2 weeks Ago
As the war of words intensifies between Pakistan and India—reflected in official actions, military preparedness, and hardened rhetoric—a darker and more insidious battle is unfolding online and across the airwaves. This campaign, initiated by the Indian side, mirrors some of the most dehumanising and soulless behaviour seen online since the genocide in Gaza. It is no surprise that India is now resorting to the tactics and language of its ideological ally, Israel—the same Israel that has repeatedly colonised land, eliminated dissent, employed sexual violence and degradation, used human shields, and pushed settler colonialism to its extremes in Palestine.
India has followed a similar path in Kashmir, and continues to do so today. India purchases weapons from Israel. It imports surveillance and security infrastructure from Israel.
And now, in the wake of an attack on Indian tourists, it is adopting Israel’s rhetorical playbook—drumming up incendiary, high-octane vitriol that targets Muslims across the subcontinent. Prime-time headlines on Indian news channels are calling for the destruction of Pakistan. Entire cities inside Pakistan are being openly discussed as targets.
An entire religion—Islam—is being vilified as the root of violence. The language being used—“final solution,” “eradicate them all,” “kill everything,” “destroy every building”—is genocidal. It is the same rhetoric employed by Israel and its supporters, and now it is being deployed against Indian Muslims, Kashmiris, and Pakistanis alike.
India can’t terminate Indus Waters Treaty unilaterally: Governor This moment demands clarity. It reveals the depravity of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s nationalist ideology—a fascist framework that continues to draw inspiration from another ethnonationalist regime. The Hindu right in India is following a path already laid by Israel, and that path leads only to fire and ruin across the subcontinent.
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