India Votes In Favour Of UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Settlements In Palestine

India was one of the 145 countries that supported the United Nations resolution denouncing settlement activities in "the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan." The resolution draft received approval on Thursday, November 9.

The draft was passed with an overwhelming majority. The seven countries that voted against the resolution included Canada, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, United States.

Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale shared the picture of the UN resolution and said that he was "very glad that the Republic of India voted in favour of the resolution."

"Israel's occupation of Palestine through settlers is ILLEGAL. Israel's apartheid must end NOW (sic)," Saket Gokhale added.

Last month, India abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly draft resolution submitted by Jordan which had called for an immediate truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The resolution did not address the Hamas terrorist group, which initiated an attack on Israel on October 7, leading to the subsequent war. India was one of 45 countries that abstained from voting, while 14 voted against it. The resolution was overwhelmingly adopted, with 120 nations voting in favour.

Israel has been carrying out a massive military offensive in Gaza following the unprecedented and multi-pronged attacks on Israeli cities by Hamas militants on October 7.

On Friday, Palestinian officials reported that 11,078 Gazans lost their lives due to air and artillery strikes since October 7, with 40 percent of the casualties being children. The Israeli military has announced its readiness to evacuate infants from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, as it has run out of fuel.

Intense clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas gunmen in and around Gaza City, where the largest hospital, Al Shifa, is situated, have led to the suspension of hospital operations. Unfortunately, two babies in the incubator lost their lives due to the fuel shortage.