'Drive For Palestinian Statehood' Will Survive Israel-Hamas War, India’s First Envoy To Palestine Tirumurti Says

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran diplomat TS Tirumurti, India’s first Representative to Palestinian Authority in Gaza in 1996, says world should not forget Israel's role in propping up Hamas as counterpoise to PLO.

TS Tirumurti was India's former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

Israel-Hamas War: Veteran diplomat TS Tirumurti, who is a former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York, was also India’s first Representative to the Palestinian Authority in Gaza in 1996. India became one of the first countries to recognise the Palestinian State in 1988. In 1996, New Delhi opened its Representative Office in Gaza, which was later shifted to Ramallah in 2003. Tirumurti, accompanied by two other officials, opened the mission giving out a strong