[yonif]

"India has historically been unwavering in its support for the Palestinian cause. We remain convinced that the Palestinian people will succeed in realizing their national aspirations. It is our view that restrictions on the freedom of movement of President Arafat would not help the cause of peace," an excerpt of minister Ahamed's statement read.

[marty60]

Oh really, hummmm. Guess that means we have to start being weary of Indian names too.

[gwbiny2k]

Arafat is immaterial, too old, too senile, to affect
the direction Palestine will go. He will be dead within
2 to 3 years after which there will be a peace accord
signed between Israel and the Palestinian state.

[rang1995]

new indian govt-leaning back to the old ways==arab ass kissers non aligned etc ..not the allies of the US and Israel vs the Paks...wait till they need help..

[aynrandfreak]

As soon as India stops going after the terroist leaders in Kashmir.

[hflynn]

Any effort contemplated to remove him from the scene would be indefensible in international law, would serve no constructive purpose, would negate all efforts towards reconciliation and would prove to be politically counterproductive, apart from having a definite negative impact on the Middle East peace process," the statement explained.

The only known efforts towards reconciliation by Arafat are acts of terrorism. India had best beware of supporting terrorism.

[Fast1]

Worry about cleaning up your own country for Gods sake you have a Billion or who knows how many people living in trash and squalor PLUS are also the worlds biggest polluter along with China ..BTW the hell hole of Calcutta was coined there right??

[JasonC]

OK, so whether Kashmir terrorists blow up the Indian parliament, we should just consider it "live by the sword, die by the sword" and ignore it. Right?

[sukhoi-30mki]

The Minister in question is a leader of a small party which is in the ruling coalition & which is primarily a Muslim party-so he is playing to the gallery nothing else.The current Indian govt cannot & will not reverse ties with Israel-the relationship is too well entrenched for that to happen-they already sell billions worth in weaponry
& are also expanding business links &Israelis are real used to criticism,don't tell me that Bush only uses words of support for them.About India supporting the Palis-well it did so becaue it had poor leverage with the Persian gulf states who were pro Pakistan.