THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid the continued Israeli floor offensive towards Hamas within the besieged Gaza Strip, within the wake of the October 7 terror assaults, Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan got here up with a shocker on Saturday, saying that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “should be shot and killed without a trial”.
Speaking at a rally to exhibit solidarity with Palestine in Kasargod, Kerala, amid the continued battle in West Asia, the Congress chief overtly advocated the “Nuremberg model” (invoking the trial of Nazis in Nuremberg for the holocaust) towards the Israeli PM. “You can ask what should be done to those who break all agreements under the Geneva Convention. After the Second World War, there was something called the Nuremberg trials for bringing those (Nazis) guilty of war crimes to justice. The Nuremberg model to shoot those accused of war crimes dead without trial. It is high time that the Nuremberg model was applied here (against the Israeli PM). Today, Benjamin Netanyahu is standing before the world as a war criminal. It’s high time that Netanyahu was shot and killed without a trial because of the atrocities that his forces are committing on Palestinians,” the Congress MP added.
The rally was organised by the Kasaragod United Muslim Jamaath on Friday. A politician-turned-actor, Unnithan represents Kasargod within the Lok Sabha. The former chief of the phobia group Hamas, Khaled Mashal, nearly addressed an identical solidarity occasion in Kerala earlier, elevating the hackles within the BJP.
Earlier, on Friday, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh launched an official get together assertion, condemning the Israeli operations in Gaza and demanding that the Centre intervene to deliver a ceasefire on the earliest.
Meanwhile, in a major transfer, South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, and Djibouti collectively submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging an investigation into potential crimes in Palestinian territories, CNN reported citing ICC prosecutor Karim Khan. “In accordance with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, a State Party may refer to the Prosecutor a situation in which one or more crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court appear to have been committed requesting the Prosecutor to investigate the situation for the purpose of determining whether one or more specific persons should be charged with the commission of such crimes,” Khan mentioned in a press release.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condemned the mounting civilian deaths within the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, mentioned new challenges are rising from the occasions in West Asia. Reiterating India’s condemnation of the Hamas terror assaults in southern Israel on October 7, PM Modi additionally highlighted that New Delhi has additionally despatched humanitarian help to the individuals of Palestine.
In his opening tackle on the Voice of Global South Summit earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Modi mentioned, “For global prosperity, sabka saath and sabka vikas is parmount. We all are seeing that new challenges are emerging from the events in the West Asia region.” “India has condemned the terrorist attack in Israel on October 7. We have laid emphasis on exercising restraint, dialogue and diplomacy,” he added.
PM Modi mentioned that India has additionally despatched humanitarian help to the individuals of Palestine. “We also strongly condemn the deaths of civilians in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. After talking to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, we have also sent humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine,” he added. Recently, Israel President Isaac Herzog mentioned India advocates peace and might positively pursue the voice of cause, safety for Israel and peace for the area.
In an unique interview with ANI, Herzog described India as “a very important nation in the world” and “one of the greatest countries on earth”. “India is a very important nation in the world and it was my true honour to speak at the joint session of US Congress in Washington in July, just a few weeks after PM Modi spoke. We believe India advocates peace and is a very impressive country, one of the greatest on earth and India can definitely pursue the voice of reason, security for Israel and peace for the region,” the Israel President mentioned. India has mentioned it sees the assault by Hamas on Israel as “a terrorist attack” and that it has at all times advocated the resumption of direct negotiations in direction of establishing a sovereign, impartial and viable state of Palestine that lives facet by facet at peace with Israel.
The battle in Gaza escalated after the October 7 assault by Hamas, the place about 2,500 terrorists breached the border into Israel from the Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties and the seizure of hostages. Israel has characterised its Gaza offensive as focusing on Hamas’ infrastructure with the purpose of eliminating the whole terror group whereas making efforts to reduce civilian casualties.Â
