India's traditional pattern is voting against Israel. Most of the people take votes as a method of showing alliance.
What people don't realise is the self-standards of being independent to one's decision. I don't find any reason to be bend towards Israel. While Israel may be a natural ally, it doesn't mean India should be pro-Israel in its stance.
Forums like UNESCO is not the place to show your alliance, love, whatever (lol), There should be a dignity in doing things, taking decisions or executing actions.
in general you would be right and i would certainly agree with you
but please reasd my second part below and see if you agree with that as well ?
Aww... such a cute idea. Let's have relationships' with Israel, let's go walk in the park, holding hands. Let's go find ourselves a room...!
Is this how you see international diplomacy? A romance? Expected much better from a veteran like you.
i am appalled by your inability to see thing in context and instead to generalise my post to a romance with israel but as i havent had much contact with you on this forum , so i guess it is your style ?
nevertheless, let us look at the actual circumstances, without generalising
this was a decision by UNESCO to say that israel did NOT have exclusive rights to the temple mount and i quote from the lead post by
@Mad Indian as follows:-
, the executive board of UNESCO, the UN’s cultural heritage agency, passed a one-sided resolution that solely condemned Israel’s aggression on the Temple Mount, and declared that the Jewish holy sites of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb are “integral parts of Palestine.”
can i ask you
@spikey360 do you really know the significance of temple mount , Rachael's tomb or cave of the patriarchs, without looking up via google ? really ? ...i dont think you do ! ...do you know who Rachael was ? and her significance ...i would take a guess that with out help from google you would have the tiddliest idea ....do you know her Jewish name ? eh ? do you know the sacrifice she made for Israel ? ...what claim do muslims have on her ? none ! what claim spikey do you and india have on her ? zero, zilch, nada ....that's why i said - go for lunch !
you see the three sites - lets take mt moriah ...i as a christian and the jews too say isaac was sacrificed ...the muslims say it was ishmael ...are you spikey a christian or muslim ? because if you are neither , then what business is it of yours ? thats why i said go for extended lunch ...now due to lack of time ...i shall summarise and say that so too the other two sites are of religious significance only to those who are of the Abrahamic faiths jews and christians are of one viewpoint and muslims are of the other opinion ---
what has this got to do with hindu india ?
Thats' why i said - go for extended lunch or take the day off
this has deep-seated heart feelings only to us abrahamic folks - nothing to do with hindus , atheists or parsees ., sikhs, - though we have great respect for all of you in other matters to be sure
when it comes to religious matters - and all three cited are religious sites neither UNESCO nor india should have much say in the matter ...it doesnt mean a thing to indian hindus , much as we like you guys
this is a family feud in particular matters and it has nothing to do with you guys, so please have the day off !
~the above was also addressed to
@Aravind Sanjeev
the motion raised by UNESCO has deep religious significance ( not just "cultural" as UNESCO stated ) and is NOT a human rights issue ...if it was a HR issue , then india would have every right to participate and vote according to he she saw fit ....the so-called aggressiveness that israel used was in defending the sites and not of particular significance otherwise the security council would have had the matter raised in it ....instead it is from UNESCO - so big deal , not a HR issue it is a cultural matter and the OIC is as usual opposing for the sake of it
besides india , the oic voted agaisnt israel plus argentina, russia and mexico ( well-known anti semites ) , unfortunately china also did so .......appeasing the oi i guess
best regards,
R