India must condemn Israeli attacks on Palestine mosque: Maha Congress

A delegation led by ex-minister and Working President Naseem Khan called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and submitted a memorandum to this effect. 

"The Indian government must condemn these atrocities perpetrated by the Israeli armed forces and send a clear message that India stands firmly behind the Palestinians," Khan said. 

The delegation comprising ex-MP Ubaidullah K. Azmi, former legislator Yusuf Abrahani, Raza Academy convenor Saeed Noori, and others told the Governor that Indian Muslims were stunned to see the indiscriminate firing by Israeli soldiers on innocent children  and women when they were praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque - considered the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina. 

Comparing the attacks with Hitler's "genocide of Jews", the delegation said that it has sparked huge anger among the Indian and global Muslim brotherhood. 

"We were planning to organise massive demonstrations against these cowardly attacks but exercised restrain in view of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions However, the Government of India should convey our sentiments to the people of Palestine by flaying  Israel," Khan urged. 

Calling upon the Centre to end its silence since the country has always stood firmly behind Palestine, he said India's message expressing solidarity with the Palestinians should be effectively conveyed to the whole world. 

The meeting came in the wake of the Israeli air-raids in Tel Aviv's Al Aqsa and Gaza in the past 48 hours which have killed more than two dozen Palestinians, leading to protests from all over the world.