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Sonia Gandhi Slams Modi Government's Silence on Gaza ... - Outlook India In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said its “stony silence” and “inaction” on Israel's “Gaza genocide” are not just morally reprehensible but also inexplicable from a national interest perspective Gandhi, the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, claimed that India has alienated itself from its historical allies in Palestine, Iran, and the larger Middle East and has distanced itself from global public opinion, while letting Pakistan swoop in to claim the space of a mediator. In an article for the The Indian Express, Gandhi said she also termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel ahead of the US-Israel joint attack on Iran, a "bewildering strategic decision". The Congress leader said the spirit of Indian nationhood demands that it speaks up for Palestinians whose children have been so brutally targeted and the calculus of national interest demands that India respond to the global public opinion against the Israeli regime’s “genocidal actions” in Gaza and its "brutal displacement and dispossession of lakhs of Palestinian families in the occu…

India Signals Reluctance to Call Out Israeli Aggression - The Diplomat India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, during the latter’s visit to New Delhi, India, January 15, 2028. India’s positions on conflicts in West Asia involving Israel, reflected in its vote on resolutions and statements at multilateral forums in recent days, lay bare a clear reluctance on its part to support, or even participate in discussions on, motions that call out Israeli aggression. On June 12, India abstained from a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional andpermanent ceasefireby all parties” in Gaza. The resolution “strongly condemned the use of starvation and the denial of aid as tactics of war” and demanded that “Israel immediately lift the blockade on Gaza and open all border crossings for aid deliveries.” 149 countries voted for the resolution, with the United States and Israel voting against it.  India was among 19 countries that abstained. Two days later, on June 14, India distanced itself from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)statementthat “strongly condemn[ed]” Israel’s military strikes on the nig…

An Indian Judge Wrote the UN s Most Damning Gaza Verdict — An Indian judge serving on a UN body has authored a scathing report on the Gaza conflict that accuses Israel of grave violations of international law. Yet India's official diplomatic stance — careful abstentions, calibrated silences, studied neutrality — refuses to acknowledge the report's Indian authorship, exposing a widening gap between India's legal conscience and its geopolitical calculations. Here is the quiet paradox New Delhi would prefer you not notice: the single most devastating legal indictment of Israel's conduct in Gaza — a document that has reshaped the vocabulary of international accountability — carries an Indian signature. Not a symbolic one. Not a footnote. The lead authorial voice belongs to an Indian judge, appointed through established UN mechanisms, who looked at the evidence from Gaza and wrote what Indian diplomacy has spent two years carefully not saying. As reported by The News Minute'sLet Me Explainseries, hosted by journalist Pooja Prasanna, this Indian jurist's report does not hedge. It does not deploy the phrase 'all parties should exercise restraint' — the anaesthetic New Delhi has injecte…

Indian judge behind scathing Gaza UN report urges India to stop arming ... India should reconsider the supply of arms to Israel and ensure it is not "going down in global history as having contributed to the genocide in Gaza", says an Indian judge who was one of the main authors of the UN’s scathing report that said Israel’s targeting of children amounted to genocide. S Muralidhar, former Delhi High Court chief justice who chairs the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said India "should seriously think about" ending arms transfers because "all the munitions and the arms in Israel's hands are being used to target defenceless unarmed children". In an interview with India’s leading magazine, Frontline, he added that India "should not contribute to the failure of the UN system" and should speak out "clearly and unambiguously" against attacks on children. India had played an important role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights alongside the framing of its own Constitution, he said, and urged India to uphold that legacy. The Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and US, he told the interviewer, says nothing about Gaz…

Sonia accuses Centre of 'stony silence' on Gaza, says policy hurts ... Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of maintaining a "stony silence" over what she described as Israel's "genocide" in Gaza and arguing that the government's stance is indefensible both morally and strategically. In an article published inThe Indian Express, Gandhi alleged that India's silence on the conflict had alienated the country from its traditional partners in Palestine, Iran and the wider Middle East while allowing Pakistan to project itself as a regional mediator. She also described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Israel, shortly before the US-Israel military action against Iran, as a "bewildering strategic decision". "The Modi government's continued silence simply cannot be explained rationally or morally," Gandhi wrote. Referring to reports by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gandhi claimed the commission had concluded that Israeli authorities were committing genocide in Gaza and that its latest report, chaired by retired Ju…

Sonia Gandhi on Gaza: Modi government's silence hurt India, Congress ... Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Modi government over its response to the war in Gaza, saying its "stony silence" and "inaction" on what she called Israel's "Gaza genocide" were "not just morally reprehensible but also inexplicable from a national interest perspective". In an article forThe Indian Express, the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson said India had failed to respond even as global opinion had turned against Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Gandhi also argued that India's foreign policy had suffered because of this approach.She said India had alienated itself from "our historical allies in Palestine, Iran, and the larger Middle East", distanced itself from global public opinion, and allowed Pakistan "to claim the space of a mediator". She also described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel, days before the US-Israel joint attack on Iran, as a "bewildering strategic decision". In her article, Gandhi said, "The Modi government's continued silence simply cannot be explained rationally or morally." She said "the spirit of Indi…

India remains silent on Gaza, while the world continues to speak up In September 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory had concluded that Israeli authorities were committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. In June 2026, the same Commission — now headed by Justice (retired) S. Muralidhar, a distinguished Indian jurist — has poignantly reiterated that Israeli actions are intended to destroy the very existence of the Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children. The 94-page report is a harrowing read, with grim details on the extent of the devastation perpetrated by Israel in Gaza and the genocidal intent underpinning its actions. At least 20,000 children have been killed, and another 44,000 have been wounded, many for life. The targeting of children is not incidental, but a deliberate strategy. Twenty-seven per cent of those killed or wounded have been children and many of the boys were found with bullets on the head and neck. Ninety-seven per cent of Gaza’s schools have been destroyed. Healthcare infrastructure, including paediatric hospitals, has been destroyed, resulting in a 300 per cent increase in miscarr…

Indian judge behind scathing Gaza UN report urges India to stop arming Israel <article data-history-node-id="443593" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/indian-judge-behind-scathing-gaza-un-report-urges-india-stop-arming" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/indian-judge-behind-scathing-gaza-un-report-urges-india-stop-arming" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Indian judge behind scathing Gaza UN report urges India to stop arming Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>India should reconsider the supply of arms to Israel and ensure it is not "going down in global history as having contributed to the genocide in Gaza", says an Indian judge who was one of the main authors of the UN’s scathing report that said Israel’s targeting of children amounted to genocide.</p> <p>S Muralidhar, former Delhi High Court chief justice who chairs the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said India "should seriously think about" ending…

Sonia Gandhi slams Modi govt's 'stony silence' on Gaza 'genocide', says ... Listen to this article in summarized format Listen Loading... × × Subscribe to Unlock AI Briefing and Premium Content New Year Offer 24 Hours Left Subscribe Now Already a member? Sign In What's Included Exclusive Stories Daily ePaper Access Smart Market Tools Curated Investment Ideas Ad-lite Experience Subscription Agencies Sonia Gandhi New Delhi: In a blistering attack on the Modi government , Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said its "stony silence" and "inaction" on Israel's "Gaza genocide" are not just morally reprehensible but also inexplicable from a national interest perspective. Gandhi, the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson, claimed that India has alienated itself from its historical allies in Palestine, Iran, and the larger Middle East and has distanced itself from global public opinion, while letting Pakistan swoop in to claim the space of a mediator. In an article for The Indian Express, Gandhi also termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's visit to Israel ahead of the US-Israel joint attack on Iran a "bewildering strategic decision". Read more: 'India-Israel FTA may be signed in ver…