Israel-Hamas War: President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas may be placing a call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the coming week, even as New Delhi has made it clear that India continues to remain firm on its stand that there should be peace talks, and that there should be a separate state for Palestine, multiple sources told ABP LIVE.
According to highly placed sources, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is expecting a phone call from President Abbas, who was recently seen meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Modi received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 10, when the Indian PM “strongly and unequivocally” denounced Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel as an act of terrorism.
President Abbas is expected to urge PM Modi to speak to Netanyahu and urge him for a ceasefire and “not let the situation further worsen”, the sources said, adding that Palestine is also expecting India to send humanitarian aid such as clothes and medicines.
According to another source, while India has made it clear that it will continue to adhere to the two-state solution when it comes to the Israel-Palestine issue, New Delhi does not want to don the hat of a mediator as the Arab world is better placed to play that role.
India As ‘Heavy Power’ Can Influence Countries: Envoy
In an exclusive conversation with ABP LIVE, Adnan Mohammad Jaber Abualhayjaa, Ambassador of Palestine to India, said last week India has the influence and can collaborate with other friendly countries in West Asia, and provide aid to the Palestinians who are facing water, food and medicines shortages due to Israeli attacks on Gaza.
He said Palestine is hopeful that India being a “heavy power” will play the role of a “mediator” urging Israel, especially PM Benjamin Netanyahu, to “stop seizing territory”, and it also wants New Delhi to join hands with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and distribute humanitarian aid to the 2.2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip.
After pounding Gaza incessantly that claimed more than 1,900 Palestinian lives, the Israeli forces have now gone in for a bigger offensive by way of forced evacuation ordering 1.1 million Gazans living in the north to head towards the south. This comes as a retaliation to the October 7 violence carried out by Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, killing 1400 Israelis.
During his meeting with Blinken, Abbas asked Washington not to let Netanyahu have his way as he warned of a second ‘Nakba’, referring to the mass dislocation of Palestinians in the 1948 conflict when Israel was created.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, recently said: “Our policy in this regard has been long standing and consistent. India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, side by side at peace with Israel.”
The UN World Food Programme said it has provided aid to over 50,000 displaced people in Gaza, but warned that it is running out of supplies and that the safety of its staff is under severe risk.
Israel-Hamas War: President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas may be placing a call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the coming week, even as New Delhi has made it clear that India continues to remain firm on its stand that there should be peace talks, and that there should be a separate state for Palestine, multiple sources told ABP LIVE.
According to highly placed sources, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is expecting a phone call from President Abbas, who was recently seen meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Modi received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 10, when the Indian PM “strongly and unequivocally” denounced Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel as an act of terrorism.
President Abbas is expected to urge PM Modi to speak to Netanyahu and urge him for a ceasefire and “not let the situation further worsen”, the sources said, adding that Palestine is also expecting India to send humanitarian aid such as clothes and medicines.
According to another source, while India has made it clear that it will continue to adhere to the two-state solution when it comes to the Israel-Palestine issue, New Delhi does not want to don the hat of a mediator as the Arab world is better placed to play that role.
India As ‘Heavy Power’ Can Influence Countries: Envoy
In an exclusive conversation with ABP LIVE, Adnan Mohammad Jaber Abualhayjaa, Ambassador of Palestine to India, said last week India has the influence and can collaborate with other friendly countries in West Asia, and provide aid to the Palestinians who are facing water, food and medicines shortages due to Israeli attacks on Gaza.
He said Palestine is hopeful that India being a “heavy power” will play the role of a “mediator” urging Israel, especially PM Benjamin Netanyahu, to “stop seizing territory”, and it also wants New Delhi to join hands with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and distribute humanitarian aid to the 2.2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip.
After pounding Gaza incessantly that claimed more than 1,900 Palestinian lives, the Israeli forces have now gone in for a bigger offensive by way of forced evacuation ordering 1.1 million Gazans living in the north to head towards the south. This comes as a retaliation to the October 7 violence carried out by Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, killing 1400 Israelis.
During his meeting with Blinken, Abbas asked Washington not to let Netanyahu have his way as he warned of a second ‘Nakba’, referring to the mass dislocation of Palestinians in the 1948 conflict when Israel was created.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, recently said: “Our policy in this regard has been long standing and consistent. India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, side by side at peace with Israel.”
The UN World Food Programme said it has provided aid to over 50,000 displaced people in Gaza, but warned that it is running out of supplies and that the safety of its staff is under severe risk.
Israel-Hamas War: President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas may be placing a call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the coming week, even as New Delhi has made it clear that India continues to remain firm on its stand that there should be peace talks, and that there should be a separate state for Palestine, multiple sources told ABP LIVE.
According to highly placed sources, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is expecting a phone call from President Abbas, who was recently seen meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Modi received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 10, when the Indian PM “strongly and unequivocally” denounced Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel as an act of terrorism.
President Abbas is expected to urge PM Modi to speak to Netanyahu and urge him for a ceasefire and “not let the situation further worsen”, the sources said, adding that Palestine is also expecting India to send humanitarian aid such as clothes and medicines.
According to another source, while India has made it clear that it will continue to adhere to the two-state solution when it comes to the Israel-Palestine issue, New Delhi does not want to don the hat of a mediator as the Arab world is better placed to play that role.
India As ‘Heavy Power’ Can Influence Countries: Envoy
In an exclusive conversation with ABP LIVE, Adnan Mohammad Jaber Abualhayjaa, Ambassador of Palestine to India, said last week India has the influence and can collaborate with other friendly countries in West Asia, and provide aid to the Palestinians who are facing water, food and medicines shortages due to Israeli attacks on Gaza.
He said Palestine is hopeful that India being a “heavy power” will play the role of a “mediator” urging Israel, especially PM Benjamin Netanyahu, to “stop seizing territory”, and it also wants New Delhi to join hands with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and distribute humanitarian aid to the 2.2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip.
After pounding Gaza incessantly that claimed more than 1,900 Palestinian lives, the Israeli forces have now gone in for a bigger offensive by way of forced evacuation ordering 1.1 million Gazans living in the north to head towards the south. This comes as a retaliation to the October 7 violence carried out by Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, killing 1400 Israelis.
During his meeting with Blinken, Abbas asked Washington not to let Netanyahu have his way as he warned of a second ‘Nakba’, referring to the mass dislocation of Palestinians in the 1948 conflict when Israel was created.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, recently said: “Our policy in this regard has been long standing and consistent. India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, side by side at peace with Israel.”
The UN World Food Programme said it has provided aid to over 50,000 displaced people in Gaza, but warned that it is running out of supplies and that the safety of its staff is under severe risk.
Israel-Hamas War: President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas may be placing a call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the coming week, even as New Delhi has made it clear that India continues to remain firm on its stand that there should be peace talks, and that there should be a separate state for Palestine, multiple sources told ABP LIVE.
According to highly placed sources, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is expecting a phone call from President Abbas, who was recently seen meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Modi received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 10, when the Indian PM “strongly and unequivocally” denounced Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel as an act of terrorism.
President Abbas is expected to urge PM Modi to speak to Netanyahu and urge him for a ceasefire and “not let the situation further worsen”, the sources said, adding that Palestine is also expecting India to send humanitarian aid such as clothes and medicines.
According to another source, while India has made it clear that it will continue to adhere to the two-state solution when it comes to the Israel-Palestine issue, New Delhi does not want to don the hat of a mediator as the Arab world is better placed to play that role.
India As ‘Heavy Power’ Can Influence Countries: Envoy
In an exclusive conversation with ABP LIVE, Adnan Mohammad Jaber Abualhayjaa, Ambassador of Palestine to India, said last week India has the influence and can collaborate with other friendly countries in West Asia, and provide aid to the Palestinians who are facing water, food and medicines shortages due to Israeli attacks on Gaza.
He said Palestine is hopeful that India being a “heavy power” will play the role of a “mediator” urging Israel, especially PM Benjamin Netanyahu, to “stop seizing territory”, and it also wants New Delhi to join hands with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and distribute humanitarian aid to the 2.2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip.
After pounding Gaza incessantly that claimed more than 1,900 Palestinian lives, the Israeli forces have now gone in for a bigger offensive by way of forced evacuation ordering 1.1 million Gazans living in the north to head towards the south. This comes as a retaliation to the October 7 violence carried out by Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, killing 1400 Israelis.
During his meeting with Blinken, Abbas asked Washington not to let Netanyahu have his way as he warned of a second ‘Nakba’, referring to the mass dislocation of Palestinians in the 1948 conflict when Israel was created.
Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, recently said: “Our policy in this regard has been long standing and consistent. India has always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine living within secure and recognized borders, side by side at peace with Israel.”
The UN World Food Programme said it has provided aid to over 50,000 displaced people in Gaza, but warned that it is running out of supplies and that the safety of its staff is under severe risk.
