Author Thomas Friedman compares India's 26/11 response, Israel's to Hamas attack
Thomas Friedman, an American author, praised former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while comparing India’s response to the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack with Israel’s retaliation to Hamas's October 7 attack.
In the op-ed piece, the American author said, “I am watching the Israel-Hamas war and thinking about one of the world leaders I’ve most admired: Manmohan Singh.”
Manmohan Singh was the prime minister when 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists infiltrated India and killed more than 160 people in Mumbai, including 61 at two luxury hotels on November 26, 2008.
“What was Singh’s military response to India’s Sept. 11? He did nothing. Singh never retaliated militarily against the nation of Pakistan or Lashkar camps in Pakistan. It was a remarkable act of restraint,” said Friedman.
Quoting former Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, the American author said that not retaliating militarily after the 26/11 attack was the right thing to do at that time.
Friedman reflected on the contrast between India’s response to the Mumbai terrorist attack and Israel’s response to the Hamas slaughter.
Israel has been bombing Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people in Israel and saw 229 people taken hostage by Hamas.
Over 8,300 people in Gaza have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing began, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Last week, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas, which was angrily dismissed by Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas "will not happen" as a ceasefire would amount to surrendering to Hamas.
Israel has vowed there will be no ceasefire until Hamas is eliminated.
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