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Stelter colonialism policy of India and isreal
Palestine is suffering from “settler colonialism”, which is a systematic control and occupying system of land by settlers. “In this system, they come to stay and replace indigenous people.
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colonialism is an event to come and exploit, while ‘settler colonialism’ is structured. The objective is to form a state,” historically, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia all went through the same thing.

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Apartheid situation was due to settler colonialism, like Kenya and Argentina. Two relevant examples of settler colonialism are Palestine and Kashmir issues.

“in the Palestine case, it was structurally started after 1967, when the state of Israel adopted the settler
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colonialism policy as its state policy. They conceive the state of Israel as the promised holy land. One aspect was due to religious destination and the other was because of the geopolitical importance of the West Bank and Gaza strip. In 1979,
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the state of Israel adopted the whole land policy for the empowerment of the state to sell land to anyone (West Bank and Gaza). Moreover, the Israeli military occupied some land called as “Abandon Area” and encouraged Jews people to buy land.”
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Israeli settlements are mostly in agriculture area or arable land which was a source of income for Palestinian people. Because 25 percent of the water sources are in the West Bank, Israel is continuously trying to control them,
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Today’s world, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is becoming relevant to settler colonialism, as the Indian government has revoked Articles 370 and 35-A. The Indian government authorised 25 acres of land to a soldiers’ colony in occupied Kashmir and issued 4.2
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million illegal domiciles to ease the buying of land. Also, the Indian government is trying to bring a demographic change to IIOJK as Israel has done in Palestine,

The objective of the state of Israel was to become a “Greater Israel”.
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The orthodox Jews opposed the state of Israel and supported the Palestinian cause.

The only solution of Kashmir and Palestine issues is the practical implementation of the right to self-determination by holding a free and fair referendum.
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He said a peaceful justice-based solution is needed.

Human rights expert, Dr Khalida Ghous, focused on the UN resolutions of Palestine and Kashmir and also on UN Human Rights Council’s reports.

She emphasised that the international community has been active individually
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as well as collectively over the Palestine issue, but despite having resolutions over the Kashmir conflict, no concrete initiative has been taken for the Kashmir issue. The Muslim world is silent and not pitching its voice against atrocities committed by the Indian and
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Israeli governments.

In these international disputes, serious violations of international humanitarian laws have been committed over which the international community is silent.