index 351
Gandhi, 27, 33, 35; and missed
opportunities to cultivate ties to
India, 66; technical assistance to
India, 64; and UN negotiations on
the creation of Israel, 89, 90, 94
Jewish refugees in India, 3– 4, 50– 52,
127, 281n39, 283n63; British policy
toward, 51
Jha, C. S., 133, 134, 170, 206– 7, 299n152
Jhunjhunwala, Banarsi, 151
Jinnah, Mohammed Ali, 7, 76, 78,
286n25
Jordan, 8. See also West Bank
Judaism: easy coexistence with
Hinduism, 3, 58; Indian leaders’
unfamiliarity with Judeo- Christian
tradition, 41, 53; Jewish vs. Islamic
claims to Palestine based on
religious injunctions, 37, 42 (see
also Jazirat al- Arab); lack of
signifi cant Jewish population in
India, 11, 42, 56, 58; role of Muslim
population compared to role of U.S.
Jews in infl uencing U.S.’s Israel
policies, 16– 17, 55, 157; traditional
Islamic attitude toward Jews
(Dhimmi paradigm), 12, 54, 72,
276n17
June war of 1967 (Six Day War), 125,
170– 72, 181, 198, 204– 10, 269; and
death of Indian peacekeepers,
207– 9; and Egypt’s loss of status,
232; India’s position on, and
domestic controversy, 204– 10,
320n16; and Jan Sangh Party, 162;
and Palestinian factor, 176Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul, 254, 263,
321n40
Kallenbach, Hermann, 1, 27, 33, 35, 36,
56, 278n44, 291n65
Kamath, H. V., 119, 131
Kao, Rameshwar Nath, 241
Karat, Prakash, 160, 253– 54
Karnad, Bharat, 229226, 231. See also consular relations;
diplomatic contacts; intifada; June
war of 1967; occupied territories;
Palestine issue; Suez crisis of 1956;
yishuv; headings beginning with
India– Israel relations
Israeli Consulate (Bombay), 115
Jaff relot, Christophe, 160
Jain, A. P., 132
Jakhar, Balram, 178
Jamaa’t ulema- e-Hind, 55
Janata Dal party, 234, 241, 243, 254
Janata Party government (1977– 1979),
217– 22
Jan Sangh Party, 16, 63; anti- Muslim
stance, 141, 159, 160; criticism of
India’s Israel policy, 159; criticism of
Israel’s actions in June 1967 war,
162; and Janata Party government,
218; and June war of 1967, 207; and
post- Bangladesh war reverses, 216;
and Rao government, 251; and status
of Muslims remaining after
partition, 144. See also Bharatiya
Janata Party
Jansen, G. H., 31, 62, 166, 170, 192
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for
International Understanding, 250,
261, 318n40, 322n65
Jayewardene, J. R., 234
Jazirat al- Arab (Islamic land of Arabia),
12; Congress Party statement on
(1922), 45, 49; and Gandhi’s
pro- Palestinian stance, 29, 37,
42, 71, 140, 265; lands included in,
276n18; and Muslim League
views on Palestine, 74; and
Muslim population of India’s views
on Palestine, 59– 60; religious
signifi cance of the Middle East to
Muslims worldwide, 142
The Jewish Advocate, 30, 35, 41
Jewish Agency: contacts between
Zionists and Indian leaders, 62; and