Chandan Sharma
Ceasefire has finally
become a reality as the new Bennett regime has taken the charge in Israel. The
ceasefire between Israel and Palestine has finally begun and restored after 11
days of flare up of Gaza conflict killing over 200 Palestinians including 60
children and over a dozen Israelis.
The conflict was
actually flare up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in May 2021, which was
marked by protests and rioting and triggered over 4000 rocket attacks by Hamas
and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups.
Reports say that
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that a ceasefire
proposal, presented by Egyptian government, was accepted by both sides and came
into effect on Friday morning ending a mini war like situation in Gaza strip,
at least for the time being. The reconstruction process too has started in the
Gaza strip.
The escalation did
not spare the international media offices too. The building, having offices of
Associated Press and Al-Zazira news channel, too had been targeted. As a result
both US and UN had to intervene into the matter to bring truce in the region.
US President Biden had to call both the Israeli and Palestinian counterparts to
restrain in the region. Both the sides were putting pressure for truce in the
region.
On the other hand, UN
too had to convene an emergency meeting on the issue. But it didn’t work as the
voice of right to defend emerged more strongly in the meeting, where Indian
voice too was very cautious as both Israel and Palestine have friendly
relationship with the India.
India’s relationship with Israel as well as Palestine is
very special. While India maintains long standing relationship with Palestine
for a long time and also extends support to its cause at international forums
time to time, at the same time the Israel has become major partner as far as
defense and security is concerned. It is also seen as the major source of
agriculture technology and tourism revenue.
The recent mini war like situation certainly put the
country as well as world in a catch-22 like situation as nobody can afford a
war like situation in this time of pandemic devastation, facing for over one
year.
Both US and UN have worked and negotiated hard to bring
truce in the region. India too, as the head of Security Council too negotiated
for peace in the region. It is another matter that voice for self-defence was
more strong in the UNSC.
But as the observers say that it was actually a litmus
test for diplomatic envoys and heads of the states to bring peace in the region
and it was so as heads of US and UN had to involve in the process with their
personal capacities.
In fact, a delegation
of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of
the Palestinian People visited India in March 2020 demanding more proactive
role in the settling of the question of Palestine. The Committee also met
Indian External Affair Minister S. Jayashankar and sought Indian support of
India for a peaceful solution of the question of Palestine. India, although
came closer to Israel in the recent times, but still maintaining a good and
friendly relationship with Palestine at the diplomatic level.
The relationship is intact despite the conflict, continued for several decades. The truce agreement would provide a big relief amid the devastation of pandemic.
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