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OPINION JUNE 13, 2025 | The Indian Eye 10

Pakistan’s False

Conflation of Gaza Crisis

with Kashmir

Just like the 7 October attacks, which Hamas admits was meant to derail the gradual détente in

Israel–Arab relations, Pakistan-backed terrorists targeted the steadily returning normalcy, peace and
prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir and sought to lure India into making an intemperate reprisal

DR PRASHANT KUMAR SINGH

he Pakistan-backed terrorist
operation in Pahalgam on 22
TApril 2025 was a carefully cal-
ibrated and cunningly timed atrocity.
The 26 gruesome murders of civilian
tourists were not carried out indis-
criminately, but were clearly aimed at
unravelling India’s strong secular so-
cial fabric. In addition, the diabolical-
ly designed killings were conducted at
a time of growing international con-
cern over the worsening Gaza situa-
tion in an attempt to internationalize
the non-issue of Kashmir alongside
the festering West Asian crisis.
Just like the 7 October attacks,
which Hamas admits was meant to
derail the gradual détente in Israel–
Arab relations, Pakistan-backed ter-
rorists targeted the steadily returning
normalcy, peace and prosperity in
Jammu and Kashmir and sought to
lure India into making an intemper-
ate reprisal.

However, the Indian response— India’s military strikes were meticulously planned and intelligence-driven that targeted verified terrorist camps to avoid escalation and undue
which came in the form of collateral damage (Agency File photo)
Operation Sindoor—followed
On the other hand, Indian strat-
a strategically astute, preci- egy successfully launched a major tractable conflicts between the West ian rallies in the West to garner more
and the Arab world with its own ex-
support for its bogus and unpopular
sion-focused and multi-agency non-kinetic diplomatic offensive pansionist agenda on Kashmir, un- causes. Such attempts have increased
approach. On the one hand, against Pakistan worldwide. Display- der a pseudo pan-Islamist banner. in recent times, with Kashmiri slo-
ing the nation’s collective resolve,
In doing so, it has invariably under-
gans raised in pro-Palestinian rallies
India’s military strikes were inherent cohesion and solidarity mined efforts for resolving complex at the Columbia University and The
meticulously planned and in- against Pakistan’s designs, the gov- security issues facing West Asia and Rutgers University. The US govern-
telligence-driven that target- ernment sent all-party parliamentary has also acted contrary to India’s sus- ment has taken strong measures to
delegations to 32 countries to expose
suspend students from participating
tained efforts to promote peace and
ed verified terrorist camps to Pakistan’s use of terrorism as a stra- prosperity in South Asia. in such demonstrations.
At least since 2019 onwards,
Again on 12 May 2025, a small
avoid escalation and undue tegic doctrine to undermine India’s Pakistan-backed Kashmiri and group of 50-odd Pakistani nation-
security.
collateral damage. For a long time, Pakistan has Khalistani separatist groups have als stood alongside an even small-
been focused on conflating old, in- tried to become part of pro-Palestin- Continued on next page... >>
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