By Husam Dughman

An unmarried Libyan man was once asked why he had not got married yet. Aware that his precarious financial situation did not allow him to bear the cost of having a family, he replied, “Does a sinking truck hook up a trailer?” That retort somewhat conjures up Israel’s bafflement at those who advocate for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza following the horrific terrorist attacks of the 7^th of October. Like the above-mentioned Libyan man, the Israelis are perplexed by the strange logic of those who support a two-state solution. The Israelis must be thinking, “What? Do you think that after we granted Gaza self-governance and withdrew from it completely in return for which we only got terrorist attacks culminating in the atrocities of the 7^th of October, that we should now allow for the emergence of a second hell to be unleashed on us?”

The late Pa Ododo

The Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with his Kogi State counterpart, Usman Ododo, on the death of his father, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, who died on Monday at the age of 83.Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, urged Governor Ododo, the deceased's family, friends, associates and the entire people of Kogi State in general to be grateful to God that his late father loved a fulfilled life.

He said: “On behalf of my adorable wife, Ibijoke, the people and government of Lagos State, I sympathise with my brother, Governor Usman Ododo, on the demise of his beloved father, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo.