Unapologetic Hindu

While there are genuine concerns over the humanitarian conditions in Gaza, it is an unmistakable fact that not all support for Palestine stems from this concern. Rather than take sides in the ongoing war, this writer aims to highlight the double standards that have been applied over viewing the blazing war between Israel and Palestine and the countless issues encountered and fought over decades by Hindus in India. There has been an overwhelming swarm of tweets that not only support Palestine, but go so far as to say Israel has no right to exist, having been built, as they claim, upon the depredations of the holy Palestinian lands. Many of these tweets come even from Indian supporters of Palestine. The issue, however, lies where historical amnesia and selectivity of justice combine, when fighting for justice. Indian Hindus have witnessed thousands of years of encroachment. The mosques on the Mathura and Kashi lands (Shahi Idgah and Gyanvapi mosques) and previously the Ayodhya mosque — w