Great Hope Quotes
The minority Ibo people were Christian and Animist and after independence they were seriously discriminated against by the majority with the Islam – Christian conflict being a major problem. The Ibo were used to decentralized government and local autonomy while the majority Housa people wanted a strong central Islamic government. The Ibo, with a disproportionate number of educated, honest, intellectuals broke off as Biafra and a one sided civil war took place where many of the Ibo were exterminated. There has been no reconciliation, or apologies. A large proportion of Nigeria’s oil is in the Biafra region and even in the 21st century the local people have never benefited from the oil revenue which end up with the Central Government and much lined the pockets of corrupt officials as Nigeria is one of the most corrupt nations on earth.
This statement hardened the Israeli population away from anything that would bring Hamas more power. The PLO leader had, for ALL the Palestinian people, recognized the right of Israel to exist {633062}. Now Hamas was not only reneging on the Arafat declaration, but also would not even use the term “Israel” and instead calls the nation which in less time than the Palestinians have had, has developed a modern, industrial, democratic state far in advance of the Palestinians or any of the Arab nations for that matter. Yet it is relegated to a “project” with the great hope of having it come to an end—the destruction of Israel. The Israelis observe that this is a de facto declaration of war, and hence treat Gaza and Hamas as an enemy force to be reckoned with. See {635338} for another alarming reneging of the recognition of Israel.
