Protest Will Be Organised Against Netanyahu’s Visit All Across India: Comrade Prakash Karat
Channel: CPIM Speak
Date: 2018-01-13

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, or Bibi, as Modi fondly calls him, is scheduled to visit our country from January 14-18, 2018.Our country never had historic relations with Israel, though both the countries were ‘born’ only a year apart. Historically, since our struggle for independence, we always stood with the cause of Palestine and opposed the repressive and expansionist policies of Israel. On the other hand, Israel always sided with the colonial and imperialist powers like the UK and US. Our support to the Palestinian cause was steadfast and was strongly expressed on all international forums, where India was a co-sponsor to various UN resolutions condemning Israel. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), of which India was considered not only as an initiator, but also as a ‘leader’, too stood with Palestine. India never had full diplomatic relations with Israel.