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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey countered Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s arguments by claiming that India gave recognition to Israel beneath earlier Congress regimes
Sharing Priyanka Gandhi’s (R) social media publish on X, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey took a swipe at her information of historical past on the subject material. (Picture: PTI/File)
Launching a blistering assault on the Congress, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday wrote a five-point “fact file” of kinds to counter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on her assertion on Gaza.
Sharing Priyanka Gandhi’s social media publish on X, the place she criticised India’s abstention from the UN movement on Gaza, Dubey took a swipe at her information of historical past on the subject material.
“This is what happens when you haven’t studied history,” Dubey wrote in a publish on X.
On Saturday, Priyanka termed as “shameful” and “disappointing” the central authorities’s resolution to abstain from the UN movement to guard civilians and uphold humanitarian obligations in Gaza.
Dubey, nonetheless, countered her arguments by claiming that India gave recognition to Israel beneath earlier Congress regimes.
जब इतिहास नहीं पढ़ा हो तो ऐसा ही होता है @priyankagandhi जी,1. आपको पता है कि इजराइली मिशन का अमेरिका के बाद पहला ऑफ़िस मुम्बई में 1950 में नेहरु जी ने खुलवाया यानि इज़रायल को हमने अघोषित मान्यता दी?2. आपको पता है कि 1971 पाकिस्तान के साथ युद्ध में इंदिरा जी ने इज़रायली हथियार… https://t.co/2VpQR3dMiG— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) June 15, 2025
In her publish on X, Priyanka contended that the Centre was refusing to take a stand when 60,000 folks, principally girls and youngsters, had been killed and the whole inhabitants of Gaza have been being “confined and starved to death”.
She alleged that not solely was India being silent on the Gaza situation, it was “cheering on” the Israeli authorities because it attacked Iran and assassinated its management.
“It is shameful and disappointing that our government has chosen to abstain on the UN motion for the protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations in Gaza… This is a tragic reversal of our anti-colonial legacy. In fact, not only are we standing silent as Mr Netanyahu annihilates an entire nation, we are cheering on as his government attacks Iran and assassinates its leadership in flagrant violation of its sovereignty and complete contravention of all international norms,” she wrote.
Dubey, nonetheless, identified that it was beneath Jawaharlal Nehru’s management that India gave “undeclared recognition” to Israel by opening the nation’s first mission workplace in Mumbai in 1950. He alleged that former prime minister Indira Gandhi had used Israeli weapons and took Mossad – Israel’s spy company – within the 1971 warfare towards Pakistan. He added that it was the Congress authorities that opened the primary declared Israeli embassy in Delhi in 1992, whereas the Palestine embassy “finally opened” in 1996.
On the matter of UN resolutions, too, he requested: “Do you know that from 1948 to 2014, India either voted in favor of Israel or abstained 56 times in the Security Council.”
The Wayanad MP additional questioned how India can “abandon” the ideas of the Structure, and the values of the liberty battle “that led the way for an international arena based on peace and humanity”.
“There is no justification for this. True global leadership demands the courage to defend justice, India has shown this courage unfailingly in the past. In a world that is increasingly divisive, we must reclaim our voice for humanity and stand fearlessly for truth and non-violence,” she added.
INDIA-PALESTINE RELATIONS
India was one of many first nations to recognise the Palestine State in 1988, and its assist for the Palestinian trigger has been an integral a part of international coverage. In actual fact, in 1974, it was additionally the primary non‐Arab state to recognise the Palestinian Liberation Group (PLO) because the “sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people”.
In accordance with the web site of the Consultant workplace of India in Ramallah, Palestine, India has “consistently supported, co-sponsored, and voted in favour of UN General Assembly Resolutions securing the right to self-determination of Palestinians (2020), urging Israel’s compliance with legal obligations viz. ICJ’s Construction of the Wall Opinion (2004), and its status as a non-member State at the UN (2012)”.
“In 2011, India also voted in favour of Palestine becoming a full member of UNESCO. The NAM Ministerial Committee on Palestine was established under India’s Presidency during the VII NAM Summit in New Delhi in 1983. As a member of the Security Council, India continued to voice its support for a negotiated solution resulting in a sovereign, independent, viable and united State of Palestine, within secure and recognized borders, at peace beside Israel as endorsed in the relevant UNSC and UNGA Resolutions,” the web site acknowledged.
This time, nonetheless, India has taken a a lot stronger pro-Israel stand than is typical throughout Israel-Palestine conflicts. Whereas India might have recognised the creation of Israel in 1950, its tryst with Palestine dates again to 1947 when it voted towards its partition of Palestine on the United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA).
(With PTI inputs)
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