Murali's Writeups...

The recent Hamas attacks on Israeli civilian targets and the taking of women and children as hostages as a protest to Israeli interference in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex has added one more armed conflict situation, constituting a serious breach of World Peace. It is true that by the end of the 19th century, the Israel population did not even have 2% of the Jewish population. It was essentially a Palestinian territory. Palestine then was a part of the Ottoman Empire. After the First World War, Britain took over the administration of Palestine, encouraged Jewish settlements, and aided the creation of a Jewish state. Between the First and Second World Wars, Jews around the world gravitated to Palestine (as it was known then) and started acquiring properties aggressively. We have to recognize that prior to World War 2, there was no right to self-determination. The purchase of properties was at par with military conquests, and both were legal. After the Kellogg-Briand Pact and the subseque

    Disclosure of Prejudice One of my sons has just become a Canadian citizen, and another son is in the race for the H1B/green card process. I have applied for a visa to visit these countries. I got interested in International Relations due to my participation in Jessup Moot Court. Thereafter, I pursued my Master's Degree in International Law from the Department of Legal Studies, University of Madras. I have been an active participant in the Justice delivery mechanisms within the territories of India. I have been teaching, blogging, and experimenting in different areas of Justice administration. Hence, I am upset with the recent happenings in Canada following the murder of Late Nijjar on Canadian soil, allegedly with the connivance of Indian Intelligence Agencies; these have driven a big wedge between India and Canada. Canada and India have many things in common; besides being democracies and members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Canada became a fairly independent Domi

Recently Mr Donald J Trump appeared as the Accused (Opposite Party) in a contempt trial. Some of his supporters who stormed the Capitol building after he lost the popular as well as the electoral vote, have started serving their sentences. The accused police officer Thomas Lane in the infamous ‘Black Lives Matter’ trial had been convicted and started serving his sentence. Whereas, we really do not know when the cases lodged against the protesters in the Citizenship Amendment Act will conclude. In our neighbourhood, Imran Khan has already been convicted for violating the Official Secrets Act. Most likely he will face another conviction in the Toshakhana cases. In India, many of the opposition leaders today are facing serious financial fraud prosecutions. But, none of those who are in the camp of ruling dispensations are bothered too much about the pendency of criminal cases against them, because they have been moving at (satisfactorily) a snail's pace. The recent conviction of Rah