Modi’s Israel visit ‘shameful, ill-timed’ in light of Tel Aviv, US’ strike on Iran, says Congress
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel earlier this week was “shameful”, “ill-timed” and created a “perception of political endorsement of military escalation”, said Congress on Saturday, hours after the Israeli and United States militaries attacked Iran.
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The Israeli military described its attack on Iran earlier in the day as a “preventive strike”. An hour after the strikes, United States President Donald Trump said that the US military was also involved in the attack.
However, it was unclear what role the US military had played in the attacks on Saturday.
The strikes came two days after Modi wrapped up his visit to Israel.
On Wednesday, the prime minister said in the Israeli Parliament that New Delhi stood with Israel “firmly, with full conviction, in this moment and beyond”. He made the comments while expressing India’s condolences for the deaths of 1,200 persons, mostly Israelis, during the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.
“We feel your pain” and “share your grief”, Modi told the Knesset.
On Saturday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh criticised the timing of Modi’s visit to Israel, saying that Tel Aviv and Washington had “begun their joint assault on Iran” two days after it.
“This was fully expected given their military build-up in the last few months,” Ramesh said on social media. “Mr Modi nevertheless...