India has expressed its “deep concern” over Israelian atrocities inJerusalem at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session on theongoing Israel-Palestine ever-increasing situation.
At the UNSC meeting, India’s Permanent Representative to the United NationsTS Tirumurti asked the two countries to immediately resume direct dialogueand said that New Delhi supports the two-state solution.
The statement came as violence continues in the region that began thismonth following weeks-long tension between the two sides.
“The events of the last several days has resulted in a sharp deteriorationof the security situation,” Tirumurti said. “The indiscriminate rocketfirings from Gaza targeting the civilian population in Israel, which wecondemn, and the retaliatory strikes into Gaza, have caused immensesuffering and resulted in deaths, including women and children.”
India’s envoy urged both sides to show “extreme restraint, desist fromactions that exacerbate tensions”, and refrain from trying to change theexisting status quo, including in East Jerusalem and its neighbourhood.“Jerusalem has a special place in the hearts of millions of Indians, whovisit the city every year,” he said.
“The Old City also houses the Al Zawiyya Al Hindiyya – the Indian Hospice,which is a historic place associated with a great Indian Sufi saint BabaFarid and located inside the Old City. India has restored this IndianHospice” he added.
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Tirumurti said that India believes every effort should be made to createconducive conditions for the resumption of talks between Israel andPalestine.
“In conclusion, I reiterate India’s strong support to the just Palestiniancause and its unwavering commitment to the two-state solution.”
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the security councilthat hostilities in Israel and Gaza were “utterly appalling” and called foran end to the fighting, Guterres said the UN is “actively engaging allsides towards an immediate ceasefire”.
