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The Congress connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) launched a scathing onslaught connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit his Israel visit, saying the PM volition beryllium displaying "moral cowardice" erstwhile the full satellite is captious of his "dear friend" and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Congress wide caput successful complaint of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said Prime Minister Modi is "brazenly embracing" his Israeli counterpart, who has reduced Gaza to rubble and dust and who is orchestrating the enlargement of amerciable settlements successful the occupied West Bank.
On May 20, 1960, Jawaharlal Nehru was successful Gaza and met with the Indian contingent of the U.N. Emergency Force there, Mr. Ramesh recalled. On November 29, 1981, India issued a commemorative postage stamp successful solidarity with Palestine, and connected November 18, 1988, India formally recognised the authorities of Palestine, helium pointed out.
"That was a antithetic era. Now the Indian Prime Minister is brazenly embracing the Prime Minister of Israel, who has reduced Gaza to rubble and particulate and who is orchestrating the enlargement of amerciable settlements successful the occupied West Bank," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
On May 20 1960, Jawaharlal Nehru was successful Gaza and met with the Indian contingent of the UN Emergency Force there.
On Nov 29 1981, India issued a commemorative postage stamp successful solidarity with Palestine.
On Nov 18 1988, India formally recognised the authorities of Palestine.
"When the full satellite is captious of his 'dear friend' Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Modi volition beryllium displaying motivation cowardice," helium alleged.
Earlier, Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hoped Prime Minister Modi would notation the genocide successful Gaza portion addressing the Israeli Parliament and request justness for them.
In a station connected X, Priyanka Gandhi said, "I anticipation that the Hon Prime Minister @narendramodi ji mentions the genocide of thousands of guiltless men, women, and children successful Gaza portion addressing the Knesset connected his upcoming travel to Israel and demands justness for them." She asserted, "India has stood for what is close passim our past arsenic an autarkic nation; we indispensable proceed to amusement the airy of truth, peace, and justness to the world." Mr. Modi embarked connected his two-day sojourn to Israel connected Wednesday greeting to enactment up bilateral defence and commercialized practice betwixt the 2 countries. It volition beryllium Mr. Modi's 2nd sojourn to Israel successful 9 years.
I anticipation that the Hon Prime Minister @narendramodi ji mentions the genocide of thousands of guiltless men, women and children successful Gaza portion addressing the Knesset connected his upcoming travel to Israel and demands justness for them. India has stood for what is close passim our past as…
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 25, 2026The India-Israel narration was elevated to the level of a strategical concern during Mr. Modi's archetypal sojourn to that state successful July 2017.
The Congress connected Tuesday (February 25, 2026) alleged that the authorities has abandoned the Palestinians and said the Prime Minister was going to Israel contempt that country's attacks connected civilians successful Gaza continue "mercilessly".
Mr. Ramesh said the Modi Government makes cynical and hypocritical statements connected its committedness to the origin of the Palestinians but successful world it has abandoned them.
