Israel election: Arab parties cross threshold despite low Arab voter turnout

In spite of a low voter turnout among Arab Israelis, the Arab lists of Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am-Balad crossed the electoral threshold gaining… six and four seats respectively. However, their total haul of 10 Knesset seats is lower than in the 2015 general elections. On that election, the joint Arab list won 13 seats. That made…… Continue reading Israel election: Arab parties cross threshold despite low Arab voter turnout

Henry Kissinger Described The Igbo People As The ‘Wandering Jews’ Of Africa

“Igbos are wandering Jews of West Africa – gifted, aggressive, westernized, and at best, envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the Federation—” (a White House Memo on Biafra January 28, 1969 to President Nixon by Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger) (Source : U.S Foreign Relations Documents Volume 5 , 1969) Henry…… Continue reading Henry Kissinger Described The Igbo People As The ‘Wandering Jews’ Of Africa