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November 28, 2018

Don’t Believe the Rumors: Israel and Pakistan Aren’t Headed for Reconciliation

There’s too much concern about the “Zionist-Hindu conspiracy.”

Last month, an Israeli journalist reported that an airplane had flown from Tel Aviv to Islamabad and stayed there for ten hours. The report, while never confirmed, sparked rumors in both Israel and Pakistan that Jerusalem had sent a secret diplomatic mission to establish ties between the two countries. Given Benjamin Netanyahu’s success in creating such links with countries around the world, including Muslim states like Oman and Bahrain, such rumors seem plausible. But Vinay Kaura argues that even if reports of the visit are true, Israel and Pakistan won’t be reconciled in the foreseeable future:

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