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New Delhi: UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has criticized India\u2019s engagement with Israel, stating that New Delhi is \u201cviolating its obligations\u201d under international law and may also be \u201cfacing responsibility\u201d for its actions.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Francesca Albanese made these remarks during an interview with Indian English daily The Hindu, while responding to a question on India\u2019s legal and moral responsibility in associating with Israel and its war.<\/p>\n
Referring to findings linked to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), she said the legal responsibilities are clear. \u201cThe International Court of Justice has declared the occupation illegal and imposed an obligation on states not to trade, not to transfer weapons, and not to buy weapons from a state accused of maintaining an illegal occupation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She further noted that this obligation is even more significant \u201cin the context of a genocide for which Israel is before the International Court of Justice,\u201d adding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is \u201caccused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, India is violating its obligations under international law and might even be facing responsibility,\u201d she said, adding that states supporting Israel in such circumstances could face legal scrutiny under international law.<\/p>\n
In her report titled \u201cTorture and Genocide,\u201d presented at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese argued that third states are enabling Israel\u2019s torture regime through the provision of weapons and other forms of support.<\/p>\n
As per media reports, India exported rockets, explosives, rocket motors, and other military components to Israel during the ongoing war in Gaza. Reports, including those by Al Jazeera in June 2024, indicated that Indian companies continued such exports amid the conflict.<\/p>\n
During the interview, Albanese further argued that India\u2019s continued political and defence ties with Israel risk strengthening what she described as a system of violence, contributing to the erosion of the international legal order.<\/p>\n
She said India faces internal contradictions in its foreign policy. \u201cTwo days before the current war with Iran, Prime Minister Modi visited Israel, upgraded ties to a \u2018Special Strategic Partnership\u2019, and described Israel as the \u2018fatherland\u2019 for India\u2011origin Jews,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to me that in the present, India and Israel are contributing to the decay of the international system that our forefathers or foremothers painfully built,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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