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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Stop Starvation
Israel can't be allowed to keep weaponising food in Gaza. India must do its bit at UN conference Over the weekend, Tel Aviv allowed a ribbon of aid into Gaza, no doubt following a smattering of political actions last week amid growing global condemnation of its starving of Palestinians. Rising anger in France over visuals coming out of Gaza of harrowed hungry children pushed Macron to make Paris the first UNSC member that will recognise Palestinian state formally in Sept. Though he failed to get fellow G7ers Britain and Canada to back him, his announcement sparked some hopes from the July 28-30 UN conference on Israel-Palestine to be co-chaired by Riyadh and Paris. India must put its weight behind global measures towards stopping the war and settling the Palestine question. Several nations are also exploring declarations of recognition – Israeli expansion into West Bank and its unrelenting offensive in Gaza has made it hard to see Palestine become a geographical reality. As noted for months, Netanyahu's blockades on food, fuel and medicine have made it evident that the aim was not only return of hostages, but forced displacement of Palestinian population. This isn't the first time Israel has limited entry of food into Gaza as part of its war plans. What has been stark this time around is that it has paid no heed to its own red lines – allowing basic minimum into Gaza to avoid a malnutrition catastrophe. Netanyahu with Washington's support this time erased any such restraining line. Apart from almost 60,000 Palestinians killed, including at least 17,400 children, Palestinian health ministry says 122 died due to starvation, including 83 children. Visuals of kids in queues, skinny arms outstretched to fill plastic and aluminium bowls, crying, bawling, deadened, shoving and jostling, have left none unmoved. UN's World Food Programme estimates 1 in 3 people in Gaza doesn't get to eat for days at a time. There's no normalising such war excesses as 'collateral damage'. The world cannot afford to fail in getting Israel to stop weaponising food. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India.
Economic Times
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Before G7 turned out to be fine on Friday...
Just when we were ready to expose G7 as a fuddy-duddy boys' club, comprising post-WW2 'school prefect' countries plus two Marshall Planned members, we now have to hold our horses. That the Indian PM hadn't got an invitation from the Canadian PM-Canada is hosting the summit at Kananaskis in Alberta-to be a guest at the powwow starting this coming weekend got us riled up. Finally, we could call the old shovel a shovel-or, more to the point, a group of zamindars clinging to their titles in a world that has moved on 'upper east side'. We were all ready to rail against how 'emerging' economies like China, India, Brazil are kept forever 'emerging'-never to emerge-by G7ers, despite reshaping trade, tech and geopolitics. 'G7 can get stuffed!' our almost-unfurled banners read. On a more bilateral note, we were raring to trash-talk Canada for their 'anti-India' views. With no invitation even by midweek, we were all set to broker a deal with Trump to make that country the 51st US state. 'Holding lavish summits where the world's most privileged discuss inequality over champagne is a poor look. Disband G7, or reflect...' was the opening to our anti-G7 manifesto that would have been approved by some key ministers. And then, Mark Carney invited Narendra Modi. Yes, we wasted our time. Because you see, G7 is, after all, very, very fine.
