{"id":198123,"date":"2026-04-09T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=198123"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:43:19","slug":"indias-close-israel-ties-limit-west-asia-mediatory-role-omar-decries-delhis-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/09\/indias-close-israel-ties-limit-west-asia-mediatory-role-omar-decries-delhis-foreign-policy.html","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s close Israel ties limit West Asia mediatory role, Omar decries Delhi\u2019s foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-198126\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/india-israel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: In what is believed to be harsh criticism of India\u2019s foreign policy, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said India could have played a role in the West Asia conflict similar to Pakistan&#8217;s, had its ties with Israel not been so close.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at an event in Srinagar, Abdullah emphasized that the US must rein in Israel for a ceasefire to hold. &#8220;The conflict wasn&#8217;t started by Iran, but imposed on it. If the ceasefire fails, it&#8217;ll be Israel&#8217;s fault,&#8221; Abdullah said, criticizing US President Donald Trump&#8217;s inconsistent statements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He says one thing in the morning, another in the afternoon&#8230; The language doesn&#8217;t suit a president,&#8221; Abdullah added, &#8220;Only Israel needed this war.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps India could have played a role like Pakistan if our relations with Israel weren&#8217;t so close.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In what is believed to be harsh criticism of India\u2019s foreign policy, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said India could have played a role in the West Asia conflict similar to Pakistan&#8217;s, had its ties with Israel not been so close. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/india-israel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198123","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=198123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198127,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198123\/revisions\/198127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}