THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 28, 1977 15
Writer Reports on Zig-Zag Course of Israel-India Relations
British rule, India first in critics of American million Moglems. Al-
1947 and Israel scarcely a foreign policy to demand though Pakistan and
(Editor's note: Joseph
year later. When Israel's more U.S. attention to the India have renewed rela-
Polakoff, the Jewish Tele-
fate as a nation was at Third World.
tions and resumed train
graphic Agency's Washington
stake in the United Na-
India's present policy travel between them,
Bureau chief, recently
tions, India voted against toward. Israel is colored
Pakistan still kmolders
traveled in India for a month,
the partition of Palestine by its non-alignment
over
its ouster from
and Israel's birth.
meeting Jews in five of its
compact among Thir4
Bangladesh and India's
Two years later, how- World countries en-
cities, talking with numerous
incorporation of Kashmir
other Indians and Westerners ever, she recognized Is- gineered by Yugoslavia's
that is 90 percent Mos-
and culminating his visit with rael. Although Israel Tito, India's Nehru and
lem.
talks at the Ministry of Exter-
immediately sought ex- Egypt's Maguid and Nas-
changes of ambassadors, ser in the early 1950s and
nal Relations in Delhi.)
To help domestic unity
Why has the govern- India barred diplomatic their cleverly designed and all-India Congress
ment of India taken such relations for six years.- campaigns that edge to- control, Moslems have
a cool and aloof attitude Finally in 1955, she al- wards and away from extraordinary positions
for 29 years toward Israel lowed Israel to establish a each of the superpowers, in India's government far
consulate-general in obtaining concessions in
and even worsened rela
out of proportion to their
tions during the past Bombay where it has the process from Moscow numbers.
existed
ever
since
despite
year? Israel has never
and Washington, in turn.
done India any harm in three Arab-Israeli wars
Yet, in conversations
In addition, India's • with literally dozens of
any sphere. On the con- in which India sym-
trary, Israel has ear- pathized with the Arabs. communication lines to
Hindus and Sikhs in vari-
To this day, India has Europe and the, West
nestly and consistently
ous parts of India, this
stretch
across
the
Middle
had
no
diplomatic
mission
sought normal diplomatic
visitor found not a single
East
where
it
gets
oil
and
in Israel.. Israeli dip-
and trade relations.
one who was not sym-
At a most critical lomats, including its engages inirade.
pathetic to Israel, openly
juncture, when India and Consuls-General, are not
and strongly.
More
basic,
however,
Paki,stan were at war in invited to India. The pre- are domestic factors that
1971, Israel supported sent Consul-General - in have importantly deter-
Furthermore, many
India While
-
the Arab Bombay, Yeshua Trigor, mined India's policy from
were critical of their own
states backed Pakistan. has been snubbed and iso- Israel's beginnings.
government's policy of
Nevertheless, India's lated.
Within her 600 million
aloofness, especially
While the export trade people are more than 60
forbidding outlook con-
Sikhs who number more
tinues toward Israel of Israel and India reaches
while it Iparadoxically toward $10 billion, ex-
warms towards her- change between them is
slight, about $5 million an-
enemies.
In the past year alone, nually during the past few
India voted for the UN years. Diamonds form the
General Assembly's in- chief commodity. Israeli
famous anti-Zionist re- shipping to India, once
solution. India also led worthy of note, is now vir-
the 20-member United tually nil.
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While India's media—
Nations Committee — 16
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of which have no rela- the television and radio
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tions with Israel — in de- are government-run and
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manding Israel's with- the newspapers are gov-
drawal by next June 1 ernmentally guided — is
from the territories she harsh on Israel, it is even
adminiSters but made no harsher on America.
mention of the need for Washington favored
the Arabs to recognize Is- Pakistan in the war and it
rael'S right to exist nor has cut off foreign aid
that two Security Council after years of vast assis-
resolutions demand the tance to India.
This parallelism in In-
Arab states and Israel
settle their differences by dian policy leads to a
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direct negotiations bet- theory that Indian-
ween them.
Israeli relations would
Even economically dis- get better if U.S.-Indian
tressed Britain, which ties imprOved. In attack-
tries desperately to stay ing Israel and supporting
on good terms with-India, the Arab-Communist
publicly condemned the bloc, the theory goes,
India-led idea, saying out- India and its Third World
siders cannot dictate a set- allies really are assailing
tlement nor set a time- the United States be-
limit for it.
cause, they seem to con-
Israeli-Indian relations sider, by weakening Is-
have been mainly on a rael they lessen Ameri-
zig-zag course from the ca's influence in Asia and
time they emerged from Africa and cause leftist
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)
.
than 10 million but by in-
dustry and culture hold a
strong position of leader-
ship in India.
An American in Delhi
said, "The Sikhs, all of
those I know, admire the
Israelis because they, like
the Sikhs, defend their
own people. They fought
the Moslems over parti-
tion, too. To them, Israel is
heaven on earth because
Israel has done exactly
what their wis2st gurus
have said."
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