{"id":166168,"date":"2022-02-03T19:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=166168"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:08:23","slug":"explained-the-india-israel-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-the-india-israel-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: The India-Israel relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News:\u00a0<\/strong>Recently India and Israel had marked 30 years of full diplomatic relations. Despite the ongoing Pegasus controversy, leaders of both countries congratulate each other on this occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here:\u00a0India and Israel relationship: Namaste, Shalom to friendship<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
About India- Israel\u00a0<\/strong>relations<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

1990:\u00a0<\/strong>Though India recognized Israel in 1950, normalization took another 4 decades. This was aided by the weakening of Arab support to Palestine. This improved further after the break-up of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

1992:\u00a0<\/strong>While there were defense deals and cooperation in S&T and agriculture, India balanced its ties with its historical support for the Palestinian cause, its dependence on the Arab world for oil, and the pro-Palestinian sentiments of the country\u2019s Muslim citizens.<\/p>\n

2000:<\/strong> L K Advani became the first Indian minister to visit Israel. The same year, Foreign Minister also visited Israel. The two countries also set up a joint anti-terror commission in that year.<\/p>\n

2003:<\/strong>\u00a0Ariel Sharon became the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0<\/strong>The year marks the first visit of the Indian Prime minister to Israel. With Abrahamic accords<\/a> in 2020, UAE, Sudan, Bahrain, and Morocco normalized relations with Israel. This has made India more confident of its relations with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here:\u00a0India \u2013 Israel relationship at a glance<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
About India – Palestine relations<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Despite Indo-Israel ties, India is walking the tightrope between Palestinian and Israel cause. This was evident in India\u2019s statement in UN Security Council<\/a> where India held Israel responsible for violence and explicit strong support to just Palestinian calls and a two-state solution. Earlier, India went to the extent of backing Palestinian self-determination and even rallied behind the Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO) and its leader Yasir Arafat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here:\u00a0Indian Model presents a viable solution to Israel-Palestine Conflict<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

India also voted for Palestine to become a full member of UNESCO<\/a> in 2011. In 2012, it co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution that enabled Palestine to become a \u201cnon-member\u201d observer state at the UN without voting rights. India also supported the installation of the Palestinian flag on the UN premises in September 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here:\u00a0India\u2019s Palestine policy<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
How there is a shift in India’s policy towards Israel and Palestine?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The first big shift came in 2017 when India dropped the customary line in support of East Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine. Indian PM visit to Israel did not include Ramallah, which was the customary practice.<\/p>\n

But the balancing act has continued. Indian PM made a separate visit to Ramallah in 2018. He calls for an independent Palestinian state. India abstained at UNESCO in December 2017 and voted against the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

At UNHRC\u2019s 46th session in Geneva in 2021, India voted against Israel in three resolutions \u2013 the right of self-determination of Palestinian people, Israeli settlement policy and on human rights situation on Golan Heights<\/strong>. India abstained on fourth resolution<\/a> which asked for UNHRC report on the human rights situation in Palestine.<\/p>\n

In 2021, International Criminal Court claimed jurisdiction to investigate human rights abuses in Palestinian and blamed the Israeli security forces and Hamas for the same, India refused to take any stand on the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here:\u00a0India\u2019s Stand on Palestine and Israel Conflict<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post is based on the article ” Explained: The India-Israel relationship”\u00a0<\/strong>published in\u00a0Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a03rd February 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News:\u00a0Recently India and Israel had marked 30 years of full diplomatic relations. Despite the ongoing Pegasus controversy, leaders of both countries congratulate each other on this occasion. Read here:\u00a0India and Israel relationship: Namaste, Shalom to friendship About India- Israel\u00a0relations 1990:\u00a0Though India recognized Israel in 1950, normalization took another 4 decades. This was aided by the… Continue reading Explained: The India-Israel relationship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-166168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}