New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his support to Israel also reiterating that “India strongly and unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its forms”.
He was also briefed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has killed over 1,600 people so far.
Palestine's Ambassador to India, Abu Alhaija in an exclusive interview with NDTV on Tuesday, said that India is a friend of both Israel and Palestine and hence must intervene to help resolve the crisis.
Palestine is against the killing of civilians, he said, while also making an appeal for India's intervention to help find a peaceful solution.
"Our president is in touch with several European countries to help negotiate. India is a friend to both. We want India to intervene and help us negotiate," said Alhaija.
He said that both Israel and the international community were responsible for the war, which has now entered its fourth day.
"What has happened is a reaction to what Israel is doing in the West Bank. The international community is responsible for the war. The UN has passed 800 resolutions on Palestine. Israel has implemented none. If Israel ends its control on the occupied territories in Palestine, the attacks will also end," Alhaija, who is an appointee of the Palestine Authority government led by President Mahmoud Abbas, said, as quoted by NDTV.
While Abbas' government controls the West Bank, Hamas rules over the Gaza Strip.