Opposition MPs condemn Israeli military campaign in Gaza Strip

Members of Parliament from the Opposition on Monday (August 11, 2025) condemned the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza and called for independent statehood for Palestine.

In a solidarity event called in support of the victims of the Israeli campaign in the Gaza Strip, Congress Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury said, “There is no justification” for the killings carried out by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip.”

Speaking on the occasion, Palestinian ambassador Abdallah M. Abu Shawesh made a forceful plea for the Members of Parliament to reactivate the India-Palestine Committee in the Parliament.

Mr. Shawesh also expressed gratitude for the support from the Indian parliamentarians and the civil society and said, “Brothers and sisters, thank you so much for your sympathy, but sympathy needs iron legs, and for that we need to counter the pro-Israel propaganda that is going on in the world.”

He said Palestinians were willing to answer questions regarding their movement and urged the MPs to communicate with the Palestinians. “Ask us questions. We will not hesitate in answering any question, including the ones on October 7, 2023,” he said, adding that there were other dates in the Israel-Palestine conflict that shoudl be discussed as well, without which the Palestinian narrative would not get an audience.

“We should communicate. Give us the chance to communicate with you, and we should reactivate the India-Palestine Committee in the Parliament,” the Ambassador said.

Ms. Chowdhury went on to say, “Every child who died, every woman who is being butchered and every innocent man who is being killed — it resonates amongst all of us. Just like disease removes all barriers, war resonates among all of us. This brutality, this crime against mankind, can never be accepted and cannot be tolerated.”

Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Manoj Kumar Jha, Communist Party of India (Marxist)‘s John Brittas, Revolutionary Socialist Party’s N.K., Premachandran and Congress’s Digvijaya Singh, among others, also addressed the solidarity meeting.

Prof. Jha questioned the Government of India’s inability to condemn the Israeli military actions.