India Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of the leading universities of India, protested against the presence of the US ambassador in a function in New Delhi due to the US support for the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
According to Arab News, America’s Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, arrived in New Delhi on Monday afternoon Jawaharlal Nehru University I was invited to speak on US-India relations.
The protest comes at a time when students in the US are demanding that their universities Israel as well as sever financial ties, as more than 34,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza due to its military operations.
Organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU), more than 100 students at the university’s convention center protested Garcetti’s invitation, accusing it of Israel’s ‘ongoing genocide in Palestine’. I am involved.
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JNUSU president Dhananjay told Arab News: ‘By inviting such a person to the university, who is supporting genocide, we want to tell them that JNU is not silent on this issue and we speak out. will.’
He added: ‘We are protesting US support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.’
Hundreds of American college students have been arrested and suspended for demanding a cease-fire in Gaza and divestment from companies affiliated with Israel.
The student-led movement comes nearly six months after Israel launched its offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Millions of homes in Gaza have been completely or partially destroyed, while public spaces, schools and hundreds of cultural sites have been demolished and targeted in heavy bombardment.
JNU student leaders said they stand in solidarity with the protesting students in the US.
“We are students and we should ask questions,” said Dhananjay. If atrocities are happening and killings are taking place without any reason, it should be the responsibility of all sections of the society to speak against it.
‘The scenes we see make us shudder and they shock our conscience. If we don’t talk, I don’t think we have the right to be a social being.’
The event, which was to be attended by the US ambassador, was canceled due to student protests at the JNU campus on Monday.
“We are happy that we have forced the administration to cancel the talks on behalf of the ambassador,” JNUSU vice-president Avijit Ghosh told Arab News.
Despite India’s historic support for Palestine, the government has remained largely silent in the wake of Israel’s deadly siege of Gaza.’
In recent months, when Indian citizens have taken to the streets to protest and raise awareness about atrocities in Gaza, their demonstrations have been dispersed by the police.
Members of Indian civil society have since come together to challenge their government’s ties to Tel Aviv and break Delhi’s silence on Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians, reflecting similar concerns that the university Some of the students also felt it.
Avijit Ghosh said that the US is supporting Israel in the massacre of the Palestinian people in Gaza. It is also repressing students in their own country who are speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.
“We are very angry that India has remained a silent spectator and is not taking a clear stand against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
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2024-08-01 12:22:22
