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Former Pak President general Pervez
Musharraf is known for making some
pretty unorthodox gestures. He was
the one who had walked up to Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during
the SAARC conference right after the
Agra summit fiasco and held out his
hand.
He has been out of power for four
years now, and has spent the greater
part of that time in Britain. But he
seems to have retained his penchant
for unusual moves. Musharrf on
Tuesday called for better ties between
Pakistan and Israel as a way to wean
Israel away from its pro-India.
Speaking to the Israeli daily Haaretz,
Musharraf said Pakistan has to keep
demanding the resolution of the
Palestinian dispute (but) Pakistan
also needs to keep readjusting its
diplomatic stand toward Israel based
on the mere fact that it exists and is
not going away, he said.
The issue of India is another
sensitivity in Pakistan Israel has
always been pro-India and against
Pakistan , he said. The problem of
course is that the Pakistani public is
violently against Israel. A problem that
Musharraf acknowledged. Yes. We
have been anti-Israel in Pakistan
because of Palestine, because the
Pakistani people are on the side of the
Palestinians and concerned for their
plight. Right from the beginning, from
when we got our independence in
1947 and Israel came into reality a
year later, we have been pro-
Palestine, he said.
Musharraf pointed to his track record
of defying Pakistani public sentiment
to come closer to Israel. He had
shaken hands to the Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon at the UN, he
had spoken at the American Jewish
Congress, and he had sent his Foreign
Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasauri
to meet Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom.
One cant be sure if Musharraf means
what he says, or that it is just
posturing before his return to Pakistan
between 25th and the 27thof January.
Musharraf has made many a daring
statement before, and his out of the
box solution have generated much
debate, but even for him befriending
Israel might be a bridge too far. For
Israel, to come closer to Pakistan at
the expense of India, it might be well
nigh impossible.
Pakistan should build better ties with Israel to drive out India: Musharraf | Northern Voices Online: NVO News Blog
Musharraf is known for making some
pretty unorthodox gestures. He was
the one who had walked up to Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during
the SAARC conference right after the
Agra summit fiasco and held out his
hand.
He has been out of power for four
years now, and has spent the greater
part of that time in Britain. But he
seems to have retained his penchant
for unusual moves. Musharrf on
Tuesday called for better ties between
Pakistan and Israel as a way to wean
Israel away from its pro-India.
Speaking to the Israeli daily Haaretz,
Musharraf said Pakistan has to keep
demanding the resolution of the
Palestinian dispute (but) Pakistan
also needs to keep readjusting its
diplomatic stand toward Israel based
on the mere fact that it exists and is
not going away, he said.
The issue of India is another
sensitivity in Pakistan Israel has
always been pro-India and against
Pakistan , he said. The problem of
course is that the Pakistani public is
violently against Israel. A problem that
Musharraf acknowledged. Yes. We
have been anti-Israel in Pakistan
because of Palestine, because the
Pakistani people are on the side of the
Palestinians and concerned for their
plight. Right from the beginning, from
when we got our independence in
1947 and Israel came into reality a
year later, we have been pro-
Palestine, he said.
Musharraf pointed to his track record
of defying Pakistani public sentiment
to come closer to Israel. He had
shaken hands to the Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon at the UN, he
had spoken at the American Jewish
Congress, and he had sent his Foreign
Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasauri
to meet Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom.
One cant be sure if Musharraf means
what he says, or that it is just
posturing before his return to Pakistan
between 25th and the 27thof January.
Musharraf has made many a daring
statement before, and his out of the
box solution have generated much
debate, but even for him befriending
Israel might be a bridge too far. For
Israel, to come closer to Pakistan at
the expense of India, it might be well
nigh impossible.
Pakistan should build better ties with Israel to drive out India: Musharraf | Northern Voices Online: NVO News Blog
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