New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Former Envoy to the United Nations and New Delhi’s First Representative to the Palestinian Authority in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.
Ambassador Tirumurti takes a deep dive into the past, present and potential future of the current Israel-Hamas War and its Reasons and Ramifications. The former envoy discusses Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel, hostages abducted to Gaza, Israel’s vow to eradicate Hamas, the collective punishment of 2.2 million people in Gaza, how Palestinians can’t be equated with Hamas, if Israel has a plan after its ground offensive, the distinction between India’s unequivocal position against terrorism and its support for the two-state solution, the danger of the war widening and deepening, the threat of Hezbollah’s second front against Israel, Iran’s links to Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen, Tehran’s posture, the U.S response, how the Arab, Gulf and West Asian countries are reacting, China and Russia’s policies, Qatar’s involvement, the UN security Council, and “the perpetual cycle of violence and its only solution: two states.”
