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Recall envoy from Tel Aviv, says CPI(M)

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI APRIL 7. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today condemned the U.S. administration's latest stance in West Asia and demanded that in view of the ``Israeli aggression and continuing slaughter of the Palestinian people,'' the Vajpayee Government recall the ambassador from Tel Aviv.

In a statement here, the CPI (M) politburo said the American position amounted to endorsing the latest phase of Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territories of West Bank and its efforts to remove the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, from the scene. The U.S. President, George Bush, had announced on the eve of the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell's visit to West Asia that he would go for a settlement "with or without Arafat.'' And Mr. Bush had also stated that Gen. Powell's visit would seek to mobilise other leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. The United Nations Security Council should immediately act to ensure that the Israeli forces were withdrawn from the occupied territories of West Bank, the statement said.

The CPI (M) also came down heavily on Mr. Bush's ``temerity'' to announce that he had decided that the Iraq President, Saddam Hussein, ``has to go.''

The Communist Party of India echoed similar views. Its national secretary, D. Raja, said the U.S. statement on Arafat was aimed at undermining the position of the PLO leader and asserted that any solution to the problem must involve him.

The party also objected to the U. S. remark on the removal of Mr. Hussein, saying that it was ``an open threat to a sovereign nation.''

The CPI charged the BJP-led NDA Government with tilting towards Tel Aviv, which, it said, went against the nationally accepted position of supporting the PLO.

Earlier, the CPI-ML (Liberation) strongly condemned the Israeli moves and urged the Centre to register an ``unequivocal protest'' against the attack.

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