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According to security agencies, these Kukis claim to be a lost Jewish tribe who came to India for tourism long ago and were later captured by India. (PTI data map/representative)
Sources said the Kukis' “hidden agenda” was dangerous as they could align themselves with the world body to create an independent country.
Amid drone attacks by Kuki militants in Manipur, CNN-News18 has learned that the Kukis have sought foreign help to create an independent state for them, according to intelligence sources. More serious. The World Kuki-Zo Knowledge Council issued a separate memo to the United Nations, the United Kingdom and Israel in June 2023.
Sources said the Kukis' “hidden agenda” was dangerous as they could align themselves with the world body to create an independent country. According to the details available, the council submitted three memorandums to Britain, the United Nations and Israel asking for special intervention to meet their demands to separate the country from the hilly areas. They say this is the right to self-government under Article 3 of the Indian Constitution.
The Security Council has made a special request to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene in accordance with various international agreements.
Deciphering Kuki’s connection to Israel
The Kuki people made a special request to Netanyahu based on the 1904 George Abraham Grierson Survey and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Paris Principles 1, 2, 3, that all Kuki Chin in Chin State Territory – Burma/Myanmar, Chittagong Hill Tracts combined with (CHT) Bangladesh and Mizoram (India) and the Kuki Hills of Outer Manipur, requested to merge and become a separate country.
According to security agencies, these Kukis claim to be a lost Jewish tribe who came to India for tourism long ago and were later captured by India.
They systematically wrote to Israel from Manipur and Mizoram saying they wanted to come to Israel to fight Hamas. They claim that about 5,000 people living in Manipur and Mizoram believe themselves to be descendants of Manasseh.
They say they are a lost tribe of Israel, exiled by Assyrian conquerors in 722 B.C., and are commonly known as the community of Bnei Menashe, in Hebrew the descendants of Manasseh, Joseph's eldest son.
Sources in these institutions said that the European world, the United States and Israel have carefully planned not to publicly sever ties with these Kukis. Earlier, US Ambassador to New Delhi Eric Garcetti also expressed his willingness to serve as a mediator in the Manipur crisis if India is willing.
