[Marxism] GROUND INVASION OF GAZA STARTED!

[Sukla Sen <suklasenp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/0/0128A29152E2A56D652575320052AE4B?Opendocument

India announces one million dollar aid for Gaza
victims 

New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) India today announced an aid of
one million US dollars for the people in Gaza affected
by the ongoing Israeli military action and demanded
immediate end to the violence there so that peace
process could resume.
"In response to the flash appeal made by UN Refugee
Welfare Agency (UNRWA), Government of India has
decided to extend an assistance of USD 1 million for
use by the Agency to provide shelters, cash
assistance, essential household items, etc, to
affected families in Gaza," External Affairs Ministry
spokesman Vishnu Prakash said.

He said India urges an "immediate end to the violence
witnessed in Gaza and its environs, so that further
casualties amongst civilians are averted." This, he
said, would help create an atmosphere for the peace
process to resume.

It is for the third time in less than a week that
India has sought an end to Israeli military action in
Gaza which has been provoked by cross-border attacks
by Hamas.

On Monday, India condemned the "unwarranted" and
"indiscriminate" use of force by Israel in the Gaza
Strip.

New Delhi asked Tel Aviv to exercise "utmost
restraint" and "give peace a chance", warning that the
peace process there may get derailed irreversibly by
Israel's attack on Gaza Strip and the continued
violence.

"It is disappointing to note that the use of
disproportionate force is resulting in a large number
of civilian casualties on the one hand and the
escalating violence on the other," External Affairs
Ministry had said. PTI 

Sukla

This week, both Brazil (through a direct statement by
Lula) and 
Argentina (by way of an official communiqué of the
Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs) have condemned it in unusually strong terms.

FWIW.



      


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