CPI Statement condemning the visit of the Prime Minister of India to Israel and his address to the Knesset

Communist Party of India

February 26, 2026

Press Release

The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (February 26, 2026):

The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel and his address to the Knesset, held at a time when relentless military operations continue in Gaza Strip and violence and forcible displacement are intensifying in the West Bank.

This visit cannot be projected as a routine diplomatic engagement. It amounts to a political endorsement of a government whose actions have resulted in the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians and the large-scale destruction of homes, hospitals and essential infrastructure. While the Prime Minister expressed condolences for Israeli lives lost on 7 October 2023, his speech in the Knesset was marked by a disturbing silence on the catastrophic human suffering inflicted upon the Palestinian people. Selective concern for civilian lives empties the claim that