Congress slams Modi for visiting Israel amid Gaza assault
Congress slams Modi for visiting Israel amid Gaza assault
New Delhi: The Congress has said that the BJP-led Indian government has abandoned the Palestinians, adding Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to Israel despite that country’s attacks on civilians in Gaza continuing mercilessly.
According to Kashmir Media Service, in a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Israel’s dispossession and displacement of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has intensified and drawn worldwide condemnation. He added that Israel’s attacks on civilians in Gaza continue mercilessly, while also pointing out that Israel and the US are planning air assaults on Iran.
“Yet the Prime Minister is going to Israel tomorrow to embrace his good friend Netanyahu, who faces very serious corruption charges,” the Congress leader said, adding that the visit sends a troubling political message.
He further said, “The Opposition in Israel is threatening to boycott Modi’s address to the Israeli Parliament to protest how Netanyahu is destroying the independence of the judiciary in Israel,” he said.
Ramesh said that the Modi government was making “cynical and hypocritical” statements on its commitment to the cause of the Palestinians. “The reality is the Modi government has abandoned them, forgetting that India was amongst the earliest countries to recognise the state of Palestine way back on Nov 18, 1988,” he said.
Modi is expected to arrive in Israel on February 25 for a two-day visit, during which he is likely to address the Knesset and meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
