{"id":196024,"date":"2026-03-02T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=196024"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:16:20","slug":"modis-diplomatic-hypocrisy-exposed-amid-middle-east-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/02\/modis-diplomatic-hypocrisy-exposed-amid-middle-east-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Modi\u2019s diplomatic hypocrisy exposed amid Middle East crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196028\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/modi-isral-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/modi-isral-1.jpg 762w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/modi-isral-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s response to the ongoing Middle East crisis has laid bare New Delhi\u2019s biased and self-serving foreign policy, analysts say.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, while Iran faced a devastating joint US-Israel attack, Modi maintained diplomatic silence toward Tehran, failed to engage directly with Iranian leadership, and refrained from pressuring Israel to halt its strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he called UAE\u2019s leadership to condemn Iran\u2019s retaliatory actions, signaling partiality toward anti-Iran coalitions.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, India benefited from its strategic partnership with Iran, including subsidized low-price oil supplies and a $500 million investment in the Chabahar Port, providing crucial access to Afghanistan and Central Asia under a 10-year agreement due to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>However, amid the ongoing 2026 crisis, India allocated zero budget to Chabahar, appeared to abandon its longstanding Iranian ties, and prioritized economic relations with Gulf states over principled diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Critics warn that Modi\u2019s selective outreach and alignment with Israel not only undermine regional stability but also threaten Muslim Ummah unity, exposing a pattern of opportunistic and divisive foreign policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s response to the ongoing Middle East crisis has laid bare New Delhi\u2019s biased and self-serving foreign policy, analysts say. According to Kashmir Media Service, while Iran faced a devastating joint US-Israel attack, Modi maintained diplomatic silence toward Tehran, failed to engage directly with Iranian leadership, and refrained from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/03\/modi-isral-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196029,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196024\/revisions\/196029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}