National

'India should intervene'

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI MARCH 30. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today ``strongly condemned'' the assault mounted by Israel against the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, and demanded that the Vajpayee Government take up the issue and put pressure on Israel to vacate its occupation.

The party's politburo said the siege of Mr. Arafat's office in Ramallah and the shelling by Israel was indicative of the fact that Israel backed by the U.S. was ``unequivocally announcing'' that it would not accept any proposals for peace in the region. The fundamental right of the Palestinians to a homeland was ``non-negotiable'', the party said adding that ``Israeli obduracy'' has created an alarming situation in the region. It suggested that the recently-concluded Arab Summit in Beirut had endorsed the Saudi initiative for wider Arab-Israeli peace settlement.

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

National

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• Cut in Central taxes to attract investments in Uttaranchal: PM
• Invite Mulayam or order fresh elections in U.P.: Surjeet
• 11-Judge SC Bench for a re-look at minority educational rights
• Modi denies planning snap poll in Gujarat
• Indigenous cryo engine successfully test-fired
• `Fidayeen' attack condemned
• Draft water policy skirts sensitive issues
• Two rescued from NLFT hideout
• Anand Bakshi dead
• Stabbing incidents in Ahmedabad, Baroda
• Holi fete: 5 killed, 49 hurt
• Focus on regional tourism at SATTE
• Omar Abdullah leaves for Iran
• Vajpayee, the poet to the fore again
• Irregularities in H.P. hospitals
• 21 years to plan a building for ICMR
• 'Mazaar' desecrated, U.P. town tense
• Fernandes defends Modi Govt.
• Court records evidence in Tehelka case
• Separated by continents, reunited in India
• CPI(M) for debate before approving Bt cotton
• Exams reduced to a farce in Manipur colleges
• Telecom services hit after attack on temple
• Woman constable found dead
• Normality restored in Bihar jail
• 'India should intervene'
• Chidambaram moots financial support for small scale sector
• Eminent citizens to probe Gujarat riots
• PM calls for introspection
• Four stabbed to death

Copyright © 2002, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu