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Jun 19, 2018, 2:03 AM

When’s the next world war

I began teaching my high school students about the incidents of the past world wars, and they kept looking with an expressionless face as though i needed to add a little fiction or fantasy to make history look more...

Jun 11, 2018, 6:27 AM

What ‘not to expect’ from Trump-Kim meeting

While the world feeds herself with high rising hopes and anticipation over the outcome of tomorrow's Trump-Kim meeting, been the first for the secluded dictator and the hyper-reactive president, here's a list of six possiblities which may not be...

Jun 7, 2018, 7:38 AM

It’s time to re-evaluate our stand

Let us reconsider another path to this Israel-Argentine sports saga: Suppose Lionel Messi was a Jew, would any have succeeded in pressuring him against making an appearance in Israel? If Lorde was a Jewess, would any have had success in making...

Jun 5, 2018, 7:36 AM

Why Arab-Israelis need to step-up

As a response to Naomi Chazan's article titled 'The Israeli government needs more Arabs,' which though written with great intellectual and scholastic prowess as well as detailed empirical data analysis, have yet lacked a most basic appeal in directly...

Jun 3, 2018, 6:08 AM

On American tariff plan: A message to Trump

Following the tirade of reactions over Trump's most recent imposition of high tariff plans, not only on American trading partners, but also on friends and allies; based on his 'America first' ideology, a short lesson in international economic relations...

Jun 2, 2018, 1:24 AM

Voice’s from around Gaza’s border

In the words of an Israeli mother of two living in southern Israel, (posted on a social media website) "we live in fear for our very lives while living in our homes, we do not know when the next...

Jun 1, 2018, 8:05 AM

The UN’s part of the Gaza story

Doesn't it seem cynical that the emphasis of the world when it comes to issues concerning the Jewish state immediately tilts towards religious, ideological or sentimental lines? And that majority of the decisions reached by certain Arab power brokers,...

May 30, 2018, 12:30 AM

A reapproachment to Gaza crises; the other side of the conflict

While major headlines on foreign papers and news websites floated the mortar shells from Gaza as well as the machine gun fires of yesterday, several palestinian and pro-palestinian news sites rather downplayed the story and focused instead on the...

May 27, 2018, 11:35 PM

A critical look at the pros and cons from the almost defunct Iran nuclear deal

The pulling out of the United states from the Iran nuclear deal on May 8th, though much anticipated by diplomats and analysts from all side of the aisle, is however still being recieved with some level of Shock, basing...

May 26, 2018, 1:26 AM

Iran nuclear deal: An open letter to Europe

With the flurry of reactions as regards the Iran Nuclear deal fallout and Europe's strides to salvage the deal, a re-evaluation of security, diplomacy and historicity is of keen importance in effectively analysing the current trends. Firstly, it was the...

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About Me

S Ovwata Onojieruo is a Theologian and Political scientist, with major interest in Political theory, Middle-east politics (especially as it affects the Jewish state), and international relations. He currently works as a High school tutor/debate coach, and can be reached on twitter @OvwataS