Why Congress Is Below Fireplace Over Its Assertion On Israel Struggle

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The mixed loss of life toll from the battle approached 3,000.

New Delhi:
The Congress has come beneath assault for allegedly supporting the Hamas and the Palestine trigger with out referring to the assault on Israel. Over 3,000 folks have been killed within the newest battle between Israel and the Hamas group.

Listed below are 10 details in regards to the Congress row over the Israel-Palestine battle:

  1. The Congress on Sunday condemned the assaults on the folks of Israel saying that violence by no means offers any answer. A full-fledged battle broke out after Hamas fired 5,000 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip.

  2. The Congress Working Committee, the occasion’s highest-decision-making physique, expressed its “dismay and anguish” over the battle and underlined its help of the Palestinian folks’s proper to “land (and) self-government, and to stay with dignity and respect”.

  3. Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned his occasion has all the time believed that the respectable aspirations of the folks of Palestine should be fulfilled by dialogue whereas making certain the nationwide safety considerations of Israelis.

  4. The assertion was closely criticised by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) which claimed that Congress was supporting Hamas. BJP accused the opposition occasion of supporting terrorism and being a “hostage to minority vote financial institution politics”.

  5. “Congress’s CWC decision on the Israel battle is a traditional instance of how Indian international coverage was hostage to Congress’s minority vote financial institution politics, till Modi occurred,” BJP MP Tejasvi Surya mentioned. Taking a swipe at Congress forward of subsequent yr’s election, the firebrand MP added, “A reminder of how shortly issues will return to zero if we aren’t vigilant in 2024.”

  6. Sources mentioned the Congress’ assertion highlights divisions inside the occasion, and that the part on the Israel-Hamas battle had not been well-received by all these on the CWC assembly. Sources additionally steered the inclusion of that part within the assertion was a significant sticking level and that it was not a part of the unique draft.

  7. In its defence, Congress alleged that the BJP was attempting to divert folks’s consideration and mentioned that there are not any variations in occasion over the continued battle in Israel.

  8. “There isn’t a resentment and these are all rumours. It’s regrettable that persons are doing politics over the Congress decision… Whether or not in Israel or in Gaza, we would like Indian residents to be secure. They need to come again, that needs to be the main focus,” senior Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi mentioned.

  9. Mr Gogoi additionally mentioned that BJP leaders also needs to bear in mind former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s stand on the Israel-Palestine battle. Mr Vajpayee, who led the BJP authorities from 1999 to 2004, favoured the reason for the Palestinian folks on quite a few events.

  10. The mixed loss of life toll from the battle approached 3,000 and Israel’s army mentioned it is constructing a base for 1000’s of troopers in preparation for the following part of its retaliation. Hamas mentioned late on Monday it was ready to kill hostages that it had taken if Israel assaults.

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