Pursuing the Israeli model in IOJK.

Byline: Malik Muhammad Ashraf

The anti-Pakistan nexus between India and Israel is a well-known fact which has gained greater strength since the advent of Modi as Indian Prime Minister. Robert Fisk, a multi-award winning Middle East correspondent in an article written in the backdrop of the Indian attack at Balakot last year observed, 'For months, Israel has been assiduously lining itself up alongside India's nationalist BJP government in an unspoken - and politically dangerous - 'anti-Islamist' coalition, an unofficial, unacknowledged alliance, while India itself has now become the largest weapons market for the Israeli arms trade. Not by chance, therefore, has the Indian press just trumpeted the fact that Israeli-made Rafael Spice-2000 'smart bombs' were used by the Indian air force in its strike against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) 'terrorists' inside Pakistan. Like many Israeli boasts of hitting similar targets, the Indian adventure into Pakistan might owe more to the imagination than military success. The '300-400 terrorists' supposedly eliminated by the Israeli-manufactured and Israeli-supplied GPS-guided bombs may turn out to be little more than rocks and trees.'

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It is pertinent to point out that there were credible intelligence reports about the missile attack on Karachi and Bahawalpur on February 27, 2019 by India and Israel. But timely action by Pakistan Air Forced thwarted the implementation of that plan. Back in 86-87, there were also intelligence reports about India, Israel, and Soviet Union planning to strike nuclear installations of Pakistan.

The Modi government is pursuing the Israeli model in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ and K). It is similar to the Israeli strategy to annex Palestinian lands and establish Jewish settlements there to change the demographic realities. India is already in occupation of IOJ and K. The Modi government formally annexed IOJ and K to the Indian union first by scrapping Article 370 of the Indian constitution, ending its special status and then through the promulgation of the Jammu and Kashmir Re-organization Act 2019. This was followed by a scripted step of issuing a new domicile law for the state on April 1, 2020. Under this law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in IOK or studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10/12 examination in education institutions located in the region are now eligible to become...

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