Islamabad, Oct 15 (Online): Israel on Sunday resorted to a petty act by relishing Pakistan’s loss against India in the World Cup 2023 match, sharing its displeasure at Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan’s gesture of solidarity towards innocent Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n
The Benjamin Netanyahu-led government’s account on X, formerly Twitter, cheered on India for their win against the Green Shirts on Saturday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n
“We are happy that #India emerged victorious in the #INDvsPAK match at #CWC23,” the post read.<\/p>\n
The official account, run by the Israeli government, cheered on India and was happy that “Pakistan was unable to attribute its victory to the terrorists of Hamas.”<\/p>\n
“We were really moved by Indian friends showing their solidarity with Israel by displaying posters during the match,” the post on X further read.<\/p>\n
The Israeli government, which has martyred thousands of Palestinians \u2014 including women, children and the elderly \u2014 in the span of a week and cut off basic life supplies for them, also lauded the support shown by Indian supporters with a particular focus on a spectator who carried a placard bearing the photos of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israel’s Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
The poster carried by the Indian man read: “India stands with Israel in war against terrorism.”<\/p>\n
The Israeli government had reposted the post by Naor Gilon, Israel’s ambassador to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.<\/p>\n
Reacting to this post shared in bad taste towards Pakistan, writer Fatima Bhutto censured Israel, stating that Pakistan would be happier to lose than receive felicitations from a “genocidal state”.<\/p>\n
“Happy to lose cricket games till the end of time if the alternative is being publicly cheered by a genocidal state that murdered 724 children in 7 days,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Other Pakistani netizens too took on Israel and India for their cringey display of support for one another.
\nMany commented “Free Palestine” under the post by Israel on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad, Oct 15 (Online): Israel on Sunday resorted to a petty act by relishing Pakistan’s loss against India in the World Cup 2023 match, sharing its displeasure at Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan’s gesture of solidarity towards innocent Palestinians in Gaza. The Benjamin Netanyahu-led government’s account […]<\/p>\n
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