As I've pointed out so many times, the "Jews/Zionists are evil so Israel must be destroyed" meme so popular in Pakistan is a bunch of baloney. I argue those who claim otherwise into silence, circular arguments, or empty repetition, proving them either misguided or evil-seeking
obscurantists. All this Zionist-hatred is keeping Pakistanis from thinking logically and morally and thus is feeding the terrorist monsters. So why shouldn't Pakistanis support normalizing relations with Israel as Pakistan has with Russia, India, or the rest of the world?
The short answer is that the Pakistani government has
dictated that Pakistanis are not to question Pakistan's stance and that it is forbidden to represent Israel or the Israeli point of view accurately - a matter of blind loyalty reducing Pakistanis from citizens to mere subjects of the state, and slaving their own decision-making to the will of others. One human rights organization called this "an attack on fundamental freedoms:"
The directive is a product of a shallow and fascistic mindset that leads to radicalization in the society. It is also an attempt at institutionalizing mass clampdown of fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and assembly. It is unfortunate and condemnable that critical thinking is being banned in universities, instead of being encouraged and inculcated among the youth of Pakistan.
Yet maybe we could view the move in a different light, opening the room for more flexibility by the Pakistani government.
What if the Pakistani government decided to start the new year by announcing that it was normalizing relations with Israel, that the Palestinian Arabs demands were excessive, and that killing Jews for the sake of another Arab conquest should be considered a crime?
What feelings would that inspire in Pakistanis? Anger? Disbelief? Hope? Discuss.