NEW DELHI TIMES R.N.I. No 53449/91 DL-SW-1/4124/20-22 (Monday/Tuesday same week) (Published Every Monday) New Delhi Page 24 Rs. 7.00 31 August - 6 September 2020 Vol - 30 No. 31 Email : [email protected] Founder : Dr. Govind Narain Srivastava ISSN -2349-1221 Anti-Semitism of Jinnah’s Conservatives elect Pakistan refuses to subside another Andrew Scheer The question of recognition of Israel as a Jewish State by countries that The Conservatives have done it again. In May 2017, they still abstain from it and the path leading to the formation of diplomatic opted for the relatively unknown non-descript, ever- relations with the nation, have again came into the realm of mainstream smiling, dimple-faced Andrew Scheer as their discussion post the United State-led Peace Agreement between Israel leader, when they could have chosen a better- and the United Arab Emirates on August 13. known politician in Maxime Bernier, who served as foreign minister in Prime Minister What will be interesting to note in the wake of the recent development, Stephen Harper’s cabinet. that has polarised the Arab world, is how Pakistan - a country that vehemently failed to veil its anti-Semitism, will shape its relationship The fiery determination that makes a politician with Israel. Has the discussion regarding... into a memorable leader was absent... 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There is too big a I underwent a significant upsurge as a crowd up there while nonagenarian Islamist result of the positive diplomatic maneuvers Mahathir Mohammed eyes the post. The under the Look West policy carried out by UAE-Israel deal could cause further decline the Narendra Modi government. This policy in the Muslim world’s ritual espousal of has resulted in an expansion of India’s Palestine and Kashmir causes. Pakistan went bilateral relations with countries of the overdrive on Muslim solidarity in Kashmir Middle East from oil-energy trade and the and furiously banged its head on the OIC visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has doors but its silence on the oppression of further boosted the geo-strategic interests of Uyghurs in Xinjiang exposed its political both the side. A glaring testimony to this was PC : Getty Images opportunism, and eroded its credibility. the invitation extended by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 2019 to late the religion. India’s cooling relations with and Iran have called this an internal matter Saudis and Turkey enjoy cordial relations Sushma Swaraj, who was then the Indian Iran and potential loss of the Chabahar of India. Pakistan’s recent dealings with with Israel. Turkey has formal relations with Minister of External Affairs. Swaraj was the Port to China is a sacrifice to rear Arabian Saudi Arabia can at the best be described Israel since 1950 but won’t like the UAE “guest of honour” at the inaugural plenary interests. Now India may edge even closer to as naïve and puerile. Pakistan literally doing the same. Turkey revels in hypocrisy, 46th meeting of OIC Foreign Ministers. This the Gulf Arabs for safety in an Arab détente begged Saudi Arabia to speak on Kashmir. double talk and never walks the talk on was a major diplomatic blow to Pakistan and with Israel. India’s growing influence in However, Saudi Arabia was so miffed that its Middle-East policy. Turkey remains as expected, it started fuming with baseless the Middle East nullifies Pakistan’s cry for the country demanded Pakistan repay to part a hot spot for Israeli tourism so much so rhetoric. This rhetoric, however, did not find Kashmir. of the $3bn loan and also froze a $3.2bn oil that Israeli don’t even need to apply for a any popular support. credit facility. VISA to visit Turkey. The UAE-Israel deal Pakistan has also been time and again left should goad other Arab countries towards India is deepening engagement with the Gulf red-faced over the fact that it’s propaganda Islamists must realize that the world has normalization. Islamism has run its course. nations, cultivating much better ties with on Kashmir finds virtually no backing in changed a lot in the last six decades. Days of hard-core Islamist ideology and Arabs than Pakistan! It is a zero-sum game the Middle East countries. After India took Countries today have economic Islamic fundamentalism are over. Pakistan for Pakistan. Policy based on religion rather the much-needed step to scrap Article 370, compulsions of feeding millions; Islamism and the few nations who back it must realize than economic considerations gets doomed. Pakistan started crying foul but of no avail. and geopolitics can wait. This has brought that Seventh Century ideology has no takers After all, money gets food on the plate, not The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia non-Arab Muslim countries - Malaysia in the Twenty First Century. Conservatives elect another Andrew Scheer times where ideas count. There are no high principles or ideologies that are debated ◆ By Tarek Fatah among the “I’m like” generation of the Tik- Author & Columnist, Canada Tok era. @TarekFatah [email protected] Anyone looking back for a Chretien- Mulroney-Broadbent contest should realize T he Conservatives have done it again. In that the electorate has deteriorated as much May 2017, they opted for the relatively as the leadership. Imagine Chretien photo- unknown non-descript, ever-smiling, bombing a group of teens or Broadbent in dimple-faced Andrew Scheer as their leader, ‘blackface’ or Mulroney dipping into ethnic when they could have chosen a better-known vote banks for survival. politician in Maxime Bernier, who served as foreign minister in Prime Minister Stephen If the electorate was serious about the affairs Harper’s cabinet. of the nation, then the WE scandal would have made Trudeau resign, not his finance The fiery determination that makes a PC : Getty Images minister. People would have been furious politician into a memorable leader was at the nepotism and scarcity of truth that absent from Scheer’s demeanour. And, try as In Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois was at 33%, chosen to take on Trudeau. gushed out of ministers and MPs who, like one may, he just didn’t look prime minister statistically tied with the Liberals in that Jay-Z, simply shrugged the “dirt off their material. Perhaps a Joe Clark, but certainly province at 32%, with the Conservatives Now imagine the scenario if the shoulders”. not John Diefenbaker or the sharp Brian well behind at 16%, with the NDP at a conservatives had elected Dr. Leslyn Lewis Mulroney. dismal 12%. as their leader. It would have caused a tremor Seems the “ordinary” Canadian too couldn’t that would have shaken up the Libs as well At last week’s convention, the Conservatives give a damn about alleged corruption and Critically, when asked specifically which as the Dippers. But when you are looking could have chosen Peter MacKay, a well- nepotism at the highest levels. party would earn their vote if Erin O’Toole, for coal in a diamond mine, you’ll miss the liked experienced politician, who had served who was elected leader on Sunday, was at the Kohinoor even if it dazzles in your face. both as defence and foreign minister as well A new Leger poll suggests Canadians helm of the Conservatives, Liberal support as attorney general. believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the bumped up one point, while Conservative Lewis is a Toronto lawyer who has a Masters leader best able to care for them during the support dropped to 27%. in Environmental Studies and a PhD in MacKay who was chosen as “Canada’s COVID-19 pandemic and to get the country’s international law from Osgoode Hall Law Sexiest Male MP” by The Hill Times economy back on its feet, notwithstanding The poll also suggested that O’Toole School, among other accomplishments. She from 1999–2007 is married to Iranian- his brush with the Kielburger Brothers is an unknown quantity for a majority would have created enthusiasm not because born Nazanin Afshin-Jam and could have money-making.