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[@ZecariasG](/creator/twitter/ZecariasG)
"@assfarew The fool doesn't worry; his neighbour can't sleep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979771009994809680) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T04:46Z 6699 followers, XXX engagements


"@kassae7 You cannot separate the two. The OAUs 1964 Cairo Resolution explicitly reaffirmed the borders inherited from colonial treaties and administrative arrangements to prevent endless wars over revisionism. Pretending the borders appeared from thin air is not an argument"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979970207209935176) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T17:57Z 6700 followers, XXX engagements


"Ethiopia cannot 'legally claim' Assab. The EritreaEthiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) established under the Algiers Agreement of 2000 settled all border issues based on colonial treaties including the 1900 1902 and 1908 agreements between Ethiopia and Italy. Those are the treaties that define the border. The OAU principle of respecting inherited boundaries was applied precisely to prevent such revisionist fantasies. So no Ethiopia has no legal claim only political nostalgia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979975321245167621) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T18:17Z 6701 followers, XXX engagements


"Your sentiment is full of exclamation marks but historically inaccurate and legally baseless. Assab was not leased land; the Rubattino Company purchased it in 186970 and transferred it to the Italian state making it part of Italian Eritrea later recognized by all powers including Ethiopia. You could even argue that Assab is the oldest part of modern Eritrea the birthplace of a nation. The EritreaEthiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) ruling based on the 1900 1902 and 1908 treaties confirmed Assab as Eritrean territory. Investments or port usage do not confer sovereignty. Ethiopia has economic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979979547564273755) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T18:34Z 6701 followers, XXX engagements


"No thats false. The Rubattino Company purchased Assab in 186970 and became Italian territory in 1882 long before Meneliks rule. Eritrea inherited those colonial borders confirmed by the OAU Cairo Resolution (1964) and the EritreaEthiopia Boundary Commission (2002). The case was closed before Menelik came to power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979981507101098232) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T18:42Z 6699 followers, XXX engagements


"The Rubattino purchase and Italys 1882 annexation of Assab are historical facts not opinions. The EritreaEthiopia Boundary Commission (2002) already confirmed the legality of Eritreas borders under international law. No state gets to reopen borders every time a regime changes or a politician writes a memoir. That would end all stability in Africa. You can dislike history but you cannot rewrite it. You are committing a category error in your private reasoning. You are confusing a moral or political judgment with sovereignty which is a legal reality. The Derg TPLF or Herman Cohens opinions have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979996441134395452) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T19:41Z 6701 followers, XXX engagements


"Such an inverted claim. There was no generosity involved in Eritreas independence. Only treachery and decades of inhumane cruelty. There was war and close to a million deaths from both sides. Eritrean statehood was stolen the country remained occupied territory until 1991. Eritrea fought for decades and paid dearly to defeat and drive out the occupier even inside the occupiers own land. There was no generosity. Only bitter defeat. And that is why they still cannot let go. This was the shallowest most presumptuous and extremely uninformed statement from a strange person. Everyone who read it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1978916693826244731) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-16T20:11Z 6704 followers, 4552 engagements


"Ethiopians love to brand themselves as the uncolonized the proud fortress of Pan-Africanism the moral centre of the continent. But for all the slogans nothing exposes the hypocrisy more than their annexation of Eritrea and their constant threats to re-invade its sovereign territory. And while one expects the insanity from the prime imposter the sheer number of other Ethiopians cheering along is deeply worrying for the long term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1978986640900296880) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-17T00:49Z 6703 followers, 3053 engagements


"Today I came across a video online where a Marxist called Richard Wolff presenting as a philosopher passionately discusses how XX individuals most of them Americans own more than half of the world population. It was unbelievably fallacious for someone who is being called a philosopher to claim. He calls it 'obscene' that sixty-two individuals own more wealth than half of humanity making it seem that this wealth necessitates poverty elsewhere. But the obscenity isnt in the wealth; its in the poverty. His claim only sounds shocking if one believes wealth is a finite pie that can only be divided"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979981096617201927) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T18:40Z 6703 followers, XXX engagements


"I dont think youre actually following the discussion. In my previous reply I explained that the due process you keep asking for already took place and was finalized in 2002. The results are final and public. You cannot pick and choose legitimacy accepting Menelik but rejecting the Derg rejecting the EPRDF while embracing PP. Whether you like them or not any government in power represents Ethiopia in law and diplomacy. Did you know Ethiopia invaded nearly a third of Eritrean territory in May and June 2000 That was the EPRDF government claiming it wanted Assab. It failed to secure it both"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980012025993703753) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T20:43Z 6701 followers, XXX engagements


"Alternative paths to fairness exist beyond taxation. Norway's sovereign wealth fund invests oil revenues globally distributing profits to citizens. Alaska pays residents annual dividends from oil profits bypassing traditional taxation. Both models provide direct returns from shared resources reducing reliance on state redistribution. Public trusts or cooperative ownership of land minerals or energy could similarly fund social needs without heavy income taxes. Structural solutions can also reduce inequality without fiscal measuresbreaking up monopolies ensuring transparency promoting local"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980329285383856378) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-20T17:44Z 6701 followers, XX engagements


"@TWE3124 @Eritreanborn Payments in the last year of Assab's use were much cheaper than Ethiopias payments elsewhere the following year. However import growth remained nearly constant for the next few years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981040425663418648) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T16:50Z 6719 followers, XX engagements


"@TWE3124 @NowLomi I have visited the area and the road was finished into the border. This was in 2009. It was in very condition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981068236163825965) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T18:40Z 6719 followers, XX engagements


"@TWE3124 @Eritreanborn Ethiopians had similar rights in Eritrea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981053254021894362) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T17:41Z 6710 followers, XX engagements


"If all you do to your own family is kill them calling me family feels like a threat. I would rather keep as much distance from you as possible thank you very much. Forget Eritrea. Speak for every Ethiopian whos being attacked by the state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979537439011254576) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-18T13:17Z 6718 followers, 5459 engagements


"ETHIOPIA'S BORDERS ARE ALSO COLONIAL BORDERS As the Prosperity Party members announce the withdrawal of their recognition of Eritreas colonial-era borders in their effort to project power at home they risk encouraging other neighbouring countries to do the same. For example Sudan might claim al-Fashaqa while Kenya and Somalia could pursue territory further south. Djibouti could contest the border drawn by France. If Ethiopias leadership rejects the sovereignty of its neighbours whats to stop others from claiming Ethiopian territories in response Sadly nothing. In fact this instability might"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1979716002574479394) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T01:07Z 6718 followers, 3609 engagements


"Almost all Western careerist academics activists journalists lobbyists and diplomats hired by the likes of PP TPLF and PFDJ to take sides in Horn of Africa politics are thoroughly shallow opportunistic and unprincipled. And it makes sense. Who in their right mind would want to mix themselves up in such a mess The moment you have something positive to say about any of those three criminal groups we know you are a hitman for hire. For a few thousand dollars they treat the region as a stage for their absurd moral theatre speaking arrogantly about people they neither understand nor respect. Their"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980048576089829847) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-19T23:09Z 6715 followers, 1078 engagements


"You probably don't know that EPLF chased a useless large army out of Eritrea and Ethiopia in May 1991. Another invasion of Eritrea happened in 1998-2000 and was effectively pushed back. In 2020-2022 PP had to beg PFDJ to come and save them. So I think you deserve to shout as much as you want. That's all you have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980287113108291957) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-20T14:56Z 6712 followers, XX engagements


"Your claim that the lease is invalid lacks legal foundation. The Rubattino purchase recognized by Italy in 1882 and incorporated into Italian Eritrea was internationally acknowledged. The local sultan's authority sufficed for the transaction under contemporary norms later validated by Italys annexation. Even if the land was not leased and Italy had simply occupied it the colonial claim would hold. Colonies are settled not bought. The Assab lease just happens to be part of the timeline. Menelik or Mohammed Hanfres awareness is irrelevant to international law; recognition defines sovereignty."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980320195043553794) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-20T17:08Z 6712 followers, XX engagements


"That is incorrect my friend. When Italy lost World War II its colonial rule ended but the territorial identity of its former colonies persisted. The UN did not erase borders; it transferred responsibility for those territories. Eritrea was placed under British administration and later federated with Ethiopia in 1952 as a distinct political unit including Assab. The UN treated Eritrea as a separate entity not an Ethiopian province. If Italys annexation had been voided Eritrea would not have existed as a defined territory. Yet it did later recognized as an independent state with those borders."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980328313634898365) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-20T17:40Z 6712 followers, XX engagements


"@kassae7 @Yonijoni3 I appreciate the discussion brother. However at this point there is nothing left to argue except whether to respect the law or repeat history. I have lived the ugly history of war from the 1980s till now. I prefer peace respect and closure for both nations. Good bye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980340079102181475) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-20T18:27Z 6712 followers, XX engagements


"This is ridiculous. Canada is a constitutional monarchy where all government authority flows from the Crown. The King's name or likeness appears on currency passports and oaths. New citizens swear allegiance to King Charles III King of Canada. Acts of Parliament require Royal Assent. Distinguished lawyers become Kings Counsel. Laws are issued in the Crown's name. Criminal cases are The King versus the accused. The Governor General represents him federally. Lieutenant Governors represent him in provinces. His title marks the Royal Canadian Navy Air Force and Mounted Police. His portrait hangs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980427067721490895) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-21T00:13Z 6719 followers, 1184 engagements


"Thoroughly ignorant claim. Until 1998 Ethiopia paid Eritrea less than $XX million annually barely covering maintenance costs. Over XX years this would have been far less than the $XXX billion you claim Ethiopia now pays yearly elsewhere. Eritrea wouldnt have collected $XX billion from Ethiopia. However Ethiopia could have used those savings to reduce poverty improve agriculture build hospitals schools housing and pay public servants livable salaries. EPRDF aimed to impoverish Eritrea by diverting $XX million costing Ethiopia $XX billion according to your claim. Its unclear if they hated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980636671596257561) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-21T14:05Z 6718 followers, 16.1K engagements


"@ataraffta Brother youre welcome to present your facts here. We love facts. Also instead of telling me what to talk about you could write about it yourself dont you think Im sure you agree with me that clear facts can help us all sort everything out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980693132544209400) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-21T17:50Z 6718 followers, XXX engagements


"@DrTayeD May peace prevail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1980728229175652599) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-21T20:09Z 6719 followers, XXX engagements


"HOW MUCH DID ETHIOPIA PAY TO USE ERITREAN PORTS "As stipulated under an intergovernmental transit and port services agreement as well as a customs arrangement (amended annually) the port of Assab is a free port for Ethiopia with its own Ethiopian customs branch office and goods transshipped to or from Ethiopia remain exempt from Eritrean customs duties and related charges. Procedures for the clearing of goods and the exchange of documentation are to be harmonized and port and shipping charges are paid in birr." IMF Staff Country Report 95/4 January 1995"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981029282773434838) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T16:06Z 6718 followers, 2709 engagements


"Between 1992 and 1997 Ethiopia's total payments to Eritrea for port usage amounted to XXXXX billion birr (or nakfa) equivalent to approximately $XXX million at an average exchange rate of around X birr or $XXX million at XXX birr. That is between $XX million and $XX million per year. Year Port Fees & Charges: 1992 - XXXXX million Br 1993 - XXXXX million Br 1994 - XXXXX million Br 1995 - XXXXX million Br 1996 - XXXXX million Nfa 1997 - 1063.4 million Nfa (1 Nfa = X Birr) IMF Staff Country Report 98/91 September 1998 See page XX Table XX Row X or IMF Staff Country Report 97/88 October 1997 Page"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981029286128833014) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T16:06Z 6719 followers, XXX engagements


"@TWE3124 @Eritreanborn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981038018652766393) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T16:40Z 6719 followers, XXX engagements


"@TWE3124 Interesting. What are the details"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981038139528663538) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T16:41Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"The politics of the 1990s resembled those of 2018: too many personal arrangements too little transparency and a collapse when leaders clashed. Both countries deserve serious leaders. Offering port services for free is illogical. They can be cheap or offered in exchange for something Ethiopia provides but not completely free. Right now would it be fair to have port usage for free electricity usage in exchange"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981050109313110318) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T17:28Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"@TWE3124 @Eritreanborn Before the war Ethiopians were also free to own businesses in Eritrea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981050444760961448) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T17:30Z 6712 followers, XX engagements


""Lack of a comprehensive trade agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia and the ongoing restrictions on Eritrea regarding the purchases of Ethiopia's exportable goods as well as goods that are in short supply in Ethiopia (such as textiles tea cigarettes and construction materials) are estimated to contribute considerably to Eritrea's non-oil trade surplus vis--vis Ethiopia." Page 31"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981053073519976644) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T17:40Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"Naturalization requires four years of residence in Ethiopia proficiency in a local language and knowledge of societal customs. Applicants must demonstrate good character have no criminal convictions be legally and economically self-sufficient and renounce other nationalities according to Wikipedia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981058479872954607) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T18:02Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"Not secession. Eritrea was never legally part of Ethiopia according to Eritrea itself. Eritreans never voted to be annexed with Ethiopia. It was occupation. The referendum was simply for legal consideration as a redundancy. The real reasoning is that Eritrea was an independent part of two nation federation. The terms of the federation were violated. Eritrea opted to stop being in the federation as a result. There was no need to do a referendum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981070270309027976) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T18:48Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"It is more than XX years of deliberate misinformation. I have come across a few people who had a completely different idea did not hesitate to accept facts that were hidden from them before. Fundamentally people want good things for themselves. Our job is to show everyone that our benefit doesnt mean their loss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981111193415884956) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T21:31Z 6719 followers, XXX engagements


"@RealJTnsae I feel like it was too lenient and too cheap. Perhaps the reason why TPLF respect for the value of the arrangement. Free things are hard to value sometimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981119992457547787) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T22:06Z 6718 followers, XX engagements


"@gualdc @george_posts I didnt say rational"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ZecariasG/status/1981124908328636499) [@ZecariasG](/creator/x/ZecariasG) 2025-10-22T22:26Z 6718 followers, XX engagements