{"id":1610,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-continuity-and-change-in-indias-palestine-upsc-psir-2024-5006\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:46","slug":"critically-examine-the-continuity-and-change-in-indias-palestine-upsc-psir-2024-5006","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-continuity-and-change-in-indias-palestine-upsc-psir-2024-5006\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically examine the continuity and change in India\u2019s Palestine policy in the wake of the ongoing Israel- Hamas War."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> war didn\u2019t break the policy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> exposed two layers already there (declared position stable \/ weight + method moving)<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> continuity in the two-state creed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> change in how far India will spend on it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> moral solidarity to interest-led balancing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Continuity: anti-colonial ethos \/ Gandhi 1938 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> PLO 1974 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> State of Palestine 1988 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> two-state \/ pre-1967 \/ East Jerusalem <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> aid + hospital + scholarships through the war <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Oct-2023 formula (condemn terror + concern for civilians) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Change: 1992 Israel opening + post-Oslo <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201csymbolic not substantive\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> de-hyphenation (Modi 2017) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> uneven voting (Dec-2024 yes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> June-2025 abstain \/ Asia outlier) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> legal caution (out of Genocide proceedings while Bhandari sits with the ICJ majority) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> refusal to ban Hamas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the multi-alignment debate <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pant<\/b> (balance = essence of influence) vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mattoo<\/b> (autonomy a stress test) + dependence read vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">D\u2019Souza<\/b> (holds, but nears its limit if war drags)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> creed survived, will to spend political capital has not <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hedged instrument of a multipolar strategy<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> two-state principle intact, effort behind it visibly lighter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[88],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1610","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-recent-developments-in-indian-foreign-policy","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5022,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1610\/revisions\/5022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}