{"id":46456,"date":"2023-10-20T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=46456"},"modified":"2023-11-01T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:12:09","slug":"india-palestine-relations","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/india-palestine-relations","title":{"rendered":"India Palestine Relations: India will send humanitarian assistance to Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Context:<\/span> <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister conveyed condolences to Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas\u00a0 at the loss of civilian lives at the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Humanitarian assistance to Palestine<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India will send humanitarian assistance to Palestine amid ongoing conflict.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Evolution of India Palestine Relations\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>1974: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India became the first Non-Arab State to recognize Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>1988<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: India became one of the first countries to recognize the Palestinian State.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>1996:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India opened its Representative Office in Gaza, which was later shifted to Ramallah in 2003.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>2003:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India also voted in favor of the UNGA Resolution in October 2003 against construction of the separation wall by Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>2011: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India voted in favor of Palestine becoming a full member of UNESCO.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>2012: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India co-sponsored and voted in favor of the UNGA Resolution that enabled Palestine to become a<\/span><b> \u2018non-member Observer state\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the <\/span><b>UN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without voting rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel, without visiting Palestine, <\/span><b>paving the way for Dehyphenation in foreign policy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> towards Israel-Palestine.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>India\u2019s Dehyphenation of Policy towards Israel and Palestine<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De-hyphenation means<\/span><b> dealing with two countries, having an adversarial relationship between them, in an independent manner. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would mean building a relationship with one, ignoring the complexities of its relations with the other.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>For Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The United States (US) has advocated such a <\/span><b>policy vis-\u00e0-vis India and Pakistan, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since the second-term Bush presidency, connoting that its relationship with India would stand on its own rather than getting affected by its relations with Pakistan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>India Palestine Relations: What is the India\u2019s\u00a0 Stand over the ongoing conflict?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has condemned Hamas terror\u00a0 attacks on Israel while <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reiterated India\u2019s long-standing principled position of <\/span><b>Two-State Solution On<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Israel-Palestine issue.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Two-State Solution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two-state solution aims to<\/span><b> establish an independent Palestinian state <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alongside Israel, ensuring two states for two peoples.<\/span><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News Source:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/pm-modi-palestine-president-call-8991071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Express<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.003%; background-color: #b8a5d987;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Prelims Question (2022)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The term &#8220;Levant&#8221; often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(a) Region along the eastern Mediterranean shores\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(b) Region along North African shores stretching from Egypt to Morocco\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(c) Region along Persian Gulf and Horn of Africa\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(d) The entire coastal areas of Mediterranean Sea<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ans: (a)<\/b><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Recently, the Prime Minister conveyed condolences to Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas  at the loss of civilian lives at 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