Indian firm halts uniform sales to Israel police over Gaza war

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'Moral decision': Indian firm halts uniform sales to Israel police over Gaza war

An Indian firm is terminating a longstanding contract to make uniforms for the Israeli police, telling AFP on Friday that it had made a "moral decision" in light of the war in Gaza.

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'Moral decision': Indian firm halts uniform sales to Israel police over Gaza war​

A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 20 shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 20 shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

An Indian firm is terminating a longstanding contract to make uniforms for the Israeli police, telling AFP on Friday that it had made a "moral decision" in light of the war in Gaza.

Maryan Apparel in the southern state of Kerala said it had supplied around 100,000 uniforms to Israel's police force for every year since 2015.

"It is a moral decision," the company's managing director Thomas Olickal told AFP.​

Olickal said in a Wednesday statement that a strike on a hospital and the "loss of thousands of innocent lives" in the conflict had prompted the decision.

Israelis and Palestinians have traded blame for Tuesday's deadly strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City.

Global leaders have condemned the strike and protests have erupted across the Muslim world with stark disagreement over the toll and who is responsible.

Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas accused Israel of hitting the hospital during its massive bombing campaign, and the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has put the death toll at 471, though that number is contested.

Israel's military has blamed a misfired rocket on another group, Islamic Jihad -- a version of events backed by the United States, whose intelligence community has estimated between 100 and 300 people were killed.

Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials. Israel says around 1,500 Hamas fighters were killed in clashes before its army regained control of the area under attack.

More than 3,785 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed across Gaza in relentless Israeli bombardments in retaliation for the attacks by Hamas, according to the latest toll from its health ministry in Gaza.

Olickal told AFP his firm will fulfil its existing commitments to Israel, which end in December, but will not take new orders. "We are okay resuming business with them after peace is restored," added Olickal, who employs around 1,500 people at his firm.

The company has also supplied uniforms to the Philippine Army and to government officials in Saudi Arabia.

 

[El Sidd]

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has torn the Indian society in 2 clear ranks. The stark contrast is visible here on PDF as well. Only highly polarised weak societies have struggled with the conflict and her most recent current episode.

 

[Vikramaditya-I]

Very stupid decision. But then again, communists were never the smartest stock.

 

[@blue Ocean]

Very stupid decision. But then again, communists were never the smartest stock.

A country with one religion
Cannot keep multiple friendship on
So, no garments to Israel
was a good decision!!!

 

[IndianLite]

Very stupid decision. But then again, communists were never the smartest stock.

Chinese communists beg to differ!

 

[Vikramaditya-I]

A country with one religion
Cannot keep multiple friendship on
So, no garments to Israel
was a good decision!!!

For you maybe, not for us. Brings in millions of dollars and create more jobs.

Chinese communists beg to differ!

Chinese are not communists, except in their flags and propaganda

 

[mulj]

Well, apparently all bad indians aka hindutva pajeets come here to rant and cheer for everything against muslims, otherwise we see that there are obviously opposite examples.

 

[IndianLite]

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has torn the Indian society in 2 clear ranks. The stark contrast is visible here on PDF as well. Only highly polarised weak societies have struggled with the conflict and her most recent current episode.

There is a funny irony to the end game for Israeli-Palestinian war.

The Muslim countries that made peace with the devil will end up with the Palestinians.

Israels end game is to push Palestinians into Egypt and Jordan.

It will be the ultimate lesson for appeasement!

 

[White privilege]

LOL, now how will the Israeli police murder innocent civilians, without the protection of the supa dupa vedic era cow dung protected uniforms...??

 

[epebble]

Very stupid decision. But then again, communists were never the smartest stock.

It may not be a 'Very stupid decision' if this action gets him a larger contract with Arab police or military. CEOs make big bucks by thinking rationally. Thomas Olickal just might have figured which side of the bread has more butter on it.

A lot of commercial decisions get made by cold logic and not emotions. How many Arab heads of state do you see lifting their butts from their thrones to reduce the killings and suffering in Gaza? Zero, exactly. Any questions?

 

[Vikramaditya-I]

It may not be a 'Very stupid decision' if this action gets him a larger contract with Arab police or military. CEOs make big bucks by thinking rationally. Thomas Olickal just might have figured which side of the bread has more butter on it.

A lot of commercial decisions get made by cold logic and not emotions. How many Arab heads of state do you see lifting their butts from their thrones to reduce the killings and suffering in Gaza? Zero, exactly. Any questions?

If this, probably, would've could've, should've.

 

[@blue Ocean]

Israels end game is to push Palestinians into Egypt and Jordan.

Hamas is responsible for that end. A sudden attack without declaring a war and 1200 innocent victims.

1.6 million Palestinians are working in Israel and their future is bleak.

 

[IndianLite]

Hamas is responsible for that end. A sudden attack without declaring a war and 1200 innocent victims.

1.6 million Palestinians are working in Israel and their future is bleak.

Let’s imagine a land without Hamas.

Ah!

That would be the West Bank - where Hamas has no leverage or influence.

Why has Israel been killing and occupying lands there

Seems like whether you are Hamas or MAHMOOD Abbas - Israel doesn’t give a ****!!!

So stop blaming Hamas for Israeli action.

Remember a Jew killed the only Jewish PM that wanted to sign a peace treaty with Palestinians!

 

[@blue Ocean]

'Moral decision': Indian firm halts uniform sales to Israel police over Gaza war

Now, it is a good chance for Hasina to support the Indian action of not stitching uniforms for Israeli troops.

Hasina should reciprocate it by not stitching clothes for America. Let them shiver in the cold and let BD lose a small money of US$10 billion. Hasina becomes a little more popular.

$10 billion is a small money for Hasina to win the election with a midnight voting as usual. She has almost sold the country to cling to power.

@IndianLite, please tell your opinion of this great idea.

 

[epebble]

Let’s imagine a land without Hamas.

Ah!

Why stop there, when you are imagining? Go the whole hog.