Pakistan is capable of destroying Israel in under 12 minutes, a senior army commander has said.
General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, was quoted by AWD News, as saying,“If Israel tries to invade our sacred sites in Palestine, we will raze the Zionist regime in less than 12 minutes.”
General Mahmood Hayat is on record as saying that he was not an anti-Semetic and was candid enough to admit and acknowledge that there is a need for Pakistan to change from within first, rather than worry about what other countries thought of it.
He said that over the years, he had heard many arguments regarding the Palestine-Israel conflict, but the point that needs to be noted is that “human rights violations are rife despite Israel portraying itself as the beacon of freedom in the eyes of the international community.
“Israel would have you believe that Palestinians are all terrorists and it’s only defending its citizens from suicide bombers and Islamic extremists. The reality however is very different,”he added.
When asked whether it ‘would it be in Pakistan’s interest to recognise Israel, like countries who already have such as Egypt and Jordan?’ General Hayat said, “I would have to say no; not because of the Muslims versus Jews debate, or the ties many people have to the third most holiest site in Islam, Al-Aqsa Mosque, but based more on a human level.”
“We cannot let our names represent an apartheid regime and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people. We should push for peace in one of the most complex conflicts of our time, and simultaneously hold Israel accountable for its actions – something which the UN repeatedly fails to do,” he said.