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| India calls for ‘immediate' Gaza ceasefire | |
| 2009-01-05 | |
| NEW DELHI - India on Sunday called for an "immediate" halt to Israel's offensive in Gaza and said the Jewish state was using excessive military force. "There should be immediate ceasefire and both sides must exercise restraint," Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Kolkata. "The retaliation by Israel (to Hamas rocket attacks) was not only disproportionate, but totally unacceptable," he said. "There should not be any further aggravation as innocent people at Gaza are being killed... There is immense suffering of the people there," the minister said. India, a Cold War ally of the Palestinians, in recent years has turned into one of the largest buyers of Israeli weapons.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 AFRICAN CRISIS > COMMUNIST PARTY, USA CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, INCLUDING DISARMAMENT OF HAMAS. OTOH, SAME > seems FRANCE is investigating in-country terror acts by a NEW, OVERTLY MARXIST PRO-SECULAR MILITANT GROUP ["Aghanistan Liberation Front" Grp] IN DOMESTIC SUPPORT OF ISLAMIST CAUSES in South Asia. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-05 20:13 |
| #6 India just wants Israel to slow down so they can get some observers in there and note how it is done. Demanding cease-fires is common in international rhetoric. It all depends upon how virulant your demands are. Eventually the demands will get louder and more serious and Israel should have planned ahead of time for that so as to sustain their actions despite the demands or to complete what they need to fast and furiously so they have options when the time comes. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-05 16:49 |
| #5 What is there about Foreign Ministries that make them so Arabophilic? |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-01-05 14:30 |
| #4 looks like we're caling for a ceasefire as well. |
| Posted by: sludge 2009-01-05 14:28 |
| #3 This is tea and sympathy, to get the Muslim vote. Indian elections are due in a few months. Meanwhile relations with Israel, intelligence sharing, arms sales (in the billions), cooperation in missile development etc continues. The Paleos still get the chai and soothing words though... |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-01-05 14:27 |
| #2 looks like Ind ia would have enough problems of their won so they wouldn't have too worry about this |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-05 12:24 |
| #1 Forgot Mumbai massacare so soon. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-05 09:31 |