ISLAMABAD/LONDON – Social media in the country and several other parts ofthe world are talking about reports of Pakistani officials meeting Israelisin Tel Aviv, despite that Islamabad has rejected such reports aboutrecongnising Israel as ‘baseless speculation’.
The latest controversy is stirred by Noor Dahri, an independent researcherin counter terrorism and violent extremism, who gave an interview tofar-right Israeli TV channel i24TV yesterday. It was followed by hisinterview with Jerusalem Post today.
Dahri, who is the founder and executive director of UK based IslamicTheology of Counter Terrorism- ITCT, has claimed that “an adviser of PrimeMinister Imran Khan visited Tel Aviv in November on his British passport torelay an official message that proposed normalisation of ties betweenPakistan and Israel in return for its support “to halt down Pakistan’scurrent cold situation with the Arab countries as well as to support it inmany international issues”.
In his revelations, which were met with mixed reactions, Dahri maintainedthat the unnamed adviser “was welcomed by the Israeli officials at theairport as the visit was approved by the US.”
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“He stayed a few days in Israel where he met with the director of Israeliintelligence Mossad Yossi Cohen and delivered a secret message of Pakistanarmy chief. The adviser was escorted to the “foreign ministry of Israelwhere he met several political officials and diplomats and delivered themessage of the Pakistani PM.”
He also added that “Pakistan is facing pressure from Arab countries toleave the Turkish bloc and normalize ties with Israel.”
