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India abstained on Friday from voting on a {1} establishing commission of inquiry to investigate alleged human rights violations and abuses in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, during the Israel-Palestine conflict. The resolution, described by Israel as an attempt to “whitewash crimes committed by the terror organisation Hamas”, was adopted with 24 countries voting in favour and 9 against it. India was among the 14 countries that abstained. The Israel foreign ministry immediately said it was not going to cooperate with the probe.

Speaking at the special session on the issue, India welcomed the recently announced ceasefire and called on all parties to show extreme restraint, desist from actions that aggravate tensions and refrain from any further attempts to unilaterally change the existing status-quo, including in East Jerusalem and its neighbourhoods. “We remain concerned about the continuing violence in Jerusalem, especially at Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount and other Palestinian territories, and about the possible eviction process in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, an area which is part of an arrangement facilitated by the UN,” said the government in its statement. India said it remained firmly convinced that dialogue was the only viable option that can effectively address the issues confronting the region and its people. “Recent developments have once again underscored the need for immediate resumption of dialogue between Israel and Palestine, aimed at realising the establishment of two States living side by side in peace within secure and recognised borders.

This, coupled with India’s abstention for a broad, international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, and of “systematic” abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel, is an important balancing act between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Among other countries that abstained are France, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland and South Korea. Among those voting in favour of the resolution are Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Russia, while Germany, the UK, Austria, among others, voted against it.

QUESTION (1-5)

Q.1 India abstained from voting on a resolution at the _____________ that came up in the backdrop of the latest round of conflict between Israel and Gaza strip, the coastal part of the Palestinian territories?

1. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
2. United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC): ANSWER
3. United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
4. None of the above

Q.2 Consider the following statements & state which of the following is incorrect in the context of above-mentioned passage?

1. The West Bank is sandwiched between Israel and Palestine: ANSWER
2. The Golan Heights is a strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 war.
3. Hamas is regarded as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government in 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Authority’s legislative elections.
4. None of the above

Q.3 Recently, which of the following mosques was attacked by the Israeli forces situated in Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem?

1. Al-Aqsa Mosque: ANSWER
2. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
3. Masjid Al-haram
4. None of the above

Q.4 Consider the following statements and state which of the following is/are incorrect in the reference to the Abraham Accord brokered by the USA?

1. The Abraham Accords also open the door for Muslims around the world to visit the historic sites in Israel and to peacefully pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam.
2. Bringing Israel, Saudi Arabia & Bahrain together through the accord reflects their shared concern about Iraq’s rising influence in the region and development of ballistic missiles.

1. Only I follows
2. Only II follows: ANSWER
3. Both I and II are correct
4. None of the above

Q.5 Consider the following statements & state which of the following is/are incorrect in the context of the history of Israel & Palestine conflict?

1. In Six-day Arab- Israeli war, Israeli forces seize the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank & East Jerusalem from Jordan and Sinai Peninsula & Gaza strip from Egypt.
2. Under the Stockholm Accords Israel and the PLO agree to officially recognize each other and renounce the use of violence: ANSWER
3. Hamas is regarded as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government & In 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Authority’s legislative elections.
4. None of the above