All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday sharply criticised the Centre for abstaining from a UN General Assembly resolution calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ within the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas.
The resolution titled “Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations” was overwhelmingly adopted with 120 nations voting in its favour, 14 towards it and 45 abstaining, together with India.
“India has always supported a negotiated two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue leading to the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognised borders, side-by-side in peace with Israel. For this, we urge the parties to de-escalate, eschew violence and work towards creating conditions for an early resumption of direct peace negotiations,” sources stated.
Taking to social media platform X, Owaisi stated, “It is SHOCKING that @narendramodi govt abstained on the @UN resolution for a humanitarian truce & protection of civilian lives. 7028 people have been killed by Israel in Gaza. Over 3000 of them are children & 1700 women. At least 45% of housing in Gaza has been destroyed.”
He additional remarked that Gazans confronted a whole blockade and needed to rely on humanitarian assist, additional including that issues have solely worsened for the reason that war started.
“This is a HUMANITARIAN issue, not a political one. In abstaining on the resolution, India stands alone in the Global South, in South Asia & in BRICS. Why did India abstain on an issue concerning civilian life? After sending aid to Gaza, why abstain? What happened to “one world one family”? & “vishwaguru”?” he additional added.
The AIMIM chief additionally stated that India’s international coverage was inconsistent, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had abstained from the resolution regardless of condemning the Hamas assault and talking to the Jordanian management, who launched the resolution.
What was India’s stand?
Besides India, international locations that abstained included Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Ukraine and the UK. Sources aware of the matter stated that the UNGA resolution didn’t embody any specific condemnation of the Hamas assaults of October 7.
“An amendment was moved to include this aspect, prior to the vote on the main Resolution. We voted in favour of the amendment and it obtained 88 votes in favour (but not the requisite two-thirds majority). In the absence of all elements of our approach not being covered in the final text of the Resolution, we abstained in the vote on its adoption,” stated sources.
“India has always supported a negotiated two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue leading to the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, side-by-side in peace with Israel. For this, we urge the parties to de-escalate, eschew violence and work towards creating conditions for an early resumption of direct peace negotiations,” stated India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Yojna Patel
The adoption of the Jordanian resolution is the primary formal response of the United Nations to the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine for the reason that Hamas terror assaults of seven October.
The Palestinian demise toll in Gaza has soared previous 7,300, greater than 60% of them minors and ladies, in line with the territory’s Health Ministry. The general variety of deaths far exceeds the mixed toll of all 4 earlier Israel-Hamas wars, estimated at round 4,000.
The Israeli navy stated that it was “expanding” floor operations within the territory and was transferring nearer to an all-out invasion of Gaza in its goals to “crush” the Hamas militant group chargeable for an unprecedented assault on October 7 that killed greater than 1,400 individuals in Israel.
