- Jaff erlot, “The Idea Exchange.”
- Vanaik, “Making India Strong: The BJP- led Government’s Foreign Policy
Perspectives,” 333n. - “Aggression by Israel Condemned,” People’s Democracy 30, no. 30 (July 23,
2007).
8. International Factors - Aide- memoire of conversation (of Abba Eban) with B. N. Rau (June 23,
1949), ISA, 71/14. - For the complete text of the memorandum, dated March 1, 1952, see ISA,
2554/12. - Eytan to Shiloah (August 11, 1949), ISA, 2441/2.
- Jansen, Zionism, Israel, and Asian Nationalism, 181. Emphasis added.
- Jansen, Afro- Asia and Non- Alignment, 29– 33; Zaidi and Zaidi, eds., Encyclo-
pedia INC, 11:478, 12:156; Quraishi, Liberal Nationalism of Egypt, 45, 129– 130;
Nehru, A Bunch of Old Letters, 284– 286; Musa, The Education of Salama
Musa, 138; Agwani, “India and the Arab World, 1947– 1964,” 54; Singh, “In-
dia and WANA,” 625. - Among others, see the writings of Jansen, Agwani, Heptulla, and Mudiam.
- India, Documents of the Gatherings of Nonaligned Countries, 1961– 1979, 5.
- During the prolonged Iran- Iraq war, for example, opposition from a handful
of its members prevented the NAM from declaring Iraq the aggressor. - Castigating Pakistan for overplaying its Islamic credentials, King Farouq of
Egypt is reported to have observed: “Don’t you know that Islam was born on
14 August 1947 [date of Pakistan’s in de pen dence]?” Burke, Mainsprings of
Indian and Pakistani Foreign Policies, 133. - Summary by Eliyahu Elath on his meeting with Pandit (May 12, 1949). Israel
Documents, Companion, 4:17. - Brecher, The New States of Asia, 130.
- Rafael, Destination Peace, 89.
- Among others, see Agwani, “India and the Arab World, 1947– 1964,” 61;
Banerjee, “India and West Asia: Changing Images Refl ect Shifts in Regional
Balance of Power,” 28, 30; Singh, “India and the Crisis,” 75; Singh, “India
and WANA,” 18; and Jain, “Disillusionment with the Arabs: A Shift in Indian
Opinion,” 437. - They were Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen.
- It is essential to remember that even the Hindu- nationalist Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), which assumed offi ce following the 1998 parliamentary elections,
is not committed to making India a religious state like Pakistan. Despite all
signs of extremism, the BJP, unlike its Pakistani counterparts, does not seek to
mold the legislature or judiciary in conformity with Hindu religious laws. - Hamid, The Unholy Alliance, 15. For similar arguments, see Jaff er, “Brahminic-
Talmudist Alliance.”
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