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December 14, 2020
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The kids in Israel and Palestine are not alright. Almost half of Israeli high school students told pollsters in 2016 that they don’t think Arab citizens should be allowed to vote or sit in the Knesset. Meanwhile, 73% of Palestinian youth told pollsters in 2015 that they supported the knife intifada. Also in 2016, 82% of Israeli 11th and 12th graders said there was “no chance” of reaching a deal of some sort with the Palestinians.
These young people should not be blamed for their attitudes; they’re the product of a dysfunctional environment that their leaders, and we in the international community, have bestowed upon them. The emerging generation of Israelis and Palestinians have less experience of each other than probably any cohort since 1967.
Kashmir emerged as nuclear flash-point: AJK President
Published On 11 December,2020 10:57 pm
The president appealed to the UK to come forward as an important member of the UN Security Council
MIRPUR (Dunya News) – Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Friday said that nuclear clash between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue was not merely an apprehension but a visible reality.
“If the international community does not come forward to resolve the Kashmir issue and end human rights violations, not only South Asia but the entire world will have to pay a heavy cast,” he said.
In a first-ever interactive session with the UK MP and Chairman Labor Friends of Kashmir Andrew Gwynne through video link, he said that the human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and the frequent Indian aggression at the Line of Control were further aggravating the already deteriorated situation of the region which would have adverse e