Indian Opposition leaders go ‘joint decision’ on Palestine, evoke MK Gandhi

Amid the continued battle between the State of Israel and Hamas, a gaggle of Indian Opposition leaders on Monday (seventeenth October) lashed out at Israel for retaliating towards the phobia assault perpetrated by Hamas.

The politicians included Congress chief Mani Shankar Iyer, RJD chief Manoj Jha, CPI chief D Raja, BSP MP Danish Ali and former Parliamentarians belonging to the Opposition.

In a press decision, they claimed, “The international community must exert pressure on the state of Israel to abide by International laws and respect the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people. We call for intensified diplomatic efforts and multilateral initiatives to ensure a lasting peace in the region.”

Leaders of a number of political events comprising the Left, Congress, JD(U), SP, BSP & others right this moment met Palestinian Ambassador in Delhi & handed over a letter expressing solidarity with the folks of Palestine #IsrealPalestinebattle @manojkjhadu @SubhashiniAli @shahid_siddiqui pic.twitter.com/li8KLsoS2V

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“We express our deep concern regarding the ongoing crisis in Gaza and the suffering of the Palestinian people. We strongly condemn the indiscriminate bombing of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel, which we believe amounts to an attempt to genocide,” the Opposition leaders stated whereas conveniently ignoring the killing of 1400 Israelis.

“We urge an immediate cessation of all hostilities to prevent further loss of innocent lives and the destruction of homes and infrastructure. Furthermore, we call for urgent and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” the decision learn.

While invoking Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, the Opposition politicians claimed, “We strongly believe in the statement of Mahatma Gandhi, “Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French,” which displays his perception within the significance of recognising the sovereignty and territorial rights of the Palestinian folks, simply as some other nation’s proper to their homeland.”

They additional added, “Recognising that the Palestinian people have endured immeasurable suffering for over 75 years, we firmly assert that now is the time to end their plight. We urge the international community to recognize the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders in accordance with the UN resolutions.”

#WATCH | Delhi: Congress chief Mani Shankar Aiyar arrived on the Embassy of the state of Palestine, earlier right this moment to attend a gathering with Adnan Abu al Haija, Ambassador of Palestine in India.

Many different leaders of the opposition, together with a couple of MPs attended this assembly,… pic.twitter.com/sQMy3i8D0n

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The joint decision by 16 Opposition leaders was handed over to the Palestinian Ambassador Adnan Abu Alhaija. On sixteenth October (Monday), they visited the Palestine Embassy in New Delhi to specific their solidarity with Palestinians.

Israel Hamas battle

On seventh October, Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organisation, killed over 1,300 Israelis, together with 150+ troopers, ladies, aged, and infants on a Jewish vacation. Several international nationals have been additionally killed or kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. Israeli forces are nonetheless discovering our bodies, a few of them have been charred to dying.

On the ninth day (fifteenth October) of the Israel Hamas battle, the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, revealed that the Hamas terrorists got a booklet known as “The Warrior’s Guide: Jihadi Version”. The booklet described the inhumane strategies the Islamist terrorists ought to undertake to torture the hostages.

This included terrifying hostages, giving them electrical shocks, and even executing ISIS-style live-streamed executions. The handbook was discovered on the physique of a Hamas terrorist killed in Gaza throughout counterattacks by Israel.