India May Change Pro-Palestinian Stance at UN…two columns

Posted By on December 22nd, 2014

THIS IS WELCOME NEWS SINCE INDIA  CURRIED FAVOR WITH ARAB TYRANTS IN THE PAST….RSK
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-may-end-support-to-palestine-at-un/article6713364.ece?homepage=true

  In what could amount to a tectonic shift in the country’s foreign policy, the Modi government is looking at altering India’s supporting vote for the Palestinian cause at the United Nations to one of abstention.

 Two sources within the government confirmed to The Hindu that the change, which will be a fundamental departure from India’s support to the cause of a Palestinian state, was under consideration.
 “Like other foreign policy issues, the Modi government is looking at India’s voting record at the United Nations on the Palestinian issue,” a government source told The Hindu. The change only needs an administrative nod, the second source said.
  Despite the growing defence and diplomatic ties with Israel, the UPA government, which junked traditional ally Iran to vote with the United States at the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2005, had baulked at making any change in India’s support to the Palestinians.
  Even former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s government, which invited Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to India in 2003, did not amend India’s voting record at the U.N.
 India’s stance at the U.N. has been an irritant in Indo-Israeli relations, with Tel Aviv frustrated that close bonds had not resulted in any change in the stance on Palestine.
  A senior Israeli interlocutor told a visiting Indian External Affairs Minister some time ago that New Delhi treated Tel Aviv like a “mistress” – by keeping the bilateral relationship away from the public gaze. This re-examination of India’s voting stance will come as sweet music to Israeli ears just as it will raise concerns in West Asian capitals about the future course of Indian foreign policy.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/india-may-change-pro-palestinian-stance-at-un/

India is considering moving away from its traditional support for the Palestinian cause at the United Nations, Indian government sources said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking at moving to a policy of abstention, according to The Hindu newspaper. The report Sunday was based on two anonymous government sources.

“Like other foreign policy issues, the Modi government is looking at India’s voting record at the United Nations on the Palestinian issue,” one of the sources said.

The other source indicated that the realignment would only need an “administrative nod.”

The report came amid a significant warming in relations between New Delhi and Jerusalem since Modi came to power in May.

Last week, Modi sent out a Hanukkah greeting in Hebrew, to the delight of many Israelis and Hebrew-speakers around the world.

In a post on Twitter, Modi wished his “Jewish friends a happy Hanukkah! May this Festival of Lights and the festive season ring in peace, hope and well-being for all.” The post was then sent out in English as well.

Last month, the two allies successfully tested an advanced missile system, which was hailed by an adviser to the Indian defense minister as “an important milestone in the cooperation between India and Israel.”

The test came days after Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Israel in the highest-level official trip ever for Delhi.

“Israel and India are at the cusp of a new era of increased cooperation in a wide variety of fields,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said while meeting Singh on November 6.

In September, Netanyahu met Modi in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss nuclear developments in Iran and expanding bilateral ties between Jerusalem and Delhi.

The meeting was the first between the Israeli and Indian premiers in over a decade, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.

Netanyahu reportedly invited India to participate in a joint effort on cyberdefense, a project that will aim to be a link between civilian and military authorities in both countries.

In October, India reportedly agreed to a $525 million deal to buy Israel’s guided Spike missiles, which were widely used during Operation Protective Edge.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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