India Needs 'operation Wrath Of God', Says Top Us Analyst. Here’s What Israel Did In 1972

Amid surging tensions betwixt India and Pakistan, apical U.S. information expert Michael Rubin has urged New Delhi to adopt a semipermanent counterterrorism playbook modeled connected Israel’s covert consequence to nan 1972 Munich massacre.

Rubin, successful an question and reply to NDTV, endorsed India’s ongoing Operation Sindoor, adding that Delhi should besides see nan methodical world manhunt launched by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir aft nan Munich Olympics, successful which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by nan Palestinian panic group Black September.

“Israel quietly, complete consequent years, went retired anyplace successful nan world to destruct nan terrorists,” Rubin said. “I do deliberation Prime Minister Modi needs to return a playbook retired of nan precocious Golda Meir of Israel's hands.”

Following a caller onslaught successful Kashmir’s Pahalgam—where 26 civilians were gunned down by Pakistan-linked terrorists—Prime Minister Modi warned that India would prosecute terrorists “to nan ends of nan Earth.” Victims were reportedly forced to beryllium their religion earlier being shot, successful a religiously motivated battle claimed by The Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy.

Rubin cautioned that panic groups often utilization nan lull created by diplomacy. “While diplomats scramble for quiet, nan terrorists regroup,” he said, drafting parallels to nan October 7, 2023 Hamas onslaught connected Israel. “We can’t simply person a shape successful which Pakistan strikes retired pinch its proxy terrorists.”

While praising India's restraint and precision, Rubin criticized delays successful launching Operation Sindoor. “India is acting very deliberately, very precisely. Pakistan seems to beryllium flailing,” he said. He added that Pakistan’s denials of engagement are hollow: “If Pakistan genuinely wants to support nan fabrication that it is not a panic sponsor, it needs to adjacent nan panic camps and extradite each terrorist—even if they deterioration a subject uniform.”

Published on: May 10, 2025 9:04 AM IST