India stands apart from Global South, joins West in condemning Hamas

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Prime Minister Modi’s statement hewed closely to the position of the US and other G7 countries which have condemned the attacks by Hamas and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. If anything, the crisis in Israel has demonstrated how distant India’s strategic interests are from the Global South while being closely aligned with the western alliance, experts add. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sharp condemnation of “terrorist attacks” and show of “solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour”, revealed an India whose strategic interests are tightly aligned with Western capitols, and not with the Global South, the bloc of...