Untold Facts

Hasina for Israel’s formal Recognition!

There is media coverage in Dhaka lately that impressed upon PM Hasina to formally recognize the State of Israel. One prime reason given for favor of recognition was that Israel alone was the first country which accorded recognition on the 28th April 1971 to independent Bangladesh. That was just only 11 days after the formation of the Bangladesh Government in Exile in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on the 17th April 1971 under Tajuddin as the Prime Minister.

Israel’s huge clandestine help for dismemberment their arch enemy Pakistan had been a boost for the Exile government and for particularly many elite refugees from Bangladesh to India. The aids had been clandestine for the simple reason that Israel was not certain about the mind of Mujib in the game.

Although to many the pursuance may appear new, in fact, that is not so. It was always in the agenda but advanced afresh to PM Hasina from a certain quarter. Possibly they considered it the most opportune moment. She is the most anti-Muslim, anti-Islam and anti Muslim solidarity. Her last 15 months second term rule of Bangladesh has already made it abundantly clear her true color in the garb of political GHOMTA or worn Sari edge put on as head gear. Her bluffing the Muslim psyche all over the Muslim world is clearly open. The MOSSAD, the Israeli intelligence operatives working in and around so did not make any mistake about her credibility not only as pro-Delhi but also pro-Israel person in the saddle of power ever of Bangladesh. The media fatly paid somewhat indirectly though and the equally fatly paid lobby is there as usual to get the recognition done this time by Hasina. Their argument is that two other Muslim countries, Turkey and Egypt, have long ago accorded recognition to Israel. The opposite argument remained there that nearly sixty other Muslim countries have not yet accord recognition not because of their religious attachment to Judaism, a great revealed religion and otherwise brotherly too with Islam, but for the fact that Israel had been artificially created in mid last century by the Christian big powers out of shear jealousy against Islam and the Muslims. Further than that, the land of the State of Israel was forcibly occupied from the Palestinians through driving them out. The forcible driving out of the Palestinians from small pockets there has still been continuing each day in and out. The status of Israel is thus a seriously illegal and immoral question to all Muslims now one fourth of the total humanity in this world. With likely change of government in Egypt from being lackey of USA, the recognition accorded by Egypt might end. The recent trend of Turkey’s fresh goal from being western to Islamic might set a new possibility of her relation with Israel. If the OIC could be more pro Islam, Israel would be more isolated from the Muslim countries. Bangladesh can not be any exception like the two other countries mentioned as the people are overwhelmingly conscious Muslims so much so that they have not in six decades past now recognized the State of Israel as the issue is closely attached to the question of basic faith and need for having solidarity with the suffering Palestinian brothers.

I recall an incident occurred in early 1972. The incident was told to me in London in mid 1980s by renowned journalist now late Fazlur Rahman, the Chittagong Bureau Chief of the Dhaka based Pakistan Observer, renamed as Bangladesh Observer soon after 1971 independence of Bangladesh. Mr. M.R. Siddiqui the well known business magnet of Chittagong staying in Dhaka intercontinental Hotel (now Sheraton) asked for Fazlur Rahman staying then at Dhaka to meet him there at the Hotel lobby early in one morning. On entering and approaching the table Siddiqui occupying with another guest, he marked something fishy. Siddiqui was asking the other person to hush up. Even in the hush up short space of time he over heard something the other guest had been making a request. The request was something like this: “We helped your freedom fighters abundantly and with all our energies that you are well aware of, you could tell now your leader all those things and request on our behalf for according our country the formal recognition”. He did not hear anything else because, the guest was hushed up by Siddiqui. He was so close to Fazlur Rahman for quite long time in Chittagong that he disclosed the identity of the guest making the request. He was a big boss possibly an intelligence operative of the State of Israel.

It was then in 1972 here a vicious atmosphere of deep hatred running against Islam, Muslims and Pakistan. The Israeli lobby tried to take full advantage of the situation and did not leave any stone unturned for having formal recognition from Dhaka, but as was known the then top leader refused to do so. What would now his daughter PM do?

Author: BK Din