain vigilant.

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We must remain absolutely clear minded and vigilant. We must

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not allow Iran to rebuild its military nuclear capacities. Iran

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stoppile of enriched uranium. These stop piles must be eliminated,

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and tomorrow U N Security Council sanctions on Iran must

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be snapped back. Thanks to the resolve of our people,

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the courage of our soldiers, and the bold decisions we took,

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Israel rebounded from its darkest day to deliver one of

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the most stunning military comebacks in history. But we’re not

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done yet. The final remnants of her Massa hold up

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in Gaza City. They vow to repeat the atrocities of

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October seventh, again and again and again, no matter how

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diminish their forces. That is why Israel must finish the job,

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and that is why we want to do so as

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fast as possible. Ladies and gentlemen. Much of the world

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no longer remembers October seventh, but we remember. Israel remembers

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October seventh on that day. I’ll tell you can remember

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October seventh too. You see this large pin here, It’s

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a QR code. What I ask you to do is

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hold up your phones, zoom in, and you too will

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see why we fight and why we must win. It’s

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all in here. On October seventh, her mass carried out

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the worst attack on due since the Holocaust. They sloughted

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one thousand, two hundred innocent people, including over forty Americans

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and foreign nationals from dozens of countries represented here. They

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beheaded men, They raped women. They burned babies alive. They

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burned babies alive in front of their parents. What monsters.

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These monsters took more than two hundred and fifty people hostage.

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Those included Holocaust survivors, grandmothers, grandmothers, and the grandchildren. Who

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takes hostage grandmothers and grandchildren. Her mass does. So far,

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we’ve brought home two hundred and seven of these hostages,

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but forty eight still remain in the dungeons of Gaza.

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Twenty of them are alive, starved, tortured, deprived of any daylight,

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deprived of humanity. These are the names of the twenty

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living hostages. Mattan angrest Gali and zib Berman, brothers Elkanna,

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bobot Ron, Braslavsky, Nimrod Cohen, Ariel and David Cuneo. Another

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pair of brothers, Guy Gilbo Adlal, Viatar David. You saw

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the picture of Viatar David, emaciated, forced to dig his

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own grave, maxim Herkin, Ayenhorn, Segev Khalfan, Barr Kuperestein Omri,

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Maron Aton Moore, Joseph Heimohanna, Alon Ohl Avaneitner and Mattann Zangauka. Now,

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ladies and gentlemen, I want to do something I’ve never

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done before. I want to speak from the forum directly

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to those hostages through loud speakers. I’ve surrounded Gaza with

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massive loud speakers connected to this microphone in the hope

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that our dear hostages will hear my message. I will say,

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at first in Hebrew and then in English, Hebrew are

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brave heroes. This is Prime Minister net and Yahoo speaking

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to you live from the United Nations. We have not

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forgotten you, not even for a second. The people of

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Israel are with you. We will not falter, and we

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will not rest until we bring all of you home,

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ladies and gentlemen. Thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence,

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my words are now also being carried their streamed live

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to the cell phones of Gazans. So to the remaining

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he mass leaders, and to the jailers of our hostages,

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I now say, lay down your arms. Let my people go.

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Free the hostages, all of them, the whole forty eight.

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Free the hostages. Now. If you do, you will live.

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If you don’t, Israel will hunt you down, ladies and gentlemen.

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If ha Mas agrees to our demands, the war could

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end right now. Gaza would be demilitarized, Israel would retain

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overriding security control, and a peaceful civilian authority would be

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established by Gazans and others committed to peace with Israel.

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Of course, you understand that the war in Gaza has

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affected every Israeli But I am sure there are people

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in New York, London, Melbourne and elsewhere who are probably thinking,

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what does all of this have to do with me?

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The answer is everything, because our enemies are your enemies.

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Let’s do something else another First, at the u N

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let’s to a pop quiz. Raise your hand if you

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know the answer. First question, who shouts death to America?

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Is it A Iran b Hamas, c Hesbalah, b, the

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Huthis or e. All of the above. All of the

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above correct all of the above. Second question, who has

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murdered Americans and Europeans in cold blood? A Al Qa’eda,

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b Parmas, c hesbalah b arh or e. All of

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the above correct again all of the above. So here’s

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the point. I want to make our enemies hate all

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of us with equal venom. They want to drag the

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modern world back to the past, to a dark age

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of violence, fanaticism, and terror. I think many of you

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are already feeling in your own societies the radical Islamist surge.

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I’m sure you do. You know deep down that Israel

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is fighting your fight. I want to tell you a secret.

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Behind closed doors, many of the leaders who publicly condemn

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us privately thank us. They tell me how much they

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value Israel’s superb intelligence services that have prevented time and

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again terrorist attacks in their capitals, time and saving countless lives.

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General George Keegan, former head of US Air Force Intelligence,

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once said, if the United States had to gather on

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its own the intelligence that Israel gives us, we would

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have to establish five cias five cias. This past June,

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when Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, German Chancellor Mertz admitted

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the truth. He said, Israel is doing the dirty work

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for all of US. President Trump understands better than any

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other leader that Israel and America face a common threat.

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He showed the world that when Iran and its proxies

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murder Americans, take Americans hostage, shout death to America, burn

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American flags, and try to assassinate the President of the

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United States, not once but twice, he showed them there

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is a price to pay for all that. Regrettably, many

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leaders who are represented in this hall, they send a

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very different message. Sure, in the days immediately following October seventh,

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many of them supported Israel, but that support quickly evaporated

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when Israel did what any self respecting nation would do

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in the wake of such a savage attack. Possasuardi bringin

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you reniece in a mortgagi, a win. Possasua a medi

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bringin you reniece in a mortgages a win.