[ April 23, 2024 ]
Indian attitudes toward Israel began to shift after decades of following a pro-Arab line which yielded no apparent benefit to India. The Arabs did not provide military aid or crucial intelligence to India; Israel, however, despite India’s attitude toward it, did, in 1962, 1965, and 1971. The Arabs had no advanced weaponry to sell to India; Israel did. The Arabs had no expertise in irrigation, water conservation, desalinization to help Indian farmers; Israel did.The Arabs had no experience with promoting entrepreneurship or high-tech; Israel, the “start-up nation,” did. In 1991, India defied the Muslim bloc and voted at the U.N. to repeal the infamous “Zionism is racism” resolution. In January 1992, India finally established diplomatic relations with Israel, and ties between the two nations slowly warmed, primarily due to common strategic interests and security threats. The formation of the Organisation of IslamiiIsc Cooperation (OIC) and the blocking of India by Pakistan from joining the OIC contributed to this diplomatic shift. It was now clear to many in ndia that they would never be truly accepted by the Muslim nations, no matter what India did to support “Palestine.” On a diplomatic level, India and Israel managed throughout this period to maintain healthy relations, despite India’s repeated strong condemnations at the U.N. of Israeli military actions against the “Palestinians.”
Under the leadership of the Congress Party, India recognized the PLO in 1974, allowing it to set up an office, and then, in 1988, the Indian government recognized the “state of Palestine.” But that recognition may not be permanent, if Modi and other pro-Israel voices in the BJP get their way.
The biggest change to Indian-Israel relations occurred when Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. A Hindu nationalist, Modi has throughout his career exhibited an understanding of what the Muslim invaders and conquerors meant for the ancient civilization of Hindu India; he agrees with the writer V. S. Naipaul, who described India after the Muslim invasion and centuries of conquest, as “a wounded civilization.” Modi had always been known for his palpable lack of sympathy for Islam. When he was Chief Minister of the State of Gujarat in 2002, inter-communal riots broke out after Muslims set fire to a train filled with Hindu pilgrims returning from a visit to the temple at Ayodhya. Sixty Hindus died, and many more were injured. In retaliation, Hindus started rioting and attacking Muslims. Muslims attacked back.These riots lasted three days. Hundreds were killed on both sides. Modi did not immediately suppress them (nor is it likely he could have done so before they petered out of their own accord), which in the Western press, never sympathetic to the Hindu nationalists but always willing to cut Muslims some slack, earned him the reputation of being an anti-Muslim “bigot.” Muslims have repeatedly tried to have Modi convicted of supposedly fomenting the violence. The violence from Hindus did not need any “fomenting” by Modi; the burning alive of sixty innocent Hindu pilgrims was quite enough. In any case, Modi was absolved of the charge, by every court, all the way up to, and including, India’s Supreme Court.
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13 Comments
4 years ago
Seems like a pretty hot topic.
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
Much more interesting to me seems
to be the history of the Jews in India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India
4 years ago
Bibi tries to hide his dominant thumb on the
back of his opponent’s hand. He didn’t quite
succeed. (Body language is treacherous.)
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
The ruffled chin and the pinched mouth also express secret triumphal
feelings. No, Bibi, you don’t have to display your superiority that openly!
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
The interesting thing is that his cramped chin is just an expres-
sion of the effort of his thumb. The whole rest of his body joins
just in. Test: Pull up your eyebrows as high as you can and try
to be aggressive at the same time: it’s impossible for your brain.
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
Often people unconsciously fix, for example, the arm that greets
them with the left hand additionally. Transferred this means: “I re-
strict your freedom of movement!” You shouldn’t pat anyone on
the shoulder e.g., it always means “Stay down where you are!”
What seems “friendly” at first glance is in reality anything but
that. It’s always about eye level and equivalence. People who
are in the public eye should have good advisors in this regard,
because photos are forever. “Fortunately”, most people are bo-
dlinguistically illiterates. But unconsciously nothing escapes them
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
The lowered head posture with simultaneous deep look
into the eyes shows a little of the habitus of an “adult tal-
king to a child”. All in all, there is room for improvement
if you want to present a convincing and credible picture.
4 years ago
Reply to
Marc
There’s one thing you gotta give Bibi credit
for: I’ve never seen anyone camouflage his
bald head as inconspicuously as he does.
4 years ago
The water problem is likely to only get more serious over time.
Another area where Israel is a world leader is medicine and health care. Areas becoming more and more important over time.
4 years ago
Destroying Pakistan – task # 1.
4 years ago
The Jewish and Hindu cultures must not allow the religion of peace to destroy any more of their ancient heritage!
