THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid the continuing Israeli floor offensive towards Hamas within the besieged Gaza Strip, within the wake of the October 7 terror assaults, Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan got here up with a shocker on Saturday, saying that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “needs to be shot and killed and not using a trial”.
Talking at a rally to display solidarity with Palestine in Kasargod, Kerala, amid the continuing battle in West Asia, the Congress chief brazenly advocated the “Nuremberg mannequin” (invoking the trial of Nazis in Nuremberg for the holocaust) towards the Israeli PM. “You may ask what needs to be executed to those that break all agreements beneath the Geneva Conference. After the Second World Conflict, there was one thing known as the Nuremberg trials for bringing these (Nazis) responsible of struggle crimes to justice. The Nuremberg mannequin to shoot these accused of struggle crimes useless with out trial. It’s excessive time that the Nuremberg mannequin was utilized right here (towards the Israeli PM). At present, Benjamin Netanyahu is standing earlier than the world as a struggle prison. It is excessive time that Netanyahu was shot and killed and not using a trial due to the atrocities that his forces are committing on Palestinians,” the Congress MP added.
The rally was organised by the Kasaragod United Muslim Jamaath on Friday. A politician-turned-actor, Unnithan represents Kasargod within the Lok Sabha. The previous chief of the fear group Hamas, Khaled Mashal, just about addressed an analogous solidarity occasion in Kerala earlier, elevating the hackles within the BJP.
Earlier, on Friday, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh launched an official occasion assertion, condemning the Israeli operations in Gaza and demanding that the Centre intervene to convey a ceasefire on the earliest.
In the meantime, in a big transfer, South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, and Djibouti collectively submitted a referral to the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC), urging an investigation into potential crimes in Palestinian territories, CNN reported citing ICC prosecutor Karim Khan. “In accordance with the Rome Statute of the Worldwide Felony Court docket, a State Occasion might discuss with the Prosecutor a scenario by which a number of crimes throughout the jurisdiction of the Court docket seem to have been dedicated requesting the Prosecutor to analyze the scenario for the aim of figuring out whether or not a number of particular individuals needs to be charged with the fee of such crimes,” Khan stated in a press release.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condemned the mounting civilian deaths within the ongoing Israel-Hamas struggle, stated new challenges are rising from the occasions in West Asia. Reiterating India’s condemnation of the Hamas terror assaults in southern Israel on October 7, PM Modi additionally highlighted that New Delhi has additionally despatched humanitarian help to the folks of Palestine.
In his opening handle on the Voice of World South Summit earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Modi stated, “For international prosperity, sabka saath and sabka vikas is parmount. All of us are seeing that new challenges are rising from the occasions within the West Asia area.” “India has condemned the terrorist assault in Israel on October 7. We now have laid emphasis on exercising restraint, dialogue and diplomacy,” he added.
PM Modi stated that India has additionally despatched humanitarian help to the folks of Palestine. “We additionally strongly condemn the deaths of civilians within the battle between Israel and Hamas. After speaking to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, we’ve got additionally despatched humanitarian help to the folks of Palestine,” he added. Not too long ago, Israel President Isaac Herzog stated India advocates peace and may undoubtedly pursue the voice of cause, safety for Israel and peace for the area.
In an unique interview with ANI, Herzog described India as “an important nation on this planet” and “one of many biggest nations on earth”. “India is an important nation on this planet and it was my true honour to talk on the joint session of US Congress in Washington in July, only a few weeks after PM Modi spoke. We consider India advocates peace and is a really spectacular nation, one of many biggest on earth and India can undoubtedly pursue the voice of cause, safety for Israel and peace for the area,” the Israel President stated. India has stated it sees the assault by Hamas on Israel as “a terrorist assault” and that it has all the time advocated the resumption of direct negotiations in direction of establishing a sovereign, unbiased and viable state of Palestine that lives facet by facet at peace with Israel.
The battle in Gaza escalated after the October 7 assault by Hamas, the place about 2,500 terrorists breached the border into Israel from the Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties and the seizure of hostages. Israel has characterised its Gaza offensive as concentrating on Hamas’ infrastructure with the objective of eliminating all the terror group whereas making efforts to reduce civilian casualties.