OPPOSITION MPS MEET PALESTINE ENVOY AMID ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

‘We recognise Israel, but Palestine should get its right as a nation. The attack on them in Gaza is against the rules of the UN and international law,’ say Opposition MPs.

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Opposition MPs and other politicians met the Palestine ambassador Adnan Abu al Haija in the national capital on Monday to express solidarity amid the ongoing IsraelHamas war.

"We have come to meet Palestine ambassador to express solidarity with the Palestinians. India has been sharing good ties with Palestinians traditionally. We are friends with Palestine. In this time of difficulty when imperialist forces and Israel are oppressing them, we are standing with them," Rajya Sabha MP Javed Ali Khan said.

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Shahid Siddiqui said that the traditional position on Israel was that of Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayprakash Narayan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

"The policy of India, which was that of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Lohia, Jayprakash Narayan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, that we believe in the rights of Palestine. We recognise Israel, but Palestine should get its right as a nation. The attack on them in Gaza is against the rules of the United Nations and international law," Siddiqui said.

CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said that the ongoing violence in Gaza is nothing short of an "openly declared genocide". "We came here to express our solidarity on behalf of Indian people. Right now, we all know whatever happened on the 7th of October, but it has not stopped there. Right now, what is happening in Gaza is nothing short of a very openly declared genocide. We cannot allow this to go on like this," Bhattacharya said.