EP 54: Israel and India
Brown History Podcast
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Nehru Supports Third World and They Are Anti-Israel
India was a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement. Nehru was actually fine with Israel being invited to their conference. But it's only when Indonesia and the Arab countries tell him, no, we don't want Israel to be there that he concedes. The Hindu Nationalists were in favor of Germany and Italy's fascism,. They helped them make an argument that India was a Hindu country too and it needed Muslims to adapt or leave. So what I'm trying to say here is that this kind of indecision would inform India's two-faced policy against Israel.
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