Kashmiri politicians, including CM and ex-CMs, slam global silence on Israel's attack on Iran

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti on Friday strongly criticized the “silence” of global powers over Israel's attack on Iran, calling it a dangerous display of “double standards”.

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Omar said that as far as he knows, Iran did not give Israel any provocation to launch an attack.

“Israel went ahead on their own, calling it a pre-emptive attack, and waged war on a country. If the global powers remain silent on this, it will be truly unfortunate. What Israel has done is very similar to what Russia did to Ukraine,” Omar told reporters in Srinagar.

Omar pointed out the hypocrisy in international responses.

“You raise your voice against Russia, launch campaigns. But when Israel attacks Iran, America, Europe, and others remain silent. If it is wrong for one country to attack another, it should be wrong also when Israel attacks Iran,” he said.

The Chief Minister said the Middle East conflict will, of course, escalate, and it will have an immediate impact on the people in the country.