Srinagar, June 13 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti on Friday strongly criticized the "silence" of global powers over Israel's attack on Iran, calling it a dangerous display of "double standards".
Omar said that as far as he knows, Iran did not give Israel any provocation to launch an attack.
"Israel went ahead on their own, calling it a pre-emptive attack, and waged war on a country. If the global powers remain silent on this, it will be truly unfortunate. What Israel has done is very similar to what Russia did to Ukraine," Omar told reporters in Srinagar.
Omar pointed out the hypocrisy in international responses.
"You raise your voice against Russia, launch campaigns. But when Israel attack...