India-U.S.-Israel Conference Leads to Joint Front Against Terrorism
JINSA and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India sponsored a conference in New Delhi this month, in which participants from both countries plus Israel met to discuss international security and a common approach to international terrorism. The participants issued a joint statement that read, in part:
JINSA and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India sponsored a conference in New Delhi this month, in which participants from both countries plus Israel met to discuss international security and a common approach to international terrorism. The participants issued a joint statement that read, in part:
“India, Israel and the United States are united by a shared commitment to democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms. Yet all three are confronted by terrorism in its multiple forms … there can be no justification for any form of terrorism; no cause can justify it … India, Israel, America and other countries have been victims of terrorism for many years. But it took the events of September 11, 2001 to convince many that concerted action to confront this global menace is necessary. So, while we applaud the successes in Afghanistan … the menace of terrorism persists across the world.
“The ultimate threat to humanity is the combination of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.”
The conferees agreed:
“The U.S., India and Israel, as sister democracies and common victims of international terrorism should pool their resources and experiences in dealing with this menace. We urge the creation of a trilateral governmental mechanism to promote cooperation and concerted action against terrorism, and we call on other like-minded nations to join in. At the same time, we conferees will continue to work together as a private organization informing the public and influencing governments toward this goal.
“All three countries have been victims of terrorism … All three must take appropriate action against those who fund, incite, train or give safe haven to terrorists.”
JINSA’s delegation included President Norman Hascoe, Chairman Mark Broxmeyer and Communications Director Jim Colbert. The American panelists were legendary CIA Anti-Terrorism official Duane “Dewey” Clarridge; former Deputy FBI Director Steven Pomerantz; and former deputy UN Ambassador Harvey Feldman. Israel was represented by former National Security Advisor and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan; former Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit; and Prof. Martin Sherman of Tel Aviv University and the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya. The Indian panelists were: renowned terrorism fighter K.P.S. Gill, now President of the Institute for Conflict Management; B. Raman, director of the Institute for Topical Studies and head of the counter-terrorism division of the Research & Analysis Wing, India’s external intelligence agency, from 1988 to 1994, as well as; Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, a recent High Commissioner to Pakistan, career diplomat and currently with the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi.
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Correction: In JINSA Report #308, we referred to Palestinians in a sentence along with Iraqis, Syrian and others. In the next sentence we referred to “people of those countries,” implying a country of Palestine. The line should have read “people in those places.” We apologize for the error.