Every time those old, deep wounds in Israel and Palestine tear open again – and they are bleeding raw right now – it’s not just the people there who feel the earth move. The shockwaves travel, believe me. And here in South Asia, those jolts? We feel them acutely. Then you watch India, step by careful step over recent years, deliberately cozying up to Israel, finding warmth in that particular strategic fire. This isn’t just some dry diplomatic story for the back pages; for Pakistan, it shines a harsh light on a critical piece of our already intricate security picture. It makes us take another hard, honest look at what we’ve quietly built to stand firm.

Look, let’s just be honest here. Those powerful declarations India once made for Palestinian solidarity – remember that? It was like their signature tune from the Non-Aligned days. Well, that music has pretty much faded. And what’s playing now? A very down-to-earth, eyes-wide-open partnership with Tel Aviv. It’s a deal fueled by common business goals, seeing eye-to-eye on fighting terror, and, you can’t miss it, a continuous supply of some very serious Israeli military tech. Fine, nations have to look out for number one, right? But Islamabad, looking east, isn’t just seeing a bilateral deal. It’s witnessing a shift that nudges the regional scales, underscoring, yet again, why Pakistan has poured so much into ensuring it can’t be pushed around.

Peel back the layers of commentary, dig into the real assessments grounded in defense intelligence, and what emerges is a Pakistan that has long anticipated such geopolitical currents. Its defense posture isn’t some hastily........

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