On Feb 10, Modi will be 1st Indian PM in Palestine

[Indian wonk]

After having hosted Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, PM Modi will land in Ramallah on February 10 for what will be the first-ever visit by an Indian prime minister to Palestine. Modi’s visit to Israel last year was also the first by an Indian PM and the one to Palestine follows the government’s decision to “de-hypenate” relations with the two entities as a departure from past practice of seeing visits to the region as balancing acts. While India and Palestine have been discussing the proposed visit for a while, this is the first confirmation of its date and it comes in the middle of Netanyahu’s visit to India. The visit will be significant for India as the government believes it will help dispel the notion that there has been any change in its Palestine policy since Modi assumed office in 2014. India’s recent vote against the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the UN was intended to iterate its longstanding diplomatic position. While the modalities for the visit are still being worked out, government sources here said Modi was likely to travel to Ramallah in a chopper from Amman in Jordan. The West Bank city of Ramallah is the de facto administrative capital of Palestine. The route which Modi will take to Ramallah, which is located only 8km from Jerusalem, is important in the context of the government’s policy of de-hyphenating its relations with Israel and Palestine. It will help Modi skip Israel, the way he skipped Palestine last year during his visit to Israel. There was tremendous disappointment in Palestine last year when Modi visited Israel but chose not to travel to Ramallah. As Khalil Shikaki, the director of Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, had told a visiting group of Indian journalists and politicians last year, there were significant concerns in Palestine that India was moving away from the policies it had followed since 1947. “The current PM (Modi) seems more interested in security and in relations with the West. Palestinians seem to believe that they can no longer count on India’s support,” Shikaki had said. With its vote recently in favour of a UN resolution denouncing the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and now with Modi’s visit to Ramallah, the government seems to be suggesting that its ties with Israel will not come at the expense of its relationship with Palestine. The Modi government remains conscious of India’s position over the years that its support to the Palestinian cause is an indispensable part of its foreign policy

http://www.timesnownews.com/india/a...ry-10-israel-un-vote-jerusalem-capital/190064

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...dian-pm-in-palestine/articleshow/62547007.cms

 

[Indian wonk]

Main points

A) . The visit will be significant for India as the government believes it will help dispel the notion that there has been any change in its Palestine policy since Modi assumed office in 2014. India’s recent vote against the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the UN was intended to iterate its longstanding diplomatic position.


B) The route which Modi will take to Ramallah, which is located only 8km from Jerusalem, is important in the context of the government’s policy of de-hyphenating its relations with Israel and Palestine. It will help Modi skip Israel, the way he skipped Palestine last year during his visit to Israel.

 

[neem456]

Shock for libtards.

 

[Indian wonk]

Shock for libtards.

Actually brother it will also be a shock to a certain country too . You know about it

 

[punit]

Will cause some serious burn !

 

[Ryuzaki]

This visit should have been cancelled,given Palestine's support to Hafeez Saeed.Palestine as a nation-state has absolutely nothing to offer to India compared to Israel

 

[Rollno21]

Some people will be like ,India votes against Israel and then after few days Palestine ambassador to a certain country was photographed with a terrorist and Palestinians apologise and then Israeli PM comes as if nothing happened during the vote and then Indian pm visits Palestine and before all these events I for got to add the Pm visit to Israel..when will they learn diplomacy and international relations are not 0 sum games.

 

[Silverblaze]

Lol an absolute charade! An attempt to pacify Arab countries where millions of indiots live and loot those countries by sending money back through illegal means.

Arab countries must kick out all indiots as they are spreading hindu fascism there!

 

[captainvancouver]

Lol an absolute charade! An attempt to pacify Arab countries where millions of indiots live and loot those countries by sending money back through illegal means.

Arab countries must kick out all indiots as they are spreading hindu fascism there!

Lol an absolute charade -> no its not. India has good relations with both sides and can act as a mediator.

An attempt to pacify Arab countries -> perhaps so. India does have an economic interest in keeping the Arab countries on good terms, but Indians have historically been on the Palestinian side.

sending money back through illegal means => where did you get that from?

 

[Laozi]

Wonder HOW a PM branded as "Terrorist" for muslim brothers by a certain country, will report his visit to Palestine to its masses

 

[Mamluk]

Lol an absolute charade! An attempt to pacify Arab countries where millions of indiots live and loot those countries by sending money back through illegal means.

Arab countries must kick out all indiots as they are spreading hindu fascism there!

LOL. The Arab countries consider Hindus 'safer' migrants. The rulers are not very comfortable with too many Muslim migrants who can easily get radicalized by MB type groups and create chaos.

 

[Clutch]

Wonder HOW a PM branded as "Terrorist" for muslim brothers by a certain a certain country, will report his visit to Palestine to its masses

When Saudis publically normalize relations with Israel .... So too will Pakistan.

In fact Pakistan as a Muslim nation has more in common with Israel as a Jewish nation... Than India a Hindu nation.

Over half of the Quran is about the Jewish people and their history... The Jewish Talmudic Law s very similar to Islamic Shariyah. Their Prophets are referred to as Muslims. One of the Prophets wife was Jewish. Muslims have always championed Jewish rights in Middle East Palestine, North Africa, Persia, and Muslim Europe.

Hindus have nothing in common with Jews.

I have had many Jewish friends... You would be surprised to find out how similar they are to us religiously.... As far as with Hindus we are light years apart.

Pakistan should make peace with Israel and with Palestinian understanding.

 

[newb3e]

lols modi ki g chali Palastine!