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Israel and palestine Conflict:
1. NO US policy shames its professed ‘value-based foreign policy’

as much as its Israel policy. Washington has been effectively
sitting on the sidelines in contempt of world public opinion
while some 30,000 civilians, mainly women and children,
have been slaughtered in Gaza.
2. Seventy-five years of massive US military aid and financial
assistance has been the bedrock of Israel’s national power.
3. America’s absolute political support, especially its wilful
advocacy at the UN, has shielded Israel from punishment for
its wrongs, inciting more offences and more US support.
4. Acclaimed Harvard professor Stephen Walt summarised this
well in his article ‘America is a Root Cause of Israel and
Palestine’s Latest War’ in Foreign Policy.
5. America does not realise how much influence it would have
had in the region and the larger Muslim world had it not
appended itself to Israeli expansionism.
6. To escape the dilemma of whether or not to put pressure on
Israel, Biden is seeking Saudi help to hold out the promise of
normalisation with Israel to get Netanyahu’s support for the
two-state solution.
7. Washington’s ability to shape and influence events in the
region is now challenged by China, menaced by Iran, rivalled
by India and hindered by Saudi Arabia. On many issues,
America is walking alone.
8. Both the US and Israel are locked in policies that are not only
morally bankrupt but also go against their respective national
interests.The Palestinian future depends on a change of
policies within the US and Israel.
9. In America, policies have to recover the moral purpose the US
always claimed but rarely measured up to.
10. In Israel, as the Haaretz editor-in-chief said in a recent
article in Foreign Affairs, “Israelis cannot expect stability if
they continue to ignore the Palestinians and reject their
aspirations, their story, and even their presence”.
URL:https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-us-policy-
israeli-palestinian-conflict
https://www.dawn.com/news/1817450/israels-partner
Gender Equality:
SOCIAL inclusion- economic prosperity and sustainable development.
Progress -each individual contributes to society’s development.
gender-inclusive societies -safer and healthier and ensure increased
productivity and economic growth.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have been designed to achieve

prosperity for all and protect the planet. These goals are interrelated and
intersect. The slow progress of one goal is likely to affect the other aims: for
example, poverty (the focus of Goal 1) induces hunger and malnutrition (the
focus of Goal 2). This leads to health issues and school dropouts (the focus of
Goals 3 and 4). Similarly, all SDGs depend upon the achievement of Goal 5
that promotes gender equality, which is indispensable to social well-being and
national prosperity.One of the major challenges in achieving gender equality
by 2030 in Pakistan is the lack of focus and investment in gender equality
measures that can accelerate progress
Male dominance -perception-women are not capable of
making choices and leading their lives independently.
A significant number of women lack formal education, financial literacy,
awareness, and skills to add value to their work or develop tangible and
intangible assets. Economic participation and control over productive
resources enable women to unlock their skills, improve their family’s well-
being, ensure development, and reduce poverty. Unfortunately, women’s
economic participation in Pakistan is one of the lowest in South Asia.
Constraints in accessing resources and services to develop their assets, such
as credit, banking, land, and business, are key obstacles to women’s
economic inclusion.
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As a nuclear-armed heavyweight of 250 million people, Pakistan is one of the
most closely watched front-line states in the contest for strategic influence in
Asia.
healthcare, technology, trade and combating climate change.
“Threatening anyone normally gets you worse results than the ones you
started with. Even when it is exceptionally difficult to engage at a point when
you think your red lines have not been taken seriously, we will still try the
route of engagement.”
“To play on the back of the attention of the world on terrorism and to play
the victim, no country has benefitted from it better than India.”-hina rabbani
kher
She went on to say that India was portraying itself as a champion of

counter-terrorism even though it had not made no contributions in this
regard and paid only lip service.
“If you compare Pakistan and India, you will find Pakistan to always be at
the forefront of counter-terrorism, of ensuring that we are a player in the
world to try and make sure terrorism does not continue to haunt us.”
Khar began her press conference by saying that terrorism posed a serious
threat to peace, adding that Pakistan had been at the receiving end of this
scourge for long.
Taking about the Lahore blast, Khar said there was clear evidence of the
terrorist attack being “planned and supported” by India. “It reflects India’s
persistent hostility towards my country and the use of terrorist proxies to
achieve terrorist objectives.”
“I don’t think I need to remind anyone that India has had a role in
destabilising its neighbouring countries and weaken their economies to try
and pursue its hegemonic designs in the region,” she said, adding that the
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Balochistan were two examples of
this.
The minister also reminded India that there could not be “islands of
excellence in a sea of depravity”. “So when you try and harm your region,
you actually end up harming yourself.”
We are looking for accountability. The Lahore incident, for us, is a test case
for the credibility and integrity of international counter-terrorism and
counter financing of terrorist regimes.
Pakistan _India relations.

In January 2023 Shehbaz Sharif, in his first stint as prime minister, called
for “serious and sincere talks” with India to resolve “burning issues”,
including Kashmir. In an interview with Al Arabiya
both sides engaged in mutual recriminations, with India’s foreign minister,

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, accusing Bilawal of being the “spokesperson of
a terrorism industry”.
Dealing with India will pose an imposing challenge for the Sharif
government in the face of this intransigent Indian position. There are two
views about re-engagement with India. The first is that Pakistan should
resume trade, restore diplomatic relations at high commissioner level and
put Kashmir aside — a reversal of its well-known position. This, however,
would still be contingent on how serious India is on renewing formal
dialogue with Pakistan. The second view is that such engagement will
entirely be on India’s terms and tantamount to de facto endorsement of its
August 2019 action and virtual abandonment of Kashmir. India has long
wanted normalisation of ties without any settlement of outstanding
disputes; accepting these terms would imply Pakistan has given up on its
claims in these disputes. This would be next to impossible for any
government to sell to the public. Therefore, Pakistan should play for time
until it has strengthened its negotiating hand and also built economic
strength for substantive re-engagement. After all, Pakistan has lived without
a dialogue for well over five years.
India’s illegal annexation, bifurcation and absorption of the disputed state of
Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian union — in defiance of UN Security
Council resolutions.
health and lifespan are the two great unknowns.
Unfortunately, Pakistan ranks 150th out of 180 countries on the World Press
Freedom Index. According to Freedom Network, the impunity rate for
journalist killings remains shocking: 53 journalists were killed between 2012
and 2022, with no convictions in 96 per cent of these cases. Legislation
relating to the protection of journalists remains unenforced — commissions
meant to oversee journalists’ safety have not been established or remain
unfunded.

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Israel and palestine Conflict:

1. NO US policy shames its professed ‘value-based foreign policy’

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have been designed to achieve

She went on to say that India was portraying itself as a champion of

Pakistan _India relations.

both sides engaged in mutual recriminations, with India’s foreign minister,

health and lifespan are the two great unknowns.

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