India’s government has, no surprise, joined the rest of the world in calling for an end to the military action, but its criticism of Israel has been muted. For, as Israel demonstrates anew its determination to end attacks on its civilians by militants based in Hamas-controlled territory, many in India, still smarting from the horrors of the Mumbai attacks in November, have been asking: why can’t we do the same?
并不出人意料，印度政府也如同世界各国一道呼吁结束军事行动，但是它并未批评以色列。这是因为，在以色列重新表现出决心结束在哈马斯控制领土上的武装人员对其平民攻击的时候，印度有许多人还在为去年十一月发生在孟买的恐怖袭击而心痛不已并且在问：我们为何不也这样做呢？