Overview
- India associated itself with the joint statement a day after the initial release, taking the total number of endorsers to more than 100 countries and organisations.
- The MEA said the document was not a negotiated UN text and pointed to the India–Arab League joint statement backing a sovereign Palestinian state based on 1967 borders.
- Opposition leader Jairam Ramesh criticised the 24‑hour delay as politically timed ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned Israel visit on February 25–26.
- The joint statement condemns unilateral Israeli decisions expanding an unlawful presence in the West Bank, rejects any form of annexation, and cites obligations under international law including the 1967 framework.
- India attended the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington as an observer and said it welcomes the Gaza Peace Plan and efforts under UN Security Council Resolution 2803.