sair kar..

Sair kar duniya ki ghalib, yeh zindagani phir kahan
zingagani gar rahi toh , naujawani phir kahan…..

The history and progress of Muslim-Jew relations!

Last night I received a mail from a close Muslim friend depicting the atrcoties by ISRAEL on people sharing Muslim values in Palestine and if I would've been a Muslim,it would make blood burst out of my veins!!(though I grieved it as a human-being.)But then I realised the feeling was of a "What can be done" kind spontaneously instead of a layman aggressive oneand that's what foreign diplomatic interaction is all about.

Moving on,I start briefly with the history of Jews from the 12 tribes to their settlement,what we call Israel today.Throughout their journey they have suffered torture and affliction time and again,most recently by Hitler-led Nazis.During Roman empire,they were protected by kings because of their good services and partly because Catholics' religion won't let christians lend money and hence they emerged as prominent money-lenders though virtually as slaves to the Christian kings.

Church's influence on Roman empire made them follow "Convert or die"policy.Large-scale displacements under different empires and massacres have reduced them to a paltry 12-13 million worldwide!!After Muhammad's demise in 7th Century AD, they worked under Muslims in the middle-east and were happy enough with their respectable servility rather than Church's oppression.This has been described as "Golden Period" for Jews!

But the Golden Period was just a flash of light as Hitler started Shoah against this kind!!Millions of Jews were killed in Poland,Europe and North Africa.It was high time they got a land of their own(and the sacred land) but the Muslims won't give up an inch of Palestine(as we love Kashmir).UN intervened(under the influence of the Americans and the Bristish) and in 1948 Jewish state within then-present Palestinian land was formed and many Arab-Israel wars have been fought since then.

Israel has been constantly provided diplomatic and military aid by U.S.

Truly,I think this conflict will never be resolved unless U.S. intervenes because only U.S. has maintained that level of comfort with this panick-stricken over-aggresive state who's acting like a kid with a knife with all its resources and at a wrong time !!Leadership change in both U.S. and Israel has shown a new ray of hope

Israel has to stop building permanent settlements on the disputed land and bombarding innocent citizens is never going to make them any less hated leave along have cordial relations with their neighbors.Islamic countries have to come together(Saudi-Arabia and U.A.E.) not to wage a war or a holy war but for a diplomatic dialogue along with the U.S.(which has to stop pampering Israel) Lets remember Hatred begets hatred begets hatred!!

Of Madmen,Honest diplomats and Spoilsport politicians!!

A few months back I read an article by Vir sanghvi and it was a fact that resonated with my thoughts about how does Pakistan Govt. gets away with the rocket firings,the terror business,the 26/11s and all of that matter,after being clearly evident that it is the epicentre if not the sole conspirator in all of this.

Here's how all of it works.The mad man theory was something that Americans used against the Soviets.They spread the word that US President Reagan was a madman,a drinker who listened to no one. This sparked a speculation that he would press the red button(famous nuclear weapon launch symbol in the office of US President!!) on a hiccup.The Soviet people went berserk eventually as the fear sunk deeper.A mad man sitting on of a stockpile of nukes-It would make anyone sweat in their shirts to put it soberly..

Pakistani huqmaraan has perfected this Mad man theory.

Next time any regular activities from Pakistan take place,try to dig deep into who is answerable from the Pakistani owl pack,the Parliamentarians that is!!Bet you'll get lost in PoK.

Zardari says,the military is not in our control(as the history has seen),Military says ISI which is hostile and works as an independent entity has to curb terrorist activities(the sympathy being the sporadic blasts in Pakistan), ISI won't come out to address anyone and the void is left open.

The current hulabaloo over none of the 11 Pakistani cricket players not being picked up by any of the IPL clubs instigated a smile and made me think about Vir's point.

Now,the ball is in India's court as conspiracy or not,the madmen in Pakistan have become dam(ned)men as they have no one to blame for this.Not the Politicians,Not the Sports ministry,forget the corporates if it triggered a bleep.India needs such diplomacy to deal with Pakistan.India's Foreign Politics has to evolve and shun Gandhigiri and adopt this very valid principle. Because when statesmen become madmen,there should always be a Plan B especially when you have a country like India at stake.