When Kashmir was on the boil in the aftermath of Burhan Wani’s killing,
and the civilians were suppressed by the armed security forces, Indian
parliamentarian Sitaram Yechury made a strange reference to Israel.
Yechury, the general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
said, “The use of pellet guns is inhumane. Even Israel has banned its
use against the Palestinians.” The remarks were made by Yechury in the
Rajya Sabha, demanding an immediate ban on pellet guns which had left
dozens of Kashmiri youths blind. Nearly two months later, Pakistan Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif made another Israel-Palestine analogy at the
United Nations General Assembly. While asserting that Kashmir and
Palestine are facing foreign occupation, he added that Burhan Wani was a
symbol of Kashmiri intifada. ‘Intifada’ is the only arabic word
included in English dictionary in the 20th century, referring to the
freedom movement of Palestine. Nearly three months after the Kashmir
civilian unrest, much of whose angst is directed towards the Indian
security forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi likened his army to that
of Israel. Here is why this analogy should had been avoided.
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