Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home -- The Congress Party and the Yishuv -- The Islamic prism : the INC versus the Muslim league -- India, UNSCOP, and the partition of Palestine -- Recognition without relations -- Domestic politics -- International factors -- Nehru and the era of deterioration, 1947-1964 -- The years of hardened hostility, 1964-1984 -- Prelude to normalization -- Normalization and after.
Summary
India's foreign policy toward Israel is a subject of deep dispute. Throughout the twentieth century arguments have raged over the Palestinian problem and the future of bilateral relations. Yet no text comprehensively looks at the attitudes and policies of India toward Israel, especially their development in conjunction with history. P.R. Kumaraswamy is the first to account for India's Israel policy, revealing surprising inconsistencies in positions taken by the country's leaders, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and tracing the crackling tensions between its professe.
