It is a territorial conflict between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region. This conflict starts after the partition of India in 1947 as a dispute over the former state of Jammu and Kashmir under this dispute 3 wars escalated between India and Pakistan and several armed incidents. Before we explain the next issues it’s very necessary to access the history of Kashmir. In 1846 under the terms of treaty of Amritsar the British sold the beautiful valley of Kashmir to the Hindu dobra ruler Gulab Singh as maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir he was a last able to include Kashmir as the Jewel among his other territorial possessions which includes Jammu Ladakh, Baluchistan and numerous hill states but the majority of population living in this sector were Muslims, Hindu Sikhs and Buddhists were in minority. After a century, later the Indian continent was partitioned in the Independence in the 1947. Maharaja Hari Singh the grandson of Gulab Singh could not decide to join the Pakistan or India for over two months his state remained independent. In October 1947, a large number of tribe’s man from Pakistan north west frontier attacked on the state at that time Hari Singh agreed to join India. His decision was immediately and in a quick action Indian army reached in Kashmir valley and a war between India and Pakistan started. The war was finally halted in 1949 Pakistan immediately contested on the basis of the state’s majority muslim population a ceasefire between the both countries supervised by recently founded united nations. Over 60 years India and Pakistan have fought over Jammu and Kashmir both on battlefield and at the negotiating table. Both countries wanted to absorb it within their borders. Neither of them has succeeded in doing so entirely. The Part occupied by the Pakistan known as azad Kashmir and Jammu & Kashmir known as the state of India this area includes the region of Ladakh Jammu and the valley of Kashmir since 1949. The ceasefire has been monitored by a small force of the united states military observer group in India and Pakistan. But suddenly in 1965 when Indian Prime minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri face a war with Pakistan following the 1971 war when east Pakistan succeed to become Independent Bangladesh. After ceasefire of 1971 war an agreement was made in 1972 non-Shimla agreement and both the head of the states Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from Pakistan and Smt. Indira Gandhi from Indian sides signed an agreement and renamed the line of control. From 1971 to 1992 the situation in Kashmir was very peaceful the tourist from India and Abroad visit the beautiful valley and enjoy freely without any fear but after 1992 Pakistan again starts interrupting in Kashmir valley because the pain of Bangladesh disturbed the rulers of the Pakistanis heart, first they tried to create disturbance in Punjab the state of India and the terrorist attacks on buses and trains started through militants. Many civilians were killed by the Pakistani sponsored Sikh militants but in this conspiracy Pakistan failed after that it just concentrated on Kashmir. Hindu and Sikh’s were directly attacked by the Kashmiris in Kashmir valley more than five lakh hindus and sikh forced to leave the valley. These Kashmiris pandits are stralling for their livelihood in the different parts of the India in recent situation. The militancy increased and the young boys of the region attacks on Indian Army through stone pelting and these Pakistani sponsored mlitants attacked on Indian base camps Time to time i.e. URI, Pathankot and Phulwama attack. In my views, it’s just like a great International business and we shouldn’t just let it roll like now as a lot of time, money and lives are wasted in it. We should find out the real tycoon of this game who letting this conflict to happen and continue for their own benefit, then eliminate them.
Israeli Palestine Issue-
The Israeli and Palestinian conflict is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that begin in the mid 20th century. The origins to the conflict can be traced back to Jews immigration and Palestinians struggle from a long time. The conflict is one of the world’s longest running and most controversial conflict we can say that it is a conflict between two self-determination movements one the jews Zionist project and the Palestinians nationalist project that lay claim to the same territory but it is so much more complicated than that anyone don’t want to back off because both the societies try to survive their livelihood. There are many defender countries from the both sides but America is the strongest defender towards Israeli side.
Israeli jews and Palestinians Arabs both want the same land and a compromise has proven difficult to find. Israeli is world’s only jews state locate just on the east side of Mediterranean Sea. Palestinians the Arab population that hails from the land Israeli now controls refer to the territory as Palestine want to establish a state by that name on all or part of the same land, the main conflict between the two societies is who gets what land and how it is controlled.
The both Jewish and Arab Muslims date their claims to the land back. The current political conflict began in early 20th century. Jews fleeing prosecution in Europe wanted to establish a national home land. Arab and muslim majority territory in the automan and later british empire. The Arab resisted seeing the land rightfully there and early united nations plan to give each group. The early united nations plan to give each group part of the land failed. The Israeli and the surrounding nations fought several wars over the territory. The true wars mainly named one 1948 and another in 1967.
The 1967 war is particularly important for today’s conflict as it left Israel in control of west bank and Gaza strip, these two territories home to large Palestinian population.
Today the west bank is nominally controlled by the Palestinian authority and is under Israeli occupation. This comes in the form of Israeli troops who enforce Israeli security restrictions on Palestinian movement and activities. Gaza is controlled by Hamas a Islamic fundamental party is under Israeli blockade but not ground troop occupation.
Suggested Solution-
The primary approach to solving the conflict today is a so called two state solution that would establish Palestine as an independent state in Gaza and most of the west bank living the rest of the land to Israel. Though the two-state plan is clear in theory. The two sides are still deeply divided over how to make it work in practice. The alternative of two states solution is a one state solution most observer think this would cause more problems that it would solve but this outcome is becoming more likely over time for political and demographic regions.
Similarities between both-
Those comparing Kashmir with Palestine either ignorant or doing with it as there is no similarity. Kashmiris in India have a full political right as a Indian citizen and in fact they have extra privileges let’s see how they are not similar but in fact almost apposite against Palestine’s.
Kashmiris can buy land in other states of India and set up their business in all over India while people from other Indian states can’t even buy land in Kashmir.
They are eligible for government jobs in any part of India while people from other states can’t apply for state government jobs in Kashmir.
Students from J&K gets special scholarship for studying in India tuition fee hostel fee maintenance charges everything covered under the special scheme i.e. UDDAN and etc.
There is no restriction on their religious faith even Govt. of India gives subsidies for performing haj yatris.
After all type of facilities given by the Indian Govt. to Kashmiris the most people of the Kashmir region is anti-India and they create different type of violence’s against the police and armies. Recently a Big event happened in Phulwna wher 44 CRPF Jawans were killed in a terrorist attack on convoy by a Suicide bomber militant.
Palestine’s- Palestinians in Gaza patti don’ even have access to basic human rights no constitutional and political rights. Palestinians want a demolished in west bank for further jews settlement while in Kashmir it was the Hindus who lost their homes and land due to violence of Pakistan sponsored Jihadi dogs.
Even medical and food aids from foreign countries are denied and trans in Gaza while in Kashmir Indian army remains on the forefront to rescue Kashmiris in time of natural disaster and Indian Govt. provide full aid in many times.
Jews from other countries can settle in Israel on philistine lands while in Kashmir even Indian citizens can’t do that.
But there is a single similarity between Kashmir and Palestine conflict. In Kashmir, the Kashmiris pundits’ have been convicted from their land and the Palestinians are forced to evicted their land by Israiles and force to leave in tents or under the open sky. In other sight, Palestinian fighting for their homeland and Kashmir is a religious war they want to be separated from India. In Kashmir people who are crying for AZADI have being given all sorts of political independence except defense, communication and International Relations. They can elect their own leader and run their own administration. They have their own flag people from outside can’t buy land in Kashmir.
Author- Shifa
Class – BBALLB 1st sem
College- Geeta institute of law,panipat
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