Gateway House brings you a series of special reports and analyses on India’s stand on the Gaza crisis. Given conflicting strategic interests in the region there are no easy choices to be made. Indian diplomacy must rise to surmount this challenge
Dr. Harsh Pant examines how apart from supporting the UN resolution for a probe into Israel’s offensive on Gaza, India has chosen to distance itself from the crisis. A look at the challenges Indian diplomacy faces in this region.
Tracing the course of India-Israel ties
There has been strong criticism of the Modi government’s tepid response towards Israel’s offensive in Gaza, with many insinuating religious reasons. Chinmaya Gharekhan outlines how India’s engagement with Israel has grown substantially since the two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1992.
R. Viswanathan analyses how the sharp Latin American response to the Israeli bombings in Gaza is linked to the memory of the atrocities committed by past Latin American military dictators with similar U.S. backing. The strong response by many Latin American countries is also a sign of the increasingly independent and assertive voice on the global stage. Should India take a leaf out of Latin America’s book?
India’s confusing stand on Gaza
India’s vote in support of the UN Human Rights Council resolution for a probe into Israel’s offensive on Gaza has provoked much debate within the country. Ambassador K. P. Fabian argues how the vote marks a distinct shift in the government’s stand from a few weeks back when it was even reluctant to discuss the Gaza crisis in Parliament