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India's UNGA vote on the Arab League resolution was appropriate

The Congress-led Opposition may have missed the mark in criticising the Indian government’s abstention from a non-binding UN General Assembly resolution calling for a humanitarian truce and ceasefire in Gaza, where the Israeli Defence Forces have begun a ground assault. The symbolic resolution was proposed by Jordan on behalf of the Arab League and passed by 120 votes in favour and 14 against with 45 abstentions. Among the abstainers, India joined Germany, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. The latter group’s discomfort stemmed chiefly from the fact that the resolution made no acknowledgement or