2 Courts Fix Sowore, DSS Cases For Oct 27, Nov 20 Over Post Against Tinubu
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#Law #Abuja #Dss #facebook #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 30th, 2025 ®September 30, 2025 6:57 pm Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27 and November 20, 2025 for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before them by the founder and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore and the Department of State Service, DSS over issue of posts published on X and Facebook social media platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an event in Brazil in the month of August, 2025. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Many World Leaders Who Publicly Condemn Us, Privately Thank Us - Israel PM
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#Law #Abuja #Dss #facebook #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 30th, 2025 ®September 30, 2025 6:57 pm Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27 and November 20, 2025 for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before them by the founder and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore and the Department of State Service, DSS over issue of posts published on X and Facebook social media platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an event in Brazil in the month of August, 2025. #OsazuwaAkonedo
Tinubu To Begin Legal Action Against GEJ Over Plan To Contest 2027 Election
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#Politics #2027Elections #ADC #APC #Jonathan #Tinubu ©September 30th, 2025 ®September 30, 2025 1:23 pm Information from the Nigerian Presidency has indicated that there is a plan by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to begin legal action against the country former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over sustained and continuous rumours in certain quarters that ex President Jonathan may have indicated interest to re-contest as Nigeria President in 2027, this, the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga said Jonathan is welcomed to join the 2027 presidential electoral race, "but Jonathan will have his date in the court of the land, indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice as president, satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible to contest the presidency and be sworn in, if successful, for a third term in office".
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Many World Leaders Who Publicly Condemn Us, Privately Thank Us - Israel PM
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00:00Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27 and November 20, 2025 for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before them by the founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omiyele Sawari and the Department of State Service.
00:18DSS over issue of posts published on X and Facebook social media platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Talubu as a criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an event in Brazil in the month of August, 2025.
00:37According to Omiyele Sawari's lawyer, Tote Temokan, today, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the historic cases filed by rights activist Omiyele Sawari challenging the clampdown on free speech and political expression by the Department of State Services, SSS, in collusion with global social media giants Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and X Corporation, Twitter.
01:04The suits are, Omiyele Sawari vs. SSS and Meta, FHC, ABJ, CS, 1887-2025.
01:15Omiyele Sawari vs. SSS and X Corporation, FHC, ABJ, CS, 1888-2025.
01:24Sawari was represented by a formidable team of lawyers, led by Tote Temokan, Abu Bakr Marshall, Alexander Akheta, Dr. S.M. Oyaher, Dr. Maxwell Opara, Akin Sawari, and Akoje Saber.
01:41Representation for the respondents, Meta appeared through Mifesimo Teo Yetibo, San, X Corporation and the DSS had no counsel present in court.
01:51Proceedings. The court granted motions ex-party filed by Sawari's counsel for leave to serve Meta and X Corporation outside jurisdiction through electronic means.
02:03The originating motion against Meta was also served in court on Meta's counsel.
02:07Adjournment. The court adjourned both matters to November 20, 2025, for hearing.
02:15These suits filed, following the DSS attempted censorship of Sawari's social media post, calling the president a criminal,
02:23mark a significant stand against both local repression and international collaboration in silencing dissenting voices.
02:29Sawari insists that no government agency or foreign corporation has the right to muzzle Nigerians in the digital space,
02:37Barrister Tote Temokan stated on September 30, 2025.
02:42At a separate court where the federal government of Nigeria filed a five-count charges against the news media publisher,
02:49Omiyele Sawari and the DSS had planned to arraign the publisher before the court.
02:54Vanguard newspaper reported that, when the matter came up, Sawari's counsel, Marshal Abu Bakar, objected to the charges being read,
03:03arguing that his client had not been properly served.
03:06He also noted the absence of legal representation for X.
03:11However, Meta was represented in court by a team led by senior advocate of Nigeria, Teo Ayetebo.
03:18Justice Muhammad Umar, presiding, directed that Sawari be served in court,
03:24an order not opposed by any of the parties, including Muhammad Babadokou, director of public prosecutions of the federation.
03:32The court then adjourned the case to October 27 for commencement of trial.
03:37Punch newspaper also reported that, the DPPF then applied for an order to serve Sawari in open court, which the judge granted.
03:46Sawari accepted the documents in court.
03:48He subsequently requested three days, as provided by law, to study the charge and prepare his defense.
03:56While the DPPF objected, Justice Garber upheld the request and adjourned the arraignment to October 27.
04:04The court will adjourn to the 27th day of October for the arraignment of the defendants, Justice Garber said.
04:10The suit dated the 16th of September 2025, was launched after Sawari allegedly refused to delete the controversial posts about the president.
04:20The Sahara Reporter's publisher was accused of using his official X handle to make the post.
04:26This criminal at official PBAT actually went to Brazil to state that there is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria.
04:34What audacity to lie shamelessly, the alleged offending post, said to be contrary to Section 24, 2, B, of the Cybercrimes Prohibition and Prevention Act 2024, was said to have been made on August 25 within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court.
04:52The charges were brought on behalf of the DSS and the Federal Government by M.B. Abu Bakr, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, alongside four other counsel to the DSSM.
05:07E. Ernest, U.B. Buller, Dr. C.S., EZ, and E.G. Ourobor, Social Media Companies X Incorporation and Meta Platforms Incorporation are listed as co-defendants.
05:20Confirming the legal action in a Facebook post last week, Sawari wrote,
05:25The State Security Service, alias at Officials Inc. today filed a five-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against, X, formerly Twitter Facebook, and myself.
05:38They claimed that because I called Asawadju Bola Ahmed Tanubu a criminal, I have somehow committed a set of, novel, offences they invented and spread across five counts.
05:48It's hard to believe there's anyone sensible left in these offices that should be making Nigeria work.
05:55Regardless, I will be present whenever this case is assigned for trial.
06:00Revolutiono, Punch Online had earlier reported that the human rights activist and African Action Congress candidate in the 2023 election vowed not to delete the controversial tweet,
06:11despite a request from the DSS to X demanding its removal.
06:15Restating his stance, Sawari wrote,
06:18This morning, X, formerly Twitter, officially contacted me about the despicable threat letter they received from the lawless DSS over my tweet on Tanubu.
06:28One option I will not be taking is deleting the tweet.
06:31Thank you, at X.
06:33Information from the Nigerian presidency has indicated that there is a plan by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu to begin legal action against the country former president.
06:50Good luck Abele Jonathan over sustained and continuous rumors in certain quarters that ex-President Jonathan may have indicated interest to recontest as Nigeria president in 2027.
07:03This, the special advisor to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu on information and strategy,
07:08Bayo Onanuga said Jonathan is welcome to join the 2027 presidential electoral race.
07:15But Jonathan will have his date in the court of the land, indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice as president,
07:23satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible to contest the presidency and be sworn in, if successful, for a third term in office.
07:33It would be recalled that ex-President Jonathan was one of the most criticized presidents in Nigeria,
07:38with politicians, including President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, who was then a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria,
07:46ACN forming a coalition of all progressives Congress, APC to defeat the incumbent president in 2015.
07:54Currently, there is also a coalition formed by politicians in Nigeria,
07:59the African Democratic Congress, ADC to defeat and remove President Tanubu from office in 2027
08:05and lately, reports indicated that the former president,
08:09good luck Jonathan is considering joining the African Democratic Congress, ADC,
08:14but no official announcement has been made.
08:17The speculation intensified after Jonathan met with ADC national chairman, David Mark in late September 2025,
08:25amidst ongoing discussions about the 2027 presidential election.
08:30And Jonathan's closed-door meeting with ADC leaders on September 25, 2025,
08:37fueled widespread speculation about his potential run for the presidency on their platform.
08:43In a statement issued on Monday,
08:45Bayo Onanuga, the spokesperson to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, said,
08:50As we begin the march towards the 2027 elections prematurely foisted on the nation by the desperation of the opposition
08:58ganging up against President Bola Tanubu despite his glaring giant economic strides,
09:04we are once again regaled with a cacophony of voices, most of them full of sound and fury,
09:09signifying nothing, to paraphrase inimitable Williams Shakespeare in one of his classic works, Macbeth.
09:15One recent statement that stands out in its absurdity is Professor Jerry Garner's.
09:22The former Minister of Information and National Orientation,
09:25moving to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2007 presidential race,
09:31affirmed that the former president would contest the coming election on the platform of the discredited People's Democratic Party, PDP,
09:39which bequeathed a legacy of economic ruins, after 16 years of bad governance.
09:44Garner even deluded himself, asserting that the former president would defeat President Tanubu to reclaim power after 12 years.
09:53Professor, Garner of the defunct MAMSER fame is free to delude himself and engage in his usual comedy.
10:01After all, Jonathan's entering the race would provide another job for the Niger state-born former university don.
10:07However, we should caution former President Jonathan to be wary of the PDP sugar-coated cheerleaders.
10:15Politicians of Jerry Garner's ilk merely want to lure him into the race to satisfy their personal, political, religious, and ethnic interests.
10:25They will abandon him mid-stream, as they did in 2015, and leave Gentleman Jonathan in the lurch.
10:31Don't get us wrong, President Jonathan reserves the right to run if he wishes.
10:37It is his inalienable right to contest the presidency again.
10:41President Tanubu will wholeheartedly welcome him if he decides to enter the race.
10:46But Jonathan will have his date in the court of the land.
10:50Indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice,
10:54as President, satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible to contest the presidency and be sworn in,
11:02if successful, for a third term in office.
11:06Shorn of all those selfish considerations for which some PDP big guns find his candidacy appealing,
11:12President Jonathan will also have his encounter with the people as to whether he has anything new to offer
11:18after his disastrous six years, for which they voted him out in 2015.
11:22Let us remind ourselves about Jonathan's record.
11:27We cannot forget in a hurry how his regime, devoid of any clear economic agenda,
11:32engaged in frivolous spending, ran the economy aground and put the country in dire straits.
11:38The nation's economic downturn, which President Tanubu is working very hard to overcome,
11:44actually began under President Jonathan.
11:46The Jonathan administration severely damaged the economy,
11:50and all key indicators declined under his watch.
11:53Under him, the so-called business moguls allocated foreign exchange to import fuel,
11:59simply pocketing the dollars without importing anything.
12:02Some of those big men still have court cases on the issue today.
12:07Jonathan and his national security advisor,
12:10Colonel Sambo Dosuki, retired, freely distributed security funds to friends and cronies.
12:16In 2010, President Jonathan inherited a total of $66 billion,
12:22of which $46 billion was in foreign reserves and $20 billion in the noble but abused excess crude account.
12:29By 2015, when the people democratically removed him from office,
12:34the foreign reserves had fallen below $30 billion,
12:37and the excess crude account had been depleted to $2 billion,
12:41despite generating record revenue from crude oil sales that the country had never achieved in more than 25 years combined.
12:50It is on record that between 2010 and 2013, crude oil sold for an average of $100 per barrel.
12:57By December 2014, however, the Jonathan-led federal government could no longer pay salaries to federal civil servants.
13:06At least 28 states across the country owed workers' huge salary arrears.
13:11In contrast, President Anubu has taken bold decisions over the last 28 months to reset the economy,
13:18removing the ruinous fuel subsidy and abolishing multiple exchange rates,
13:23which paved the way for arbitrage to flourish.
13:25The President has stabilized the economy in slightly over two years in office.
13:31In 2025 Q2, the gross domestic product grew by 4.23%,
13:37the highest in four years, outpacing the 3.4% projected by the International Monetary Fund.
13:44Inflation decreased to 20.12% in August 2025, the lowest level in three years.
13:51The foreign reserves stand presently at $42.03 billion.
13:57The Naira has virtually stabilized.
14:00Investor confidence in our economy has been restored,
14:03and investors are betting on Nigeria.
14:06In plain language, the nation has turned the corner,
14:09and our people have started reaping the gains of the bold reforms instituted by the Tanubu administration.
14:15Road infrastructure is being boosted.
14:19Old roads are being reconstructed while new ones,
14:22like the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokotoba-Dagri Highway, among others,
14:28are springing up.
14:29The government is addressing security issues in some parts of the country.
14:34We can go on and on,
14:35reeling out the many macroeconomic gains of the Tanubu administration.
14:39However, the point is that the PDP and Jerry Garner's co-travellers broke the economy.
14:46President Tanubu is fixing it.
14:48President Jonathan and others are welcome to the 2027 race.
14:53They broke the economy before,
14:55but millions of Nigerians,
14:57who will not easily forget the recent past,
14:59will not allow them to return and run it down again.
15:02Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday stated that many world leaders
15:14who do come out publicly to condemn the Israel war in Gaza,
15:19do privately thank Israel for staging the war against Hamas,
15:23and according to Benjamin Netanyahu,
15:25the world leaders tell me how much they value Israel's superb intelligence services
15:30that have prevented time and again terrorist attacks in their capitals,
15:34time and again saving countless lives.
15:37General George Keegan,
15:38former head of U.S. Air Force Intelligence,
15:41once said,
15:42if the United States had to gather on its own the intelligence that Israel gives us,
15:47we would have to establish 5CIs.
15:505CIs.
15:52This past June,
15:53when Israel struck Iran's nuclear facilities,
15:56German Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth.
15:58This,
15:59Benjamin Netanyahu stated when the speech was being broadcast live via huge loudspeakers
16:05that were placed on the Gaza border while the Israel Prime Minister,
16:09Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly,
16:14which,
16:14his appearance drew a mix of applause and protest,
16:17with some delegates walking out of the hall as he took the stage.
16:21You know deep down that Israel is fighting your fight.
16:25I want to tell you a secret.
16:26Behind closed doors,
16:28many of the leaders who publicly condemn us,
16:31privately thank us,
16:32Benjamin Netanyahu stated in response.
16:35Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed the Israel war in Gaza on Iran,
16:41saying,
16:42Iran terror axis threatened the peace of the entire world.
16:46Some parts of the long speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
16:49at the United Nations General Assembly are presented verbatim below.
16:54Mr. President,
16:56the families of our dear hostages languishing in the dungeons of Gaza,
17:00ladies and gentlemen,
17:02last year,
17:03I stood at this podium,
17:04and I showed this map.
17:06It shows the curse of Iran's terror axis.
17:09This axis threatened the peace of the entire world.
17:12It threatened the stability of our region and the very existence of my country Israel.
17:18Iran was rapidly developing a massive nuclear weapons program and a massive ballistic missile program.
17:24These were meant not only to destroy Israel,
17:27they were meant also to threaten the United States and blackmail nations everywhere.
17:31From Gaza,
17:33Yehia Sinwar dispatched waves of Hamas terrorists.
17:37They stormed into Israel on October 7th and committed acts of unspeakable savagery.
17:42From Lebanon,
17:44Hassan Nasrallah had launched thousands of missiles and rockets at our cities,
17:48terrorizing our citizens.
17:50In Syria,
17:51the murderous dictator Assad hosted Iran's forces,
17:55tightening a noose of death around our throats.
17:58In Yemen,
17:59the Houthis launched ballistic missiles at Israel,
18:02while choking global trade at the mouth of the Red Sea.
18:06So what's happened over the past year?
18:08We've hammered the Houthis,
18:09including yesterday.
18:11We crushed the bulk of Hamas's terror machine.
18:14We crippled Hezbollah,
18:15taking out most of its leaders and much of its weapons arsenal.
18:19Remember those beepers,
18:21the pages?
18:22We paged Hezbollah,
18:24and believe me,
18:25they got the message and thousands of terrorists dropped to the ground.
18:29We destroyed Assad's armaments in Syria.
18:32We deterred Iran's Shiite militias in Iraq.
18:35And most importantly,
18:36and above everything else that I could say to you all that we did in this past year,
18:41in this past decade,
18:42we devastated Iran's atomic weapons and ballistic missile programs.
18:46Here's where things stand today.
18:49Half the Houthi leadership are Yemen,
18:51gone.
18:52Yahya Sinwar in Gaza,
18:54gone.
18:55Hassan Nazrela in Lebanon,
18:57gone.
18:58The Assad regime in Syria,
19:00gone.
19:01Those militias in Iraq,
19:02well,
19:03they're still deterred.
19:04And their leaders,
19:06if they attack Israel will also be gone.
19:08And for Iran's top military commanders and its top nuclear scientists,
19:13well,
19:14they're gone too.
19:15Israel's 12-day war with Iran,
19:18which I renamed Operation Rising.
19:21Lion,
19:21that's from the Bible,
19:23this 12-day war will go down in the annals of military history.
19:27Our daring pilots neutralized Iran's missile defenses
19:30and took control of the skies over Tehran.
19:34You saw this,
19:35Israeli fighter pilots and American B-2 pilots
19:38bombed Iran's nuclear enrichment sites.
19:41I want to thank President Trump for his bold and decisive action.
19:45President Trump and I promised to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
19:51And we delivered on that promise.
19:53We removed an existential threat to Israel,
19:56and a mortal threat to the civilized world.
19:58We lifted a dark cloud that could have claimed millions and millions of lives.
20:04But,
20:04ladies and gentlemen,
20:06we must remain vigilant.
20:07We must remain absolutely clear-minded and vigilant.
20:11We must not allow Iran to rebuild its military nuclear capacities.
20:15Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium,
20:18these stockpiles must be eliminated.
20:20And tomorrow,
20:21UN Security Council sanctions on Iran must be snapped back.
20:26Thanks to the resolve of our people,
20:28the courage of our soldiers,
20:30and the bold decisions we took,
20:32Israel rebounded from its darkest day
20:34to deliver one of the most stunning military comebacks in history.
20:38But we're not done yet.
20:39The final remnants of Hamas are holed up in Gaza City.
20:43They vow to repeat the atrocities of October 7th again and again and again,
20:48no matter how diminished their forces.
20:50That is why Israel must finish the job,
20:53and that is why we want to do so as fast as possible.
20:56Ladies and gentlemen,
20:58much of the world no longer remembers October 7th.
21:02But we remember,
21:03Israel remembers October 7th.
21:06On that day,
21:07I'll tell you,
21:08you can remember October 7th too.
21:11You see this large pin here,
21:13it's a QR code,
21:14what I ask you to do is hold up your phones,
21:17zoom in,
21:18and you too will see why we fight,
21:20and why we must win.
21:22It's all in here.
21:23On October 7th,
21:25Hamas carried out the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust.
21:29They slaughtered 1,200 innocent people,
21:32including over 40 Americans,
21:34and foreign nationals from dozens of countries represented here.
21:38They beheaded men,
21:40they raped women,
21:41they burned babies,
21:43alive.
21:43They burned babies alive in front of their parents.
21:46What monsters?
21:48These monsters took more than 250 people hostage.
21:52Those included Holocaust survivors,
21:54grandmothers,
21:55grandmothers,
21:56and the grandchildren.
21:58Who takes hostage grandmothers and grandchildren?
22:01Hamas does.
22:02So far,
22:03we've brought home 207 of these hostages.
22:07But 48 still remain in the dungeons of Gaza.
22:1020 of them are alive,
22:12starved,
22:13tortured,
22:14deprived of any daylight,
22:15deprived of humanity.
22:17These are the names of the 20 living hostages.
22:20Matan Angrest,
22:22Gali and Ziv Berman,
22:23brothers,
22:24Elkaner Bobot,
22:26Rom Braslavsky,
22:27Nimrod Cohen,
22:28Ariel and David Cuneo,
22:30another pair of brothers,
22:32Guy Gilboa Dalal,
22:33Eviatar David.
22:35You saw the picture of Eviatar David,
22:37emaciated,
22:39forced to dig his own grave,
22:41Maxim Hercan,
22:42Atenhorn,
22:43Segev Kalfan,
22:44Bar Kuperstein,
22:46Omri Mehran,
22:47Aten Moore,
22:48Yosef Haim Ohana,
22:50Alon Ohal,
22:51Avin Atener and Matan Zangauka.
22:53Now,
22:54ladies and gentlemen,
22:56I want to do something I've never done before.
22:59I want to speak from this forum directly to those hostages through loudspeakers.
23:03I've surrounded Gaza with massive loudspeakers connected to this microphone in the hope that our dear hostages will hear my message.
23:11I will say it first in Hebrew, and then in English.
23:15Hebrew, our brave heroes.
23:16This is Prime Minister Netanyahu, speaking to you live from the United Nations.
23:22We have not forgotten you, not even for a second.
23:26The people of Israel are with you.
23:28We will not falter, and we will not rest, until we bring all of you home.
23:33So, ladies and gentlemen, thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence, my words are now also being carried, their stream lived to the cell phones of Gazans.
23:43So to the remaining Hamas leaders, and to the, jailers of our hostages, I now say, lay down your arms, let my people go, free the hostages, all of them, the whole 48, free the hostages now, if you do, you will live, if you don't, Israel will hunt you down.
24:04Ladies and gentlemen, if Hamas agrees to our demands, the war could end right now.
24:09Gaza would be demilitarized, Israel would retain overriding security control, and a peaceful civilian authority would be established by Gazans and others committed to peace with Israel.
24:21Of course, you understand that the war in Gaza has affected every Israeli.
24:27But I am sure there are people in New York, London, Melbourne and elsewhere who are probably thinking what does all of this have to do with me?
24:34The answer is, everything. Because our enemies are your enemies. Let's do something else. Another first at the UN. Let's do a pop quiz. Raise your hand if you know the answer.
24:48First question, who shouts, death to America? Is it A, Iran? B, Hamas? C, Hezbollah? D, the Houthis or E, all of the above?
24:59All of the above. Correct. All of the above. Second question, who has murdered Americans and Europeans in cold blood?
25:08A, Al-Qaeda? B, Hamas? C, Hezbollah? D, Iran or E, all of the above? Correct again, all of the above.
25:19So here's the point I want to make. Our enemies hate all of us with equal venom. They want to drag the modern world back to the past. To a dark age of violence, fanaticism, and terror.
25:32I think many of you are already feeling in your own societies the radical Islamist surge. I'm sure you do. You know deep down that Israel is fighting your fight.
25:42I want to tell you a secret. Behind closed doors, many of the leaders who publicly condemn us, privately thank us.
25:51They tell me how much they value Israel's superb intelligence services that have prevented time and again terrorist attacks in their capitals, time and again saving countless lives.
26:01General George Keegan, former head of U.S. Air Force Intelligence, once said, if the United States had to gather on its own the intelligence that Israel gives us, we would have to establish five CIAs.
26:16Five CIAs. This past June, when Israel struck Iran's nuclear facilities, German Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth.
26:24He said, Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us. President Trump understands better than any other leader that Israel and America face a common threat.
26:35He showed the world that when Iran and its proxies murder Americans, take Americans hostage, shout death to America, burn American flags and try to assassinate the President of the United States, not once, but twice.
26:50He showed them there is a price to pay for all that. Regrettably, many leaders who are represented in this hall, they send a very different message.
27:00Sure, in the days immediately following October 7th, many of them supported Israel.
27:06But that support quickly evaporated when Israel did what any self-respecting nation would do in the wake of such a savage attack.
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