Sunday, July 31, 2022

Russia Could Force U.S. To Lift Sanctions In Five Minutes If….



Every experienced observer of U.S. politics and policies in the past 60 years would readily agree that Israeli interests, security and strategic supremacy have been and continue to be the most important foreign policy consideration for successive American administrations ever since Harry Truman.

In fact, one wouldn’t go too far by arguing that in many cases, Israeli interests, as defined and interpreted by the usually-hawkish Israeli leaders, were often given precedence over America’s own national interests. For example, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there were substantial Indications that Egyptian leader Gamal Abdu-Nasser was considering a radical rethinking of his growing ties with the Soviet Union, which also was an important goal of American foreign policy in the Middle East at that time.

However, with CIA knowledge, Israel managed successfully to thwart and abort all American efforts to reach a rapprochement with the Nasser regime. In the mid of 1960s, Mossad carried out a series of terrorist operations in Cairo, targeting American interests. Israel’s goal was obviously to maintain and increase hostility between the U.S. and the Nasser regime. Israel blamed the Egyptian regime of masterminding the terrorist acts. However, the US government swallowed the mendacious Israeli claim, adopting a more hostile approach to Nasser.

On 8 June 1967, an Israeli warplane attacked USS Liberty, which was sailing in international waters north of the Egyptian town of Alarish. Thirty-four American navy officers, servicemen and civilians were killed, and 173 others were wounded, many quite badly.

Predictably, the Intelligence-gathering ship was badly damaged. Israel claimed the treacherous attack occurred by mistake. However, there was ample evidence that the Lyndon Johnson administration connived and colluded with Israel to cover up the crime in order to avoid the occurrence of a public backlash against Israel and Jews in the U.S.

Today, the Zionist-Jewish influence on the American government (e.g. the White House and Congress) is probably a hundred times stronger and more pervasive than it was when USS liberty was attacked more than 55 years ago. In fact, we can quite safely assume that Israel today comes before America in America itself. Some ordinary people might be tempted to dismiss this view as an overstatement.

However, knowledgeable experts would readily agree that it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. But who in Washington would dare utter this inconvenient truth and remain unscathed even for 10 minutes?

It is for this reason, that American officials from the lowest-ranking government clerk to the man in the White House routinely keep regurgitating rather tediously the sanctimonious and sacrosanct rituals of showing unconditional loyalty to Israel, using extremely obsequious language which they wouldn’t use even in stressing loyalty to America itself.

Thus, when Joe Biden visited the repulsive apartheid entity two weeks ago, dutifully reiterated America’s “unflinching, unwavering, unfaltering and iron-clad commitment to Israel,” describing relations with the Jewish state as “bone-deep”.

The umbilical relations between the U.S. and the racist entity that demolishes innocent people’s homes at midnight and murders school children as well as Journalists, and then lies about the murder, should be fully exposed to the capitals of the world. This is because a deep awareness of American criminal priorities would immensely serve the legitimate interests of states the US is trying to subjugate, humiliate and bring to their knees.

Russia’s unused Trump card

Russia could decisively outmanoeuvre the U.S. by threatening the insolence and arrogance of power of America’s sacred cow. I don’t know if I am disclosing an open secret or revealing something that major espionage agencies don’t know or know little about. They do know it even much better than a veteran Palestinian journalist living in a rural region of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Nonetheless, I am completely convinced that Russia would be able to extricate serious concessions from Washington simply by hinting that it would boost and expedite nuclear cooperation with Iran. Such a feat would immediately generate massive panic reverberations all over Washington and probably in London and other Western capitals as well.

The direct and indirect ramifications and repercussions of an audacious Russian feat as such, especially if accompanied by a stern warning similar to the ultimatum given to Britain, France and Israel by the former Soviet Union during the tripartite aggression on Egypt in 1956.

The ultimatum, issued on 5 November 1956, by Soviet Marshal Nikolai Bulganin notified the French, British and Israeli governments that the Soviet Union is prepared to employ all modern forms of destructive weaponry to halt Western military intervention in Egypt. Needless to say, it was this Soviet ultimatum, a daring act by every conceivable standard, forced the three aggressors to halt their aggression, and convinced the US to force Israel to pull out its troops from the Sinai Peninsula.

I described the Israel factor as Russia’s trump card in the current confrontation with Washington over Ukraine because the U.S. is likely to give any concession to keep Israeli interests unscathed. In the final analysis, Israel is a thousand times more important for the political clique ruling America.

Russia retains many important cards which Putin can play to minimize the harm incurred as a result of the massive and unprecedented western sanctions.

Indeed, in addition to using overwhelming conventional firepower against the Ukrainians, Russia could always “threaten to use” its massive nuclear arsenal to hasten the advent of doomsday for the entire world. True, there is a vast gap between threatening to use and actually using. But authoritarian rulers are usually more daring in dealing with a Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) situation than leaders answerable to their peoples.

Many political pundits believe that narrowing Russia’s horizons and pushing Putin to the corner could make him somewhat suicidal, or at least make him contemplate taking some unthinkable and unusual feats. Putin is already in a state of deep disillusionment with the West. Hence, maximizing pressure on him by the US is likely to seriously decrease his mental equanimity and maneuverability. That would make the Russian dictator a very dangerous man, indeed.

Russia is effectively using it energy weapon to subjugate America’s European allies, who depend to a large extent on Russian gas supplies.

Nonetheless, an unmistakable Russian tacit or explicit threat to help Iran develop a nuclear deterrent would likely neutralize all American-Israeli magic.

I am not erudite in game theory and should never underestimate would-be US reactions. However, given Israel’s virtually complete control of the American government, It seems it would be very expedient for the Russian leadership to seriously consider this scenario.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

The Merge: Should You Be Worried About Ethereum’s Most Awaited Upgrade?



For over two years, Ethereum developers have been working on Ethereum’s massive software update, known as The Merge. As part of a multi-phased upgrade to address Ethereum’s security and scalability model, the upgrade with switch the Ethereum network from the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus to the Proof of Stake (PoS) model.

But what exactly is The Merge? How will Ethereum’s giant leap towards becoming a leaner and cleaner altcoin affect the investors? Should you invest in ETH 2.0?

An Introduction to Ethereum 2.0 and The Merge

Cryptocurrencies are often criticized for their energy and time-investive operations. But, despite the concerns, most altcoins skills operate on PoW models that require an array of high-end machines to solve complicated puzzles and mine new coins.

However, in recent years, the Ethereum network has been working towards adopting a more efficient and cleaner mining process called Proof of Stake. But, the massive transition does not happen overnight. For years, Ethereum developers have been battling bugs and hurdles. And finally, in December 2020, the network introduced ETH 2.0.

Ethereum 2.0, also known as serenity, is an upgrade of Ethereum’s blockchain. The primary motive of the upgrade is enhancing the network’s efficiency, speed, and scalability. The upgrade will allow faster and larger transactions along with easing obstructions.

However, the organization aims to rebrand Ethereum 2.0 as an upgrade and not an entirely new network. The company now identifies ETH 1 as the execution layer where the smart contract and network rules reside. Whereas ETH 2 is referred to as the consensus layer that’ll ensure that devices contributing to the network are acting according to Ethereum’s rules.

These two layers are expected to come together later this year in an event known as ‘The Merge.’

When will The Merge Happen?

Ethereum 2.0 is launching in three phases. Beacon Chain, the first phase of the upgrade went live on 1st December 2020. This phase introduced staking to the Ethereum blockchain. This is the key shift of the network from the PoW mechanism to the PoS consensus.

The second phase, named The Merge, will merge the Beacon chain to the Ethereum network. This massive software update, salted for 19th September 2022, will make the network substantially faster, cheaper, and more efficient to use.

The final phase would be The Shard Chains. This upgrade will play a key role in boosting the network’s scalability. Instead of settling all the operations on a single blockchain, the Shard will spread this operation across 64 different chains, thus reducing congestion.

By combining all these upgrades, operating the Ethereum node will be far simpler since there will be far fewer data to store. The complete upgrade is expected to be concluded by 2023.

Why Ethereum 2.0?

One of the primary reasons behind the Ethereum network’s upgrade is scalability. The current Ethereum network can only support a few dozen transactions per second. Thus causing a lot of delay and congestion.

However, ETH 2.0 promises up to 100,000 transactions per second.

Another major reason behind the upgrade is addressing the security issue. ETH 2.0 will have an approved set of validators that will make for a more centralized system and enhance network security.

However, for creating a PoS Ethereum network, at least 16,384 validators are needed. And experts fear that this might make the network much more de-centralized and compromise the security of the network.

What Does the Merge Mean for Investors?

The Merge will be the biggest launch in the crypto space since the launch of the De-Fi in summer 2020. The introduction of Ethereum into an asset that institutional investors are compelled to own. Experts believe it could also be the marker that inverses the bottoming process in the crypto market.

The crypto investors and enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for The Merge. However, despite the date announcements, many fear that the launch could still get delayed again.

“It has been announced in very similar wording six times before; ‘this is the one’ may just be hopium”
Hiesboeck, Uphold

But, since the announcement, Ether’s value has climbed almost 40%. Bitcoin and smaller altcoins have also followed the lead.

According to technical chart analysis by cryptocurrency, things do look fairly good for Ethereum. But it won’t be able to achieve a $1,700 value unless it can maintain a price of over $1,294 over the coming days or weeks.

Should You Invest in ETH 2.0?

Along with Bitcoin, Ethereum is considered one of the safest crypto investments. However, financial experts still caution you not to invest over 5% of your investment portfolio in cryptocurrency.

With the world on the verge of a global recession, you should prioritize strengthening your energy funds, paying off debts, and investing in a retirement account before putting money into crypto, even if it is a coin as trusted as Ethereum.

The crypto market is defined as the most speculative and risky asset class. Therefore, no matter how tempting ‘The Merge’ hype may seem, don’t invest any more money than you’ll be okay losing.

Friday, July 29, 2022

Gujrat Riots: Has Indian Democracy Breathed Its Last?


The Supreme Court of India recently gave a clean chit to PM Narendra Modi following the 2022 Gujrat riot case.

What may seem like justice to a long-held case is a dark night for all the families who bled during those riots. The decision to provide clean chit to 64 accused people, including PM Narendra Modi, is sought to be unfair by several political analysts.

Gujrat Riots from 2002 to 2022

Gujrat Riots took place in 2002 after a train, Sabarmati Express, carrying 60 Hindu pilgrims, was set on fire. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujrat at that time. His lack of interest and sympathy toward Muslim killings made him accountable for the incidents.

He was accused of the ruthless murder of a Muslim politician during the riots. Despite strong evidence and witnesses regarding Modi’s contribution to encouraging Hindus, declaring him free from the accusation is appalling.

A senior police officer stated in Supreme Court that Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi intentionally allowed anti-Muslim riots in the state following the burning of Sabarmati Express. He mentioned that Modi said, “The Hindus should be allowed to vent their anger.”

On the contrary, Modi denies any wrongdoings.

The Indian Supreme Court and Nanavati Commission Report on Gujrat and Delhi Riots

The Indian government has arrested the Indian civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad for spinning a conspiracy against the Modi government in Gujrat. The arrest was made considering her advocacy for the victims of the 2002 Gujrat Riots.

Besides Setalvad, the Indian government has been after all the activists and officials who spoke the truth about the riots. The process for justice has come to a full circle. Now, the government says that it was an attempt to topple the Modi government in Gujarat.

Instead of holding the responsible accountable, the Nanavati Commission report on the 2002 Gujarat riots asks for strict action against police officers who could not control the mobs as they were not competent enough.

“There is no evidence to show that these attacks were either inspired or instigated or abated by any minister of the state,” the commission said in its 1,500-page long report.

The Police’s Say regarding 2022 Gujrat Riots

Some police officers believe that it is true that they could not control the mob in some places. However, it is not because of their incompetence or negligence. Contrarily, the mob was massive, and the police were not adequately armed to face this unanticipated situation.

The Indian Supreme Court and people in favour of the decision stressed that the mob was agitated by turning the Sabarmati Express under a planned conspiracy. Narendra Modi also mentions that you cannot stop angry people from showing their frustration.

Reports show that over 1,000 people (mostly Muslims) were killed in the 2022 Gujrat Riots.

Civil rights activists and officials believe that people who lost their lives in this riot rising from religious conflict must receive justice. It would be unfair to free everyone accused of involvement in the riots.

Fact Checker and Journalist Muhammad Zubair arrested by BJP-led Uttar Pradesh Government.

The Uttar Pradesh government arrested fact checker and Journalist Muhammad Zubair on June 27, 2022.

Muhammad Zubair is an active political journalist and the co-founder of India’s leading fact-checking website Alt News. He works laboriously with his team to bring out the truth from gold-plated lies and has been under BJP’s radar for a long time because he attempted to reveal fabricated stories.

Zubair gained international prominence after he called out JBP spokesperson Nupur Sharma about her derogatory comments regarding Muhammad (PBUH) ’s marriages. These remarks were condemned by the Islamic world, resulting in apologies from the Indian government.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, Zubair was arrested over a 2018 tweet that insulted religious beliefs.

The tweet showed a picture of a hotel with a different name after BJP came into power. It stated

“Before 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”

The hotel owners changed the name Honeymoon Hotel to the Hindu God Hanuman’s name.

However, analysts and people following politics in India closely believe that the reason for the arrest was something else indeed.

There are several cases on Zubair around the “provoking hate” theory showing that it is a planned conspiracy.

Following his arrest on June 27, 2021, he was in and out of the courtroom and prison regarding the case. Delhi police further accused him of destroying evidence, criminal conspiracies, and receiving foreign funding. They took Zubair to a remote town on the India-Nepal border for “further investigations.”

Later, Uttar Pradesh police took his custody and added more charges to his name, like using “hatemongers” as an offensive term. Allegedly, Zubair used the words against three Hindu religious leaders. Remember that these leaders used hate speech and threatened to rape Muslim women.

Supreme Court granted a five-day temporary bail to Zubair on July 8, 2022.

He received bail in the original case by the Delhi government regarding the 2018 hate speech tweet. Yet, he was kept in custody considering around half a dozen more charges by the Uttar Pradesh police. When he gets bail in one case, another same case is lodged at a different location so that he remains in custody. It is thought to be a conspiracy and the police’s tactic to keep him in custody.

Muhammad Zubair, belonging to Bangalore, co-founded the fact-checking platform Alt News in 2017. Zubair and his partner Pratik Sinha have been working with due diligence to combat fake news and bring facts to the surface, including some from the Gujrat riots.

Alt News, co-founded by Zubair, has debunked significant claims and misinformation, including caste, religion, and unscientific myths.

The website focuses on fake news of all sorts, especially the unfair treatment of Muslims in the region. Muhammad, being a Muslim, has been charged with different accusations and kept in custody for unneeded periods.

Court ordered the immediate release of Muhammad Zubair in mid-July.

Conclusion

After witnessing the selective execution of Muslims and a sequential policy of ruling out the special status of Muslim majority provinces, are we seeing the end of the glorious Indian Democracy and the beginning of something darker?

The Gujrat riots with no solution in sight and nobody willing to take or impose responsibilities, fact-checkers getting penalized and arrested for other factual findings, the tyranny on Muslims for the past 70 years and more.

Our point of view is simple, what India is doing now, we have seen what Germany did 80 years ago, and that did not end well for anybody.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Accelerating Deforestation In The Amazon Severely Threatens Climate Change Crisis

 


Accelerating deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has reached record levels in the first six months of 2022, threatening the ongoing climate change crisis. Deforestation has increased by 20% since 2021. Scientists have warned that the rainforest is reaching a “tipping point”, contributing to a climate apocalypse as we wait in existential oblivion.

With nearly one-fifth of the forest destroyed already, scientists believe that the tipping point will be reached at 20% to 25% of deforestation. Once reached, vast portions of the rainforest will be converted into degraded open savannah.

Furthermore, the Amazon will no longer be able to generate its own rainfall and support its own ecosystems. This will alter weather patterns and water cycles throughout South America, releasing billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

Some deforested areas of the Amazon are already releasing more carbon than they absorb. Satellite footage has shown that 3,980 km, an area five times the size of New York City, was destroyed during the first half of 2022. Annual fires linked to deforestation in the Amazon poison the air that millions of Brazilians breathe. This significantly impacts public health, resulting in thousands of hospitalizations.

The Importance of the Amazon Rainforest

The rainforest is the most biologically diverse place on Earth, containing millions of undiscovered species. The Amazon is also an incredibly unique place with the world’s largest rainforest and river system.

Human rights are under direct threat due to the destruction of the rainforest. The Amazon is home to 30 million people and over 350 indigenous and ethnic minorities. These groups heavily rely on nature for agriculture, clothing, and traditional medicines. Deforestation in the Amazon severely threatens access to these communities’ basic needs.

The Amazon rainforest is an essential resource for tackling the climate change crisis. It serves as an essential “carbon sink” that traps up to one-fourth of the world’s carbon dioxide. Thus, the rainforest absorbs between 90 billion to 140 billion metric tons of carbon from the air and stores it in its vegetation. This process is an essential counterbalance to releasing carbon and slowing the pace of global warming.

Additionally, the Amazon plays a vital role in regulating regional weather patterns. The rainforest also pumps an estimated 7 trillion tons of water into the atmosphere annually. Moreover, the rainforest recycles between 50%-75% of its annual rainfall back into the atmosphere. This helps in stabilizing local and global climates.

Bolsonaro’s Unapologetic Deforestation in the Amazon

The far-right Bolsonaro government’s systematic rampage against basic environmental protections has resulted in a surge in fires and deforestation in the Amazon. Deforestation in the Amazon has increased by 92% since Bolsonaro took office in January 2019. The Bolsonaro administration has undercut Brazil’s federal environmental agencies, weakening environmental law enforcement. They have removed experienced environmental agents from leadership positions and publicly derided the agencies’ work. Consequently, Bolsonaro’s policies and rhetoric have effectively allowed criminal networks to continue destroying the rainforest.

The graph below illustrates the rate of deforestation occurring between 2010-2022 during the months between January and April.

Brazil is one of the world’s top ten emitters of greenhouse gases, with emissions primarily driven by changes in land use. The continued high levels of deforestation occur despite Bolsonaro’s pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030 and make Brazil carbon-neutral by 2050. The emissions caused by Bolsonaro’s policies will cause over 180,000 deaths related to excess heat this century.

Bolsonaro approved over 1,500 new pesticides since taking over office. Many pesticides contain active ingredients, which are illegal under EU law. These active ingredients are dangerous to human and environmental health. An example of this is the herbicide atrazine which has been illegal in the EU for more than 15 years due to its hazardous effects on groundwater. However, atrazine is in more than 70 commercial products in Brazil.

Increase in Violence Against Indigenous Groups in the Amazon

On June 5th 2022, journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira went missing during a trip to a remote area in the Amazon called Javari Valley. This is the second biggest Brazilian indigenous territory where the world’s highest concentration of uncontacted indigenous tribes live.

The reporters were raising awareness and defending the rights of indigenous communities facing the consequences of climate change. Increased levels of illegal activities have occurred in Javari Valley under Bolsonaro’s power. According to the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brazil, the reporter’s bodies were discovered on June 17th following their murder due to criminal gangs operating in the forest.

The Food Behind Deforestation

Approximately 60% of the Amazon rainforest lies on Brazil’s territory. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of beef and soybeans. Beef and soy production is driving more than two-thirds of the recorded habitat loss in Brazil’s Amazon.

Greenpeace released a report exposing the links between deforestation in the Amazon and soy and meat. The report showed that between 70-90% of the world’s soybean crop is used as animal feed. This highlights how demand for meat is the driving force behind the Amazon’s destruction. Disposable incomes across many developing countries are starting to increase rapidly. As a result, middle-income earners’ demand for beef has accelerated.

Farmers are bulldozing trees and creating forest fires to make way for crops and pasture. Deforestation destroys more than two football pitches every four minutes. These large-scale fumes are so big they can be seen from space.

Climate Change Lawsuit

On the 11th of November 2020, seven political parties in Brazil brought a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to implement the national deforestation policy and significantly contributing to climate change. In the case PSB et al. v. Brazil, the parties allege that by failing to implement the Prevention and Control of the Legal Amazon Deforestation, the federal government violated the fundamental rights of those living in the Amazon and throughout Brazil, indigenous peoples and present and future generations.

This was the first public hearing on climate change that reached the Brazilian Supreme Court, marking a landmark case for Brazil’s legal system. This pending climate change case arrives at a moment of extreme urgency as time runs out.

Furthermore, in October 2021, an environmental law group filed an official complaint at the International Criminal Court. All Rise accused Bolsonaro’s administration of crimes against humanity for their role in supporting deforestation.

What is the Amazon Rainforest’s Future & How Can We Protect It?

There will be catastrophic environmental consequences if action is not taken immediately to prevent the Amazon rainforest from reaching its tipping point. More than half of the Amazon may be destroyed by 2030, severely deepening the climate change crisis.

“We have to address the massive economic forces that drive deforestation. Otherwise, it won’t end; it will just move from one ecosystem to another.”
Leonardo Fleck
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

The leading drivers behind this accelerating deforestation are:
  • Demand for meat.
  • Unchecked agricultural expansion.
  • Lack of sufficient governance.
  • Uncurbed expansion of ranching.
  • Unsustainable farming practices, which clear forests and leave areas more prone to fires that can quickly become uncontrolled.
  • Illegal and unmitigated gold mining.
  • Illegal logging.
  • Illegal fires to make way for farming.
  • Lack of law enforcement.
We must address the above issues and collectively help to protect our beautiful Amazon rainforest. We can do this by safeguarding and protecting wild places, empowering and informing people to change their lifestyle choices, and putting science and technology to work.


Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Global Financial Crisis: Why Recession 2022 Would Be Unlike Any Other?


Skyrocketing inflation and higher interest rates are setting the stage for a massive global financial crisis. The world’s major economies are staring at a steep recession.

According to the eminent report agency, Namoura countries, including the likes of the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Canada, Australia, and the Euro-zone, are heading into a recession by the end of 2022.

As nations are trying to beat the economic fall, the tightening monetary policies could choke global growth. So, what’s ahead?

A Peak into the Global Financial Crisis, 2022

A financial storm is brewing that will be global in nature and could wreak nations economically and politically. As major countries, both rich and poor alike, continue to amass immense debts, the possibility of a global recession is knocking on the door.

Spurred by the easy money policy placed post the financial crisis 2008-09, central banks have elevated spending. Coupled with the historically low-interest rates, the global financial crisis 2022 has become inevitable.

Even before the COVID pandemic, governments were lending and spending heavily. For example, before the pandemic, the public debt of the world’s 70 poorest nations had gone up by 18% of the GDP. However, experts believe the level of indebtedness here was vastly understated.

And experts fear that Sri Lanka’s catastrophic economic collapse is a peek into what may unfold in other nations soon.

Which Nations are the Most Vulnerable?

Despite the overarching threat of global recession, the binge-borrowing of the poor and middle-income countries persists.

Today, Japan’s debt is proportionately over twice that of the US. However, the Bank of Japan still sticks with its virtual zero interest rate policies. Moreover, the scale of money printing will likely send the already wobbly Yen into a tailspin.

Experts fear that this might set free a financial contagion that will hit the currencies of other Asian economies. However, the crisis can also mushroom in Europe, given the European Central Bank (ECB) continues to buy a massive amount of bonds.

Furthermore, the US economy is slowing, which will be a drag for the rest of the world. Unfortunately, though, the IMF, the supposed doctor for financially troubled nations, is imposing counter-productive prescriptions, including:

-Currency Devaluation might worsen the spiking inflation

-Higher Taxes that will cripple recovery

Today’s world lacks leaders who grasp that stable money and low tax rates are fundamental for fast recoveries. In contrast, the Biden Administration is still trying to raise taxes. Even the already imploding global food crisis is worsening due to the Russia-Ukraine War.

Global Financial Crisis: The Debt Ridden Countries

Rising borrowing costs, inflation, and debt are all contributing to fears of an economic collapse. According to analysis, Belarus is on the verge of defaulting on its debt, and at least a dozen additional countries—including Russia, Suriname, Zambia, Pakistan, and Lebanon.

The whole debt cost is astounding. Analysts use a pain threshold of 1,000 basis points in bond spreads to determine that $400 billion in debt is in danger. With about $150 billion, Argentina is the largest, followed by Egypt and Ecuador, each with between $45 and $40 billion.

However, amidst the recession threat, the global financial crisis don’t seem as daunting for investors.

Why Recession 2022 Would Be Less Damaging for Investors?

The world’s economy is standing on the verge of a steep recession. However, unlike in 2008, the recession is expected to be less damaging and shallower to corporate earnings and investors.

Both the most recent recessions, the dot-com bust of 2001 and the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, were credit-driven downturns. Thus, in both crises, the debt-related excesses built up in the internet and housing infrastructure took over a decade for the economy to absorb.

But, in 2022, the catalyst for a recession is not debt but excess liquidity. The primary drivers here are the extreme levels of COVID-related monetary and fiscal stimulus pumped into the investment and household market. Thus, justifying the spiking inflation worldwide.

And trends dictate that inflation-driven recessions tend to be more lenient on corporate earnings. Other than the historic trends, the following factors are also highlighting a less severe recession in 2022, if one comes to pass:

-Balance sheets are in the best shape in decades

-The housing and auto industries are strong

-Labor-market dynamics remain robust

-Corporate revenues may be more durable

However, the stock market’s bearish trend may still be 5 to 10% away.

"Investors should still exercise patience and consider adopting tax-efficient rebalancing to offset their principal overweight and underweight exposures while pursuing maximum asset-class diversification."

How Can You Be Prepared for the Recession 2022?

No matter which factor plays a significant role in instigating the global financial crisis 2022, it’s crucial for you to be ready to survive if a recession plays out. Here’s how you can be prepared now:

Reassess Your Monthly Budget: Cut down on unimportant expenses and focus on saving more. Avoid EMI payments while purchasing luxury goods.

Postpone Aggressive Investments or Major Purchases: The likelihood of employment instability and regular income flow increases if recession strikes. Therefore, delay making significant purchases or aggressive investments that can be considered later.

Prioritize Debt Repayment: Analyze your saving and income and ensure you have enough funds to repay your debts. Make sure your credit card bill is paid and avoid mounting them any further.

Keep Up-Skilling: Work on your skills to create employment stability so that temporary glitches do not cost you your job. Additionally, this will promote monetary security.

Build a Solid Financial Plan Now: Not having enough money can impact every aspect of our lives. You can safeguard and well-prepare yourself for any recession by performing frequent checks on your budget, savings + investments, making compounding work for you, and setting powerful financial objectives. This will give you the strength to sail through difficult times.

Now, with the cost of money spiking, the posssibilty of an impending recession has become inevitable. However, the way forward is clear, but the leaders are floundering.


Sunday, July 24, 2022

Pakistan’s March Towards Democratic Reform

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday, emerged as a clear winner in the crucial Punjab Assembly by-elections. PTI won 15 of the 20 seats that went to the polls. The seats had been vacated after the disqualification of PTI members who had voted for the rival party PML-N’s candidate for Punjab Chief Minister’s office. PML-N, who had fielded PTI turncoats in all but one constituency could win only four seats. 

The elections mark a watershed moment in the recent history of Pakistan. It is a vote against the establishment’s intervention in politics and an expression of open support for civilian supremacy. 

Imran Khan Launches Crusade against the Establishment

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) started as an establishment-friendly party. During the last general elections in 2018, political commentators alleged that Khan came to power because of the covert backing of the establishment. The “establishment” refers to the powerful military of Pakistan. However, recently Khan fell off from favour with the establishment. He was removed from Prime Minister’s post after some opposition parties formed a coalition. Khan alleged that the coalition is backed by the establishment.

Since then Khan has led a crusade against the establishment and the “imported government”. He has alleged that the United States conspired against him by bringing the opposition parties together. His supporters refer to the new government as an “imported government”.

Khan’s anti-US Position

When Khan was in power, he steered Pakistan away from its traditional ally US. He focused on building stronger relations with China and Russia. Two months before he was removed from the office he had visited ussia. 

The visit put Pakistan in an embarrassing position. Khan met Russian President Putin in Moscow on February 25. The meeting with Putin came a day after he authorized a special military operation in Ukraine.

The visit irked the US. The US State Department conveyed its displeasure to the US.    

Imran Khan Denies Base to the US

Pakistan’s March towards Democratic Reform

Before its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US had been lobbying in Pakistan for a military/CIA base. The US sought the base to conduct military operations in Afghanistan.

Imran Khan denied permission for a US base. In an interview with Axios HBO’s Jonathan Swan, Khan said that he would “absolutely not” allow the US to have a base in Pakistan.

Even though Pakistan had helped the US negotiations with Pakistan, the denial of a base turned the US hostile towards Pakistan.

However, for Imran Khan domestically, the decision carried popular support. The Pakistani people’s previous experience with the US bases in their country had not been good. 

Hence, Khan’s withstanding of the US government’s pressure was exemplary. It garnered him support from the Pakistani public, cutting across the ideological divisions.

Establishment’s Relations with the US   

Traditionally, Pakistan has been a US ally. The establishment has been closer to the US. Pakistan was a part of two defence organizations of the US- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organization (CENTO).

Further, the US also funded the Pakistani army to wage war in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. The Pakistani army also supported the US war in Afghanistan.

Therefore, the Pakistani army has been receiving funds and aid from the US for most of Pakistan’s independent history.

It was painful for the army to see Khan steer away Pakistan from the US. Days before Imran Khan’s ouster, the Pakistan Army Chief said that “we share a long and excellent strategic relationship with the US”. This comment came in the backdrop of Khan’s allegations that the US was behind the no-confidence motion brought against him.

Why are Punjab By-elections Crucial?

All the votes cast in the support of PTI are in support of – (i) its anti-establishment rhetoric and (ii) Khan’s conspiracy theory that the US was behind his ouster. The vote is also against the current federal government’s policies. 

Punjab is one of the most important provinces of Pakistan. It is a stronghold of establishment supporters. Punjabis dominate the army.

Hence, the anti-establishment vote points to the losing support for the Pakistani army in Punjab.

Pakistani urban Middle-Class Turning against Army

The losing support for the army was evident in the huge protest rallies that followed Imran Khan’s ouster. Pakistan’s urban middle class was on the streets in support of Imran Khan. They raised slogans against the US and the Pakistani army.

The urban middle class in Pakistan is known for its support for the establishment. Hence, the shift in its support for a civil leader is interesting.

Beginning of a Democratic Reform?

Various research studies point to the fact that most of the Pakistani population is anti-American in their attitude. At the same time, the Pakistani army happens to be one of the most trusted and supported institutions of the country.  

When the civilian government steered away from the US, the army chose to maintain its relations with the US. As a result, the Pakistani people have taken the civilian government’s side this time.

It might be the beginning of the downfall of the all-powerful Pakistani army. It will be interesting to see if Imran Khan can sustain this movement. 

Friday, July 22, 2022

Europe Complicating Its Green Ambitions Amidst Extreme Heatwaves



A rare warning is in place. For the first time, the UK has released a red weather warning for extreme heat. Scorching amidst its earliest and hottest heatwaves in record, Europe is now at the forefront of climate change-instigated calamity.

But, what is driving the unseasonably brutal heat in sweltering Europe? And exactly, how dire is the situation? Here’s an explainer:

Blazing Wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula

A spade of wildfires is scorching parts of Europe, with firefighters battling the blazing fires in France, Portugal, Spain, and Croatia. In addition, the fires are driving record-high temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula, shooting up as high as 46 degrees Celsius.

Almost half of droughted Portugal is currently under red alerts, a grave fire risk. And mass evacuations depict the severity of the blazes. Fire authorities are at work but stretched thin, with many arriving too late.

On Croatia’s dalmatian coast, picturesque seaside towns are smothered in smoke. Flames fueled by high winds have already destroyed substantial homes and farms. Whereas, Spain is amidst its second suffocating heatwave in less than a month.


Wildfire near Landiras Southwest France

Photos from July 15, 2022. Wildfire near Landiras Southwest France

The extreme temperatures in the Iberian peninsula have created the conditions for blazes to run more quickly, making fire-fighting operations more tricky. Furthermore, with the high winds and low humidity in Europe, fires are wreaking havoc in tourist spots.

Authorities are blaming the wildfires on a mass of hot and dry air blown in by African winds. But, as climate change evolves into an un-escapable reality; experts fear that Europe should brace for more extreme temperatures, wildfires, and droughts.

Red Warning Amidst Scorching Summer

As temperatures have continued to climb over the past several days, the UK Meteorological (Met) Office on Friday issued the first-ever “red” warning for areas of England, including London, next week. The ‘red’ alert conveys a severe heat warning, with the potential to risk lives.

With several water reservoirs recording abnormally low levels of storage at the beginning of summer, following an arid winter (mainly January/February) and a dehydrated May as well; the hot and dry weather has exacerbated the drought difficulties across the area.

Since hydropower facilities provide more than 10% of Spain’s electricity, this will have a significant impact on energy output, availability, and costs.

In the coming weeks, the dry and hot weather is expected to spread across northwestern and Central Europe before spreading further north and east into Eastern Europe over the weekend.

Since earlier this week, England and Wales have been under an Amber Extreme Heat warning.

The officials fear that if temperatures continue to rise, Europe could face an extreme health crisis.

“At the moment, public health is already stretched, and there is definitely a concern that our infrastructure in parts of Europe really isn’t set up to have these kinds of temperatures. “

Laura Paterson, a WMO meteorologist

G7’s Struggle to Balance Climate Change Amidst Global Energy Crisis

In the last month’s G7 summit, the leaders of the seven wealthiest nations struggled to balance the need to tackle climate change amidst the global energy crisis. The US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Japan ended their summit by reaffirming their goals to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Surprisingly, the countries also approved investments in new international fossil fuel-based projects. This shows how even the most developed countries are scrambling to break free from the Russian oil and coal due to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
On paper, however, the G7 aims to halt public investment in overseas fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022. But, under exceptional circumstances, publically supported investments in the gas sector will be allowed for the time being.
Countries heavily reliant on Russian energy, including Germany and Italy, are already pushing for the amended text. Currently, most European countries are racing to stockpile gas before winter and diversify suppliers amidst fear that Russia will turn off their energy supply soon.
For example, Germany and Australia are already reactivating coal-fired plants to tackle the energy shot fall. At the same time, Europe is eyeing new gas projects.

Europe Increasing its Fossil Fuel Amidst Extreme Heatwaves

Fossil fuel usage is the primary driver behind toxic greenhouse gas emissions. However, facing the energy void created by the Ukraine war; European countries are now turning to fossil fuels amidst record-breaking heatwaves.
Around 80% of Austria’s gas is imported from Russia. As a result, the country has triggered the first stage of a three-part emergency plan. Currently, Austria is looking at ways to diversify its gas supply and will convert a gas-fueled power plant to produce energy using coal.
Bulgaria, which receives more than 90% of its gas requirements from Russia, has agreed to buy LNG from the United States and has intensified negotiations with Azerbaijan to enhance its gas supply.
The Czech Republic claims it has increased gas delivery from other sources to make up for a drop in deliveries from Russia’s Gazprom. On the other hand, Greece has stated that it will temporarily increase coal mining during the next two years.

Europe’s Extreme Heatwave: The Warning

With the climate change calamities reaching the wealthy nations, the issue has become inescapable. However, despite the devastations, countries are forging new fossil-fuel projects to further deteriorate the already dire global warming.
No doubt, the Russia-Ukraine war has created a huge energy void. However, as gas-hungry Europe revives coal plants in the bid to suffice its energy demands, it is also complicating its climate ambitions.
But, Europe is not alone. Countries are witnessing scorching heatwaves across borders, and the blistering heat this summer shows just what is at stake.

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Is Iran Really The Enemy?


Joe Biden’s visit to Israel was hailed as historic, as it aimed to further perfect Israel’s ability to wage aggression against Arabs and Muslims in the region.

But it is increasingly clear that the main purpose of the much-heralded visit was to mobilize certain Arab states against neighbouring Iran, while carefully ignoring the gargantuan perils posed by the belligerent Israeli apartheid entity.

Israel prepared a list of greedy requests and demands, which the apartheid state insisted that a pliant Biden fulfil.  

These include inducing or even bulling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to cordially and unconditional normalize relations with the occupiers of Palestine and tormentors of its people, the Palestinians. 

The other chief goal of Biden’s visit was to instigate Arab dictators against Iran by portraying her as the Arab’s chief and ultimate enemy. In this context,  there have been several reports that the  US is contemplating the establishment of an Arab NATO, which would likely be led and dominated by Israel. human rights

The target is Iran!

Israeli leaders do not hide their happiness with Biden’s visit  because it achieved many of the demands and goals that Tel Aviv had sought to achieve,

According to Israeli political analysts, Biden’s visit sent several messages: with the most prominent, message being Washington’s affirmation of its iron-clad commitment to protecting Israel’s security, as well as expanding the circle of regional normalization and launching a regional defence alliance against Iran, with the conspicuous absence of the Palestinian cause, the core root-cause problem in the Middle East.

In an indication of the absence of any clash between the two countries over the Iranian nuclear file, the Biden administration alluded to a total harmony between Tel Aviv and Washington’s position against Iran, and the two parties’ agreement on the need to prevent Tehran from acquiring weapons of mass destruction or a nuclear bomb. 

This is in addition to stressing  Washington’s commitment to limit Iran’s influence in the Middle East Through the establishment of a regional defence alliance led by Washington under, the pretext of confronting “Iranian threats”.

Contrary to its approach to an Iranian file, which Washington seems to be dealing with mainly diplomatically, Israel believes that Washington is pushing to expand normalization agreements between Israel and more Arab and Islamic countries,  at the expense of the Palestinian issue.

Signing the “Jerusalem Declaration”

Joe Biden and interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint agreement called the “Jerusalem Declaration”, to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The declaration also underscored  Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security and maintaining Israel’s qualitative edge over all Arab and Muslim countries in the region,

and not to allow Iran to possess a nuclear deterrent and to confront Iranian activities in the region, whether directly or through resistance groups such as the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, according to the statement.

The statement also condemned what it described as the “unfortunate terrorist attacks” that targeted Israelis in recent months, stressing President Biden’s support for the two-state solution.

Iran is more determined than ever

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian affirmed that his country has become “more determined” to preserve its interests in any revival of the nuclear agreement after Biden’s visits to Israel, where he signed a security declaration entitled “The Jerusalem Declaration” directed primarily against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

“With strength and logic, Iran continues its efforts to cancel the embargo,” the Iranian foreign minister wrote in a tweet, referring to the sanctions that Washington re-imposed on Tehran after the first unilateral withdrawal from the agreement in 2018.

Abdollahian added, “We will never overlook the inalienable rights of the great Iranian nation. Achieving a good, solid, and sustainable agreement is our goal.

Undoubtedly, the puppet show between the White House and Zionism makes us more determined” to achieve this.

Iran is the first supporter to the cause

There is no doubt that what America is doing and the path it is working for is to divert attention from Israel and coax  the Arabs that their real enemy is Iran, not Israel which occupies the Aqsa Mosque, arrogates Palestinian land and savages Palestinians around the clock.

DIGNIFIED Arabs must not allow Israel and its guardian-ally to realize their nefarious goals of fanning the fire of Fitna between Iranian Muslims and Arab Muslims.  

Iran is not perfect, but war between Arabs and Iranians to please Tel Aviv and Washington, would be infinitely stupid, to say the very least.

In short, Muslims must not spell each other’s blood to place their common enemies. There is no doubt that this alliance will do a lot of harm to the Palestinian cause, as Iran is one of the few remaining supporters of the Palestinian people.

Palestine, whether moral or material. This will push many countries to normalize with the Zionist entity, even to the extent that Israel might one day join the Arab League.



Monday, July 18, 2022

Will The PA Renounce The Two-State Solution Strategy And Opt For Equal Rights In A Unitary Bi-National State?


The two-state solution has been the sacred cow of the Arab-Israeli peace process for the past 40 years. The effectively moribund Palestinian Authority  (PA) continues, knowingly or otherwise, to count on the US, to eventually force intransigent Israel to end its 55-year-old military occupation of the Occupied territories.

PA efforts to that effect are drawing ridicule from most Palestinians and apathy from Israel.

But counting on the US in no way implies that the PA has any genuine hopes that the US would manage to extract real concessions from Israel’s parsimonious hands. It only means that the fragile entity has no choice, other than placing all its eggs in the American basket.

Indeed, many observers view the PA current posture as merely regurgitating the same failed old-Oslo era policies which proved to be disastrous for the Palestinian cause.

Meanwhile, the impoverished  PLO-PA Fatah leadership continues to lament the nearly total paralysis  of international legitimacy and rule of international law, which allowed an insolent Israel to gang up on the Palestinians with much of the world, including the Arab-Muslim world,  looking on.

 Indeed. the almost total disregard by Israel of international law in the occupied territories, including the sweeping seizure of Palestinian lands, aggrandizement of Jewish-only colonies, along with the quasi-daily murder and maiming of mostly innocent Palestinians, have made the demoralized PA leadership more frustrated and disillusioned than ever.

A few months ago, a nervous-looking Abbas publicly lashed out at the Chinese Communist Party, using a four-letter word, when senior Fatah figure Abbas Zaki asked the president whether it was appropriate to congratulate the party on its foundation anniversary. racism

What would Abbas tell Biden?

Most Palestinians don’t pin any hope whatsoever on Biden’s upcoming visit to Ramallah.

“We have no illusions that the visit will achieve a political breakthrough. We will be listening to more pledges and promises,” an unnamed  senior Palestinian official was quoted as saying by the pro-Netanyahu i42 news on 2 July .”This visit is about normalizing ties between Israel and Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia.”

Biden is due to meet with Abbas in mid-July. The main purpose of the mostly symbolic visit to the West Bank is to demonstrate to the Palestinians that the US is not forgetting or ignoring them. This might be true to some extent.

 But the Biden administration is ignoring or at least sidestepping the Palestinian cause, while frantically accelerating efforts to get the Saudis to normalize relations with Israel.

 The US is unlikely though to take pro-active steps to reopen its consulate in East Jerusalem, closed by former Israel-firster, President Trump, despite some loosely-worded promises made by Secretary of State Blinken that it would.

As to the week, ailing and increasingly-abandoned Abbas, he is absolutely in no position to make demands of or issue warnings to a US president who is thoroughly plagued  and preoccupied by the nightmarish and still ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

True,  as a solace to comfort Abbas and enable him to keep face and retain his political composure, Biden may give the PA leader some verbal assurances, but nothing more.

The legitimate Palestinian grievances Abbas will communicate to Biden are no news for the US president that would prompt him  to even nudge a notoriously recalcitrant Israel, where a  care-taker government is bracing for yet a new round of elections following the collapse of the Naftali Bennet’s cacophonic coalition two weeks ago.

Interestingly, the elections, Slated to take place four months from now, will be a fierce competition between the likud, the jingoistic nationalist bloc, and the extreme-national-religious right.  Both camps vehemently reject the Oslo process, the erstwhile two-state solution proposal as well as the establishment of any completely-sovereign  Palestinian political entity west of the river Jordan.

Will Netanyahu make a comeback?

Hence, awaiting the elections is really a non-viable option for Abbas and Biden, who may be affronted with the political comeback of Trump’s prodigal son, Benyamin Netanyahu. Last week, Trump reportedly said he would back Netanyahu in the coming Israeli elections.

While Bennet treated Abbas with a combination of non-attention and even not a small modicum of contempt, Netanyahu is known for employing a lot of coaxing, cajoling and red-herring tactics with the aging PA leader, while working diligently, often behind the scenes,  to dismantle the very last vestiges of official  Arab support for the Palestinians.

Netanyahu is also the number-1 ally of Saudi Arabia’s de facto king MBS, who is reportedly impatiently awaiting his old father’s death to open up Saudi Arabia to Israel and bid a final “Good by” to the Palestinians and their “annoying cause.”

Now, as we all know, Biden is trying to do the job for MBS and Netanyahu even before King Salman’s death, a mission he may or may not succeed in accomplishing.

 Biden’s effort to consummate what would be a historical breakthrough in the relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel doesn’t mean at all that Israel would offer any meaningful concessions to the Palestinians in return, or even relax her tight and harsh grip on them. In fact,  the opposite might happen, which wouldn’t even make MBS bat an eyelash, given his disenchantment with and even aversion to the Palestinians.

One-state Solution

A few weeks ago, Abbas warned that if the international community, particularly the US and EU, didn’t move to compel Israel to end its occupation and colonization of the West Bank, he would take “decisive and dangerous” decisions.

Abbas didn’t disclose what these decisions would be.  But some of his aides speculated that the aging and ailing PA leader might freeze at least some Palestinian commitments under the Oslo Accords such as the security coordination regime with Israel. Moreover, Abbas may well decide to revoke PLO recognition of Israel, which was unconditional and not contingent on reciprocal Israeli recognition of a Palestinian state.

But the most important decision Abbas might possibly take is the renouncement by the PLO of the two-state solution strategy in favor of one unitary state from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean,  where Jews and Arabs would live together in peace and equality.

This would mean that the Palestinians would start a fresh struggle for equal rights in a democratic, non-apartheid state.

But a bi-national democratic state, while it would be widely welcomed by the bulk of the international community, would be anathema for Israel and many Zionist Jews.

A few weeks ago, former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross warned that the destruction by Israel of the two-state solution would eventually force the Palestinian leadership to opt for a unitary, democratic state where Palestinians and Israeli Jews live as equal citizens.

The idea of a bi-national Jewish-Arab state west of the River Jordan will not be readily accepted by a sizeable determined segment of Palestinians as well, particularly Hamas and other religious groups. However, it is the only truly viable solution under existing circumstances.  The other alternative is perpetual, open-ended conflict between the Islamic world on the one hand and Israel and its guardian-ally, the US, on the other,  which could eventually evolve into a nuclear Armageddon. With the two-state solution reaching real dead-end, the only alternative would be the continuation and escalation of the conflict. The Palestinian Authority is unlikely to survive the recalcitrance of the upcoming Israeli government, especially if the recently-approved settlement projects are implemented.

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Pakistan Must Not Normalize With The Devil


Without Islam, Pakistan is a part of India. Islam is the ultimate raison d’être of the Pakistani state. Anyone denying this cardinal fact is either thoroughly ignorant, or consumed by hatred for the final heavenly message to mankind. In both cases, such people shouldn’t be taken too seriously.As to the haters, the fire of their own blind hatred will eventually  take care of them as Imam Shafie said “Fire will consume itself if it finds nothing to consume.” human rights

Badge of honor for Muslims

Despite all its problems, and they are undoubtedly numerous and complicated, Pakistan, the country of 225 million and the second-most populous Muslim country after Indonesia, remains a badge of honor  for every Muslim  who considers himself or herself part of the Umma of Muhammed (PBUH).

 The Pakistani state must maintain this sublime status, and  not give Islam’s foes a reason to gloat or be gleeful at our unenviable state of affair.  That is why, Pakistan must never ever accept, either explicitly or implicitly, to compromise its national honor and  dignified status among Muslims, even in exchange for a hefty financial package from rapacious international usurers or a certificate of good conduct from Washington. The badge of honor must not morph into a badge of shame under all circumstances. A free, honorable woman would rather starve than commit adultery.

Stay away from the venomous snake

Today, there are frantic, unrelenting efforts by Israel, often through politically influential American Jewish figures, to coax Islamabad to betray Islam, the Quran and the Prophet of Islam,  by normalizing ties with the apartheid Israeli entity, which openly brags about its toxic hostility to everything and anything Islamic or Muslim.

The brazen Zionist efforts to make Pakistan commit political adultery with the enduring Palestinian cause are also aimed at dwarfing Pakistan itself from a giant Muslim world power into a sort of a failed and pliant Banana republic, rotating in the orbit of international Zionism. In short, The cunning Zionist efforts  aim to make Pakistan lose itself as well as make the Muslim world lose Pakistan.

Needless to say, Pakistan would gain nothing in return, probably apart from a lot of empty promises and extravagant but insincere praise and sycophancy from Washington. That is in addition to a few “peanuts,” using the words of the late Gen.  Muhamed Zia-ul- Haq, from the International Monetary Fund.

Israel’s vicious goals in Pakistan

Apart from depriving the Palestinians of one of their last important natural allies, which would significantly facilitate the ultimate Israeli goal of liquidating the Palestinian cause, and gobbling the Masjidul Aqsa, Israel has certain ghoulish goals by endearing itself to Pakistan.

Israel doesn’t deny that the acquisition by Pakistan of a sizeable nuclear deterrent represented a huge failure of the Mossad espionage agency. Indeed, the detonation by Pakistan of 5 nuclear devices on 28 May, 1998 was a very very bad news for the Israeli security establishment and one of the main reasons for the Israeli decision to establish strategic relations with India.

Today, Israel rather aggressively seeks to neutralize Pakistan as an awesome Muslim power. Israel has no bilateral contention with Pakistan. But the Zionist entity hates so much military strength and political strength (democracy) in any Muslim country. On the other hand, Israel is infatuated with those Arab regimes whose autocratic rulers who suppress, torment and trample on their masses in order to remain in power until their death.

The Pakistani army and nuclear program   

As an observer of the Israeli mindset for several decades, I have a zero doubt as to the number-one priority on Israel’s mind as far as the brazen attempts to normalize relations with Pakistan. It is simply to “directly and closely” spy on the most powerful Muslim army, Pakistan’s defense industry, and especially the country’s nuclear capabilities. The Pakistani state would be infinitely gullible if it didn’t pay ample attention to this matter. An Israeli embassy in Islamabad, God forbid, would be an elaborate den of espionage disguised as a diplomatic mission.

Undoubtedly, Israel would convey every conceivable piece of information it obtains about Pakistan to its closest ally, fascist India,  as well as to the Zionist state’s guardian-ally the United States.

As to India, Israel has already transferred to the racist Modi regime its cumulative experience of many decades in tormenting and savaging the Palestinians, including demolishing their homes for petty violations as well as handing them hefty prison sentences for engaging even in non-violent resistance to the sinister Zionist occupation. Some Indian states, like Utar Pradesh, have already copied Israel’s harsh tactics against the Palestinians. Moreover, Israeli security advisors have been “advising” the Indian army as to the most effective methods of  repressing Kashmiri freedom fighters as well as ordinary Muslims of the Indian-Occupied territory.

Another goal of the sought-after normalization with Pakistan would be to spark off civil disturbances and even sectarian conflict between Pakistan’s sizeable Shiite minority and the Sunni majority. Israel has a long experience in this field in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and the West Bank. Indeed, we don’t disclose any secret when we remind readers that Israel’s espionage activities were one of the root causes of civil wars in Jordan in 1970, Lebanon, 1975, and Syria in 2011. There is absolutely nothing that would restrain Israel from doing the same evil feats again if circumstances allowed. We all know that many Pakistanis are abjectly poor. Hence,  it is not inconceivable that the Zionist octopus would seize the first opportunity to recruit some wretched traitors to work for the Zionist regime and betray their country.

So far, all the regimes with which Israel reached  normalization agreements are absolutely despotic and undemocratic,  ruled by despicable, treacherous tyrants who don’t allow any semblance of civil liberties like freedom of speech.

Indelible stigma

Indeed, had it not been for this sweeping dictatorship, none of these states would have agreed to normalize with the very country that shamelessly murders school children and journalists, and then claims that the repetitive acts of murder were done by mistake!

God forbid, Pakistan would be the first quasi-democratic Muslim country to be besmirched by the indelible stigma  of normalization with the last and worst apartheid under the sun.

But there is a catch-22 with regard to Pakistan. The vast majority of Pakistanis are religious Muslims who wouldn’t remain silent, passive or idle while the country of Muhammad Iqbal and Mawlana Mawdoudi is contaminated by the Zionist virus, which unlike the Covid-19 virus, which kills the body, kills the moral soul of a nation. Hence, Pakistan, a country that I have always fallen in love with, must not cheapen itself and commit moral suicide by normalizing with the devil.

Arab's autocrats are irredeemable hypocrites

I realize there are influential Pakistani voices who might argue that Pakistan cannot be more Arab than the Arabs and more Islamic than the Saudis. Well, such arguments are actually a form of Satanic insinuation. This is because the bulk of these tyrants are agents of Israel and the US and have nothing to do with true Islam. After all, Islam is taken from the Quran and the Sunna of the holy Prophet, not from charlatans and misfits like MBS, MBZ, Sisi, and the little King of Bahrain. In fact, these little men consider Islam as their strategic enemy. Hence Pakistan must not compromise its national dignity by imitating or emulating these American protectorates.

Don’t follow the Egyptian example

A final note. When Egypt Normalized relations with Israel in the late 1970s, during the rule of Anwar Sadat,  Normalization apologists then were quite auspicious that the most populous Arab country would soon become a Middle Eastern economic tiger. Today, more than 40 years later, Egypt can hardly feed its population and is effectively held hostage to the whims of the Zionist entity. As to  Egypt’s  political weight on the world arena, it is not much bigger than that of a small banana republic. Pakistan must not commit the same blunder again. One doesn’t seek safety in a venomous snake’s hole. 

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