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    COVER STORY                                                               MAY 02, 2025     |  The Indian Eye                    7

                                French President Emmanuel Macron                                         UK MP Bob Blackman

            day slammed The New York Times    United States stands with India.”  between India and Pakistan.      ing united against extremism.
            newspaper over its reporting of the   US National Security Advisor      In his address at the commem-     The  event  brought  together
            terrorist attack in Jammu and Kash-  Mike Waltz called the attack in Pa-  orative ceremony held at the In-  members of the Indian diaspora from
            mir’s Pahalgam, as it described the   halgam a “terrible tragedy.” “A terri-  dia House in London to remember   across the UK, who came to pay their
            terrorists as “gunmen” and “mili-  ble tragedy. Please join me in praying   the victims of the Pahalgam attack,   respects and stand in solidarity with
            tants.”                           for the victims and their families,”   Blackman offered condolences to   the victims and their families. India’s
                In a post on X, the US House   Waltz posted on X.               the victims, their families and all the   High Commissioner to UK, Vikram
            Committee Majority on Foreign Af-     French President Emmanuel     Hindus. He even recalled his visit to   Doraiswami, addressed the attend-
            fairs shared a modified version of the   Macron held a telephonic conversa-  Kashmir and spoke about the beauty   ees, emphasizing the importance of
            New York Times headline, replacing   tion with Prime Minister Narendra   of the region.               resilience, unity, and justice in the
            ‘militants’ with ‘terrorists’.    Modi on Thursday and spoke about      Bob Blackman said, “We come to   face of such tragedies.
                The headline of a news article on   the terrorist attack in Jammu and   share the grief. When terror strikes,   Doraiswami said that the attack
            Pahalgam killings in The New York   Kashmir’s  Pahalgam  on  Tuesday,   it strikes the hearts of humanity...  was conducted to prevent people of
            Times  said:  “At  Least  24  Tourists   which claimed 26 lives and injured   This act (the terrorist attack) demon-  Jammu  and  Kashmir  from  carrying
            Gunned Down by Militants in Kash-  several others. Macron expressed   strates the hatred towards people be-  out normal day-to-day businesses, to
            mir.”                             France’s support for India and its   cause of their religion, and this can-  stop them from improving their lives
                Quoting the screenshot of the   people in this hour of grief.   not be tolerated. I raised this issue in   through work and business.
            same, the US House Committee Ma-      He said France and its allies will   the House of Commons. I asked for   Doraiswami  said,  “First  and
            jority on Foreign Affairs said, “Hey,   continue  the  fight  against  terrorism   a statement from the government to   foremost, why is this something that
            @nytimes, we fixed it for you. This   wherever  necessary.  He  shared  de-  make sure that we express not only   is worthy of our attention. It is so be-
            was a TERRORIST ATTACK, plain     tails regarding his conversation with   our grief and our support for India,   cause this is the largest killing of civil-
            and simple. Whether it’s India or Isra-  PM Modi in Hindi on X.     but also for the actions that India   ians since the Mumbai terror attacks.
            el, when it comes to TERRORISM,       In a post on X, Macron stated, “I   believes fit following this terrorist at-  In 2019, there was a similar terror
            the NYT is removed from reality.”  have just spoken to my counterpart   tack. The sad reality is that we could   outrage... it was a targeted attack on
                US President Donald Trump     @narendramodi about the cowardly   see a rapid escalation. I offer my con-  the paramilitary convoy. In this case,
            held a telephonic conversation with   terrorist attack on Tuesday, which re-  dolences to the victims, to their fam-  people were pulled out, identified on
            Prime  Minister Narendra  Modi  on   sulted in the tragic death of dozens   ilies and all Hindus... We are so sorry   the basis of their identity, their reli-
            Wednesday and offered his condo-  of innocent civilians. France stands   about it.”                   gious identity and shot dead. These
            lences at the loss of lives in a ter-  firmly  with  India  and  its  people  in   Earlier, the High Commission of   were civilians in the vast majority,
            ror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.   this hour of grief. France, together   India in the UK held a solemn com-  and all who were there were just to
            Trump condemned the terror attack   with its allies, will continue the fight   memorative ceremony at the India   have a holiday. The purpose of this
            in Pahalgam and expressed full sup-  against terrorism wherever neces-  House to remember the victims of   exercise was purely to create terror
            port to India to bring to justice the   sary.”                      the terrorist attack that took place in   and to undermine the ongoing nor-
            perpetrators of this “heinous attack.”  British MP Bob Blackman has   Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on   malization of circumstances in Jam-
                US Vice President JD Vance    expressed strong support for what-  April 22.                       mu and Kashmir.”
            also called Prime Minister Naren-  ever India does to pursue the ter-   Distinguished guests, including   Also,  Israel’s  Ambassador  to
            dra Modi and strongly condemned   rorists and those who supported the   Union Minister of State for Parlia-  India,  Reuven  Azar,  extended  his
            the dastardly terror attack in Jammu   terrorists behind the terrorist attack   mentary Affairs L Murugan, Maha-  country’s support to India in the fight
            and Kashmir. He conveyed his deep-  in Pahalgam. He expressed hope that   rashtra’s Minister of Social Justice   against terrorism. “Sad and appalled
            est condolences on the loss of lives   all the political parties in the UK will   Sanjay Shirsat, UK Member of Par-  following the terrorist attack in J-K,
            and reiterated that the United States   join the Indian government in ex-  liament Bob Blackman and several   which took the lives of innocent ci-
            stands with the people of India in this   pressing support for whatever India   other UK MPs, joined the gathering   vilians. Our thoughts are with the
            difficult hour.                   decides to do, including military ac-  to express their condolences and sup-  victims and their families and our
                US Secretary of State Marco Ru-  tion, if necessary, to eliminate those   port. The presence of UK lawmakers   support is for the security forces in
            bio has also offered support to India.   terrorist bases that exist on the oppo-  underscored the shared commitment   their struggle against terror,” Reu-
            Rubio wrote in a post on X, “The   site side of the Line of Control (LoC)   to condemning terrorism and stand-  ven Azar said in a post on X.

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