Indian PM Modi’s visit to Israeli Knesset faces opposition boycott
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the Israeli regime’s parliament faces a potential boycott from the opposition, amid an ongoing dispute with prime mnister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition over the appointment of the country’s top judge.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid threatened on Wednesday to boycott Modi’s address to the Knesset unless the parliament invites Supreme Court President Isaac Amit to the session.
The threat follows the exclusion of Amit by Netanyahu’s ruling coalition from several high-profile Knesset sessions, including addresses by US President Donald Trump and other world leaders.
Israeli regime's Justice Minister Yariv Levin has refused to recognize Amit’s authority since his appointment in January last year. The opposition boycotted a Knesset session two weeks ago in protest over Amit’s continued exclusion from the legislature.
Addressing the Knesset on Wednesday, Lapid said opposition lawmakers would not attend the special session addressed by Modi if the boycott of the Supreme Court president continues.
“We do not want India to be embarrassed by us, with the prime minister of a nation of a billion people standing here in front of a half-empty Knesset. The Indian Embassy is in a panic over this,” he stated.
Netanyahu announced on Monday that Modi would visit the occupied Palestinian territories and address the Israeli parliament next week.
Sources have indicated that Modi’s visit will begin on February 25 and last for two days.
Modi first visited the Israeli-occupied territories in July 2017, marking the first-ever visit by an Indian prime minister.
India has significantly expanded its relations with Israel in recent years, despite growing international condemnation of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.
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