Dayanand's World

 Israel's relations with Egypt Prologue: It has been almost four decades since former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat extended a hand of peace to Israel. The peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed 16 months after Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1977, after intense negotiations. ... The agreement notably made Egypt the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel. Although many Egyptians continue to regard Israel as a threat and sympathise with the Palestinian cause, the relationship between the two countries has become markedly explicit under Sisi. The dark past Through centuries, the Jewish people have endured persecution, danger, and death.  They have experienced unparalleled pain as a nation throughout the long years of their dispersion. Hundreds of years of persecution culminated in the Holocaust as Hitler and the Nazis systematically attempted to annihilate the Jewish people. Six million Jews were murdered. Then in 1948, Israel was born....

 The Kashmir story:  Part 1: Kashmir's accession to India. August 5, 2019. The Indian Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of scrapping Article 370 on August 5, 2019. With this, the BJP fulfilled its long made promise to the people of India. Through this 3 series article, an attempt is being made to present the real picture in Jammu and Kashmir and how the Article 370 was an obstacle in truly integrating J&K with the rest of the country. The present: After the abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), a China-Pakistan tandem has emerged to internationalise the issue, including in the UN Security Council.  Pakistan has feigned solidarity with the people of Kashmir and continues to train and fund separatists and terrorists.  The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog that monitors terror financing, has retained Pakistan on its ‘Grey List’ for a good reason.  China’s support for Pakist...

 कोपरी पुल: कहाणी 18 वर्ष रखडलेल्या पुलाची आणि ठाणेकरांच्या दैन्येची १९५८ मध्ये बांधलेला, रेल्वे रुळांवरील मुंबई आणि ठाणे यांना जोडणारा एक पुल. २००३ मध्ये वाढलेल्या वाहतुकीमुळे या पुलाच्या रुंदीकरणाची मागणी केली जाते २०११ मध्ये सदर अस्तित्वात असलेला पुल धोकादायक असल्याचे घोषित केले जाते २०२१ आले तरी अद्याप नवीन पुल बांधण्यात आलेला नाही - जुन्या पुलाचे रुंदीकरण सुद्धा झालेले नाही. ही कर्मकहानी आहे ठाण्याच्या कोपरी येथील रेल्वेवरील पुलाची. आता दुसरी बाजू बघा: २००३ मध्ये ठाणे महानगरपालिकेत सत्ता शिवसेना - भाजपा ची. आमदार शिवसेनेचा. खासदार शिवसेना - भाजपा युतीचा. २००९ व २०१४ मध्ये ठाणे महानगरपालिकेत सत्ता शिवसेना - भाजपा ची. आमदार शिवसेनेचा. खासदार शिवसेना - भाजपा युतीचा (२००९-१४ खासदार राष्ट्रवादी चा होता). शिवसेना, भाजपा, काँगेस व राष्ट्रवादी - सर्वांना नवीन कोपरी पुल किंवा सदर पुलाचे नूतनीकरण व रुंदीकरण हवे आहे.  तरीही पुल अद्यापपर्यंत रखडतो - रोज प्रवास करणाऱ्या ठाणेकरांच्या जीवनाची दैना करतो - याला जबाबदार कोण? लक्षात घ्या - त्याकाळात केंद्रात काँग्रेस प्रणित आघाडीचे सरकार हो...

 गलवान खोऱ्यातील संघर्षाला एक वर्ष पूर्ण, LAC वरील सध्याची स्थिती काय? गलवान खोऱ्यात चिनी सैनिकांसोबत झालेल्या हिंसक झटापतीला एक वर्ष पूर्ण झालं आहे. मागील वर्षी 15 जून रोजी चीनच्या सैनिकांनी गस्तीच्या वेळी शस्त्रसंधीचं उल्लंघन करत भारतीय जवानांवर हल्ला केला होता. यानंतर दोन्ही देशांच्या सैनिकांमध्ये हिंसक झटापट झाली होती. या झडपेत भारताचे 20 सैनिक शहीद झाले होते, तर चीनने केवळ चार सैनिकांचा मृत्यू झाल्याचं कबूल केलं होतं. एक वर्ष पूर्ण झाल्यानंतर सध्या सीमेवर शांतता आहे आणि सैनिक मागे घेण्याचं काम सुरु आहे. पण विश्वासाचं वातावरण बनू शकलेलं नाही. कारण चीनने जेवढी आश्वासनं दिली त्याच्याविरोधात जाऊन कारवाई केली आहे.. गलवान झडपेनंतर भारताची सुरक्षा आणखी मजबूत झाली एक अधिकाऱ्याने सांगितलं, "सैन्य म्हणून आम्ही अधिक सक्षम आहोत. गलवान खोऱ्यातील झडपेनंरत आम्हाला उत्तरेकडील सीमेवर राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षेला प्राधान्य द्यावं याबाबत दृष्टिकोन मिळाला. चीननेही उंचावरील क्षेत्रातील अनेक भागात आपलं सैन्य वाढवल्याचंही आम्हाला समजलं.  एकीने काम करत आहे. "या झडपेनंतर सैन्य आणि नौदल यांच्यामधील ताळमेळ...

 Revisiting Galwan Valley - one year after.. ONE year after 20 Army soldiers had lost their lives in the violent face-off with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley, the Indian defence forces have strengthened themselves in the entire Ladakh sector through multiple initiatives. These include building infrastructure to enhance connectivity and deploying additional troops to tackle any possible aggression by the Chinese. The strengthening of positions has taken place at all levels in the armed forces including both the Indian Army and Air Force. The biggest achievement has been from the infrastructure point of view as road connectivity to all the forward locations have been improved. Whether it is the Zojila pass, the world`s new highest motorable road Umling La, Marsmik La, or Khardung La, they have been kept open for troops movement throughout the year, courtesy the Border Roads Organisation. Connectivity has also helped to keep up the supplies at the forward locations throughout the...

Naftali Bennett becomes new Israeli Prime Minister and what it means for Indo-Israeli relations: Benjamin Netanyahu’s  12-year tenure as Israeli prime minister has come to an end, as the country’s parliament on Sunday approved a new coalition government led by right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett. Bennett, the head of an ultranationalist party that controls six seats in the 120-seat Knesset, was sworn in as Prime Minister after the Parliament,  backed the new coalition government by a razor- thin margin of 60 votes to 59. Bennett will lead an unlikely alliance of left-wing, centrist and right-wing parties, as well as a party that represents Palestinian citizens of Israel, who account for 21 percent of the country’s population.  The parties have little in common apart from a desire to unseat Netanyahu. Under a rotational agreement, Bennett will serve as prime minister for two years, after which he will be replaced by centrist leader Yair Lapid, the chief architect of the...