{"id":309933,"date":"2026-02-25T18:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309933\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:47:09","slug":"indias-opposition-slams-modis-israel-visit-accuses-him-of-befriending-war-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309933\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s opposition slams Modi&#8217;s Israel visit, accuses him of &#8216;befriending war criminal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">India\u2019s opposition parties have mounted fierce criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to Israel, calling the trip a betrayal of India\u2019s historic foreign policy principles and a display of \u201cmoral cowardice\u201d at a moment of intense global scrutiny of Israeli policies.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The visit has drawn fire at home even as Modi seeks to strengthen strategic cooperation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including defence, technology and bilateral ties. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">On Wednesday, Modi also addressed the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, a historic first for an Indian leader.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Modi told the Knesset that India stands with Israel \u201cfirmly with full conviction&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The main <a target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/pm-modi-displaying-moral-cowardice-when-world-is-critical-of-netanyahu-congress\/articleshow\/128769980.cms?from=mdr\">opposition<\/a>, the Indian National Congress, accused Modi of exhibiting \u201cmoral cowardice\u201d by flying to Israel while much of the world criticises its genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Congress leaders said the decision to embrace Netanyahu at a time when civilian suffering in Gaza and the occupied West Bank continues will tarnish India\u2019s consistent diplomatic stance on Palestinian rights and international law.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\"><a target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/left-parties-slams-modis-israel-visit-as-betrayal-of-palestinian-cause\/2863814\/\">Left-leaning parties<\/a> launched even more scathing criticism. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The Communist Party of India argued that the trip would \u201clegitimise\u201d what it described as Netanyahu\u2019s \u201cmurderous regime\u201d and deepen India\u2019s alignment with what it called a \u201cZionist expansionist regime&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) also denounced the trip, characterising it as a \u201cdisgraceful act of complicity in the ongoing genocidal assault on the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">It accused the government of mortgaging India\u2019s sovereignty and strategic autonomy to align with Israel.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Friendship with a war criminal <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The party said that Netanyahu is a \u201cwar criminal\u201d and alleged that Modi was effectively aligning himself unquestioningly with the Israeli leader.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">\u201cWar criminal Netanyahu has now announced that India will cooperate in security issues, and Modi is going to Israel to dance and sing to his tunes. This unholy alliance will be an indelible blot on our nation\u2019s soul. Shame!\u201d The Print reported, quoting a CPIML official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s opposition parties have mounted fierce criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to Israel, calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-309933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}