‘Palestinians have been denied their homeland’: Jaishankar on Israel-Hamas conflict
"On one hand, what happened on October 7 was terrorism. On the other hand, nobody would countenance the death of innocent civilians," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. (Photo via his Facebook page) At a time when India has reiterated its two-state solution for the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that although the October 7 attack was definitely an act of terrorism, there remains the “underlying issue of the rights of the Palestinians and the fact that they have been denied their homeland.”
He was responding to a question at an interaction with the Indian community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Speaking on the Hamas attack and the subsequent Israeli bombardment of Gaza which has killed over 32,000 Gazans, majority of which are civilian women and children, Jaishankar said: “How different pulls and pressures can be. On one hand, what happened on October 7 was terrorism. On the other hand, nobody would countenance the death of innocent civilians. Countries may be justified in their own minds in responding, but you cannot have a response that…every response must take into account something called international humanitarian law.”
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