The Congress on Tuesday condemned Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar’s reply to Priyanka Gandhi’s publish during which she had stated Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.
“The Indian Nationwide Congress condemns the phrases utilized by Israel’s Ambassador to India in response to the ache and anguish expressed by Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, MP, on Israel’s persevering with genocide in Gaza,” Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh wrote in a publish on X.
Ramesh additionally focused the Modi authorities on the Centre and accused it of exhibiting “excessive ethical cowardice” in talking in opposition to “Israel’s destruction of Gaza”.
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“It’s an excessive amount of to anticipate the Modi Govt, which has proven excessive ethical cowardice in relation to talking out on Israel’s destruction of Gaza over the previous 18-20 months, to take severe exception and objection to the Ambassador’s response,” Ramesh wrote. “We do and discover it completely unacceptable.”
What Priyanka Gandhi stated
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stated the Israeli state is committing “genocide” and it’s “shameful” that the Indian authorities is standing “silent”.
“The Israeli state is committing genocide. It has murdered over 60,000 folks, 18,430 of whom had been youngsters,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote on X. “It has starved lots of to demise together with many youngsters and is threatening to starve tens of millions.”
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra added that it’s the shameful that the Indian Authorities stands silent over the difficulty.
“It’s shameful that the Indian Authorities stands silent as Israel unleashes this devastation on the folks of Palestine,” she stated.
Hitting again on the Congress chief, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar stated, “What’s shameful is your deceit. Israel Killed 25,000 Hamas terrorists. The horrible price in human lives derives from Hamas’s heinous ways of hiding behind civilians, their capturing of individuals making an attempt to evacuate or obtain help and their rocket fireplace.”
“Israel facilitated 2 million tonnes of meals into Gaza whereas Hamas tries to sequestrate them, thereby creating starvation. Gaza inhabitants has grown 450 per cent within the final 50 years, no genocide there. Do not buy Hamas numbers,” Azar stated on X, tagging the Congress chief.
