LEADER 03987nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910458594803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-59904-9 010 $a9786613628879 010 $a0-231-52548-6 024 7 $a10.7312/kuma15204 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052570 035 $a(OCoLC)680622142 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10410286 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485174 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485174 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595310 035 $a(PQKB)10561260 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908636 035 $a(DE-B1597)459031 035 $a(OCoLC)979880066 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231525480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10410286 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362887 035 $a(OCoLC)826476513 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052570 100 $a20091208d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndia's Israel policy$b[electronic resource] /$fP.R. Kumaraswamy 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-15204-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1 Introduction -- $t2 Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home -- $t3 The Congress Party and the Yishuv -- $t4 The Islamic Prism. The INC Versus the Muslim League -- $t5 India, UNSCOP, and the Partition of Palestine -- $t6 Recognition Without Relations -- $t7 Domestic Politics -- $t8 International Factors -- $t9 Nehru and the Era of Deterioration, 1947-1964 -- $t10 The Years of Hardened Hostility, 1964-1984 -- $t11 Prelude to Normalization -- $t12 Normalization and After -- $t13 Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIndia'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 professed values and realpolitik. Kumaraswamy's findings debunk the belief that India possesses a homogenous policy toward the Middle East. In fact, since the early days of independence, many within India have supported and pursued relations with Israel. Using material derived from archives in both India and Israel, Kumaraswamy investigates the factors that have hindered relations between these two countries despite their numerous commonalities. He also considers how India destabilized relations, the actions that were necessary for normalization to occur, and the directions bilateral relations may take in the future. In his most provocative argument, Kumaraswamy underscores the disproportionate affect of anticolonial sentiments and the Muslim minority on shaping Indian policy. 606 $aReligion and politics$zIndia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence 607 $aIndia$xForeign relations$zIsrael 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xForeign relations$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and politics$xHistory 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xInfluence. 676 $a327.5405694 700 $aKumaraswamy$b P. R$0921034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458594803321 996 $aIndia's Israel policy$92470135 997 $aUNINA