From India to Palestine : Essays in Solidarity

In 1948, Israel was created on Palestinian land. Palestinians lost their homes and villages; huge numbers were expelled; they became refugees elsewhere or in their own land. In 1967, the West Bank and Gaza were also occupied by Israel.//For more than five decades now, Palestinians have suffered the violent and unjust realities of occupation. Not only does India have strong historical ties with the Arab world; but also the Indian freedom movement saw the struggle of the Palestinians for a homeland as a genuine struggle against colonialism. Both Gandhi and Nehru expressed this in no uncertain terms; so, later, did the non-aligned movement. Indian policy towards Palestine shifted radically in the 1990s. Israel has now become a major supplier of arms to India; it is also part of the complicated shift in India's relationship with America, and India 's emerging vision of itself in the world.//Fourteen new essays on India and Palestine-Israel by writers, scholars and activists: Aijaz Ahmad - Meena Alexander - Githa Hariharan - Sunaina Maira - Nivedita Menon - Ritu Menon - Sukumar Muralidharan - Seema Mustafa - Aditya Nigam - Prabhat Patnaik - Vijay Prashad - Prabir Purkayastha - A.K. Ramakrishnan - Nayantara Sahgal - Achin Vanaik

Author: Githa Hariharan

Publisher: Leftword Books

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2020

Number of Pages: 210 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9380118201

ISBN-13: 9789380118208