India may end support to Palestine at U.N.

[SrNair]

Not a big deal. No one(Amongst Arabs) care what India thinks. Overwhelming majority of world still supports our right to statehood.

And we also didnt get anything from our relationship with Palestine except the head ache due to their consistent anti India comments in Kashmir issue.Since you have no problem with that we are also happy with that.

 

[Falcon29]

And we also didnt get anything from our relationship with Palestine except the head ache due to their consistent anti India comments in Kashmir issue.Since you have no problem with that we are also happy with that.

When have PA made any comments on Kashmir dispute? Also there really isn't a relationship. Palestinians don't have a state yet nor any sovereignty over their resources. That's no their fault, that's because force is used to steal/exert control over our resources.

 

[Kloitra]

India people have never supported the Palestinian terrorists

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A very stupid comment. You have no idea of what Palestinians are going through.

 

[Kaniska]

Ask Palestine people about what is their stand on Kashmir,if they support then India should support them..If they oppose then be neutral or oppose them...Anyway, India and its stand does not matter any way..This is just for domestic political consumption by our so called secular parties...Otherwise who cares what India is really stand for on Palestine issue...

In what could amount to a tectonic shift in the country’s foreign policy, the Modi government is looking at altering India’s supporting vote for the Palestinian cause at the United Nations to one of abstinence.

Two sources within the government confirmed to The Hindu that the change, which will be a fundamental departure from India’s support to the cause of a Palestinian state, was under consideration.

“Like other foreign policy issues, the Modi government is looking at India’s voting record at the United Nations on the Palestinian issue,” a government source toldThe Hindu. The change only needs an administrative nod, the second source said.

Despite the growing defence and diplomatic ties with Israel, the UPA government, which junked traditional ally Iran to vote with the United States at the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2005, had baulked at making any change in India’s support to the Palestinians.

Even former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s government, which invited Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to India in 2003, did not amend India’s voting record at the U.N.

India’s stance at the UN has been an irritant in Indo-Israeli relations, with Tel Aviv frustrated that close bonds had not resulted in any change in the stance on Palestine.

A senior Israeli interlocutor told a visiting Indian External Affairs Minister some time ago that New Delhi treated Tel Aviv like a “mistress” – by keeping the bilateral relationship away from the public gaze. This re-examination of India’s voting stance will come as sweet music to Israeli ears just as it will raise concerns in West Asian capitals about the future course of Indian foreign policy.

@sancho @Horus @Abingdonboy @Nihonjin1051 @gslv mk3 @Koovie and others,what do you think may be the repercussions of this decision.

 

[asquare]

And we also didnt get anything from our relationship with Palestine except the head ache due to their consistent anti India comments in Kashmir issue.Since you have no problem with that we are also happy with that.

We get to be on the right side of history by supporting Palestine. In the long run, the moral perception of a nation is as much of a part of national interest as AESA tech. Besides, I don't think Israel will make the relationship contingent on supporting them (or abstaining).

 

[IndoUS]

When have PA made any comments on Kashmir dispute? Also there really isn't a relationship. Palestinians don't have a state yet nor any sovereignty over their resources. That's no their fault, that's because force is used to steal/exert control over our resources.

Just this year Palestinian ambassador to Pakistan raised the issue in an interview. You can Google search it.

 

[Kaniska]

Kashmir is Indian land.

What is your stand about Kashmir dispute? ...If you guys support us, then of course, i think India should support Palestine statehood..

 

[Kloitra]

And we also didnt get anything from our relationship with Palestine except the head ache due to their consistent anti India comments in Kashmir issue.Since you have no problem with that we are also happy with that.

When did they made any anti-Indian comment? Palestinian leaders have been neutral over Kashmir issue.

 

[Kaniska]

That'll be a bad decision, if it is taken (which I doubt). While national interest is paramount, morality is important and shapes how nations are perceived in the long run. By any fair yardstick, the Palestinian demand for statehood is legitimate. Also, the public opinion in many parts of the world, including Europe, is turning in favour of the Palestinians. This is a bad time to change our stance. I don't think the Israelis would be too perturbed if we continue voting the way we did.

I agree with you..But morality has some limitations too...If Palestine support Pakistan and do not support India on our Kashmir issue, then there is no point in supporting them....

 

[Kloitra]

Just this year Palestinian ambassador to Pakistan raised the issue in an interview. You can Google search it.

This?:

Reacting to massive pro-Palestine protests in Indian-occupied Kashmir, the Ambassador of Palestine to Pakistan, His Excellency Walid Abu Ali said that “Kashmiris and Palestinians are one” and expressed his gratitude for the tremendous support that Pakistanis and Kashmiris have shown for the people of Gaza.

 

[Falcon29]

What is your stand about Kashmir dispute? ...If you guys support us, then of course, i think India should support Palestine statehood..

My views are irrelevant to PA positions. Palestinian Authority prefer to remain neutral in outside conflicts. My personal position is to support position of Kashmiri peoples. If they want to live under Pakistan or India. Or if they want an independent state. I support the majority view amongst their people.

 

[IndoUS]

This?:

Yup, it was basically relating that Palestine and Kashmir should get freedom.

 

[SrNair]

When have PA made any comments on Kashmir dispute? Also there really isn't a relationship. Palestinians don't have a state yet nor any sovereignty over their resources. That's no their fault, that's because force is used to steal/exert control over our resources.

Recently ,when a team from Azad Kashmir visited PA delegation.
Our diplomatic circles also marked concern about it.
And I dont think these is not a concern for PA.Because we area smallnation with limited resources and little influence.
Except some left irritant .Indians generally dont even care about it .

 

[Falcon29]

Recently ,when a team from Azad Kashmir visited PA delegation.
Our diplomatic circles also marked concern about it.
And I dont think these is not a concern for PA.Because we area smallnation with limited resources and little influence.
Except some left irritant .Indians generally dont even care about it .

Well I didn't know that myself because I don't follow up on PA. I don't really like how they have been functioning in past decade.

 

[Not Sure]

Abstaining isn't such a bad thing. Many countries do it. Relation with Israel takes precedence over Palestine.

Yes, but think about it - India with largest Muslim population in the world for decades on was never accepted in the OIC. The very first attempt, which initially King Faisal and the Jordanian King thought made sense for India, was thwarted at the request of Yahya Khan.

They did not stop just there, they permanently banished India from joining the OIC.

And further down the course of time, we have always seen how they quickly unite against India on the matters of Kashmir. And Kashmir is just one matter... if we go into details, numerous of the religious and ethnic riots that took place in India can very easily be traced to these very countries whom we have helped in their support for Palestine.

So what has India really gained by supporting Palestine or even being absent from such voting?

On the other hand, Israel has helped us time again - despite the fact that India refused to recognize the Israeli state when it came into being - India did that within 3-4 years after the Jews got nearly wiped out from this planet.

If this is not the time for India to stand straight, then this country will never develop a backbone and will keep suffering at the hands of extremists while trying to be internationally politically correct.