index 357
opposition in India, 244– 45;
embassy in India, 178, 222, 247;
granted observer status in UN, 216;
India’s recognition of, 176, 216, 222,
247, 295n46; and intifada, 233;
post- 1973 infl uence, 216; and shift in
Palestinian issue to po liti cal liability,
22, 240, 244– 45; “state of Palestine”
proclamation, 121, 233, 295n46
Palestine National Council, 179
Palestinian National Authority (PNA),
121, 247
Palestinians: All- Palestine Government
(APG), 111, 120– 21, 181, 295n56;
al- Aqsa intifada, 251– 54, 262, 272;
and Camp David accords, 218– 19;
diplomatic contacts with India, 250;
India’s position on Palestinians
following normalization, 246– 47,
268, 272; intifada (fi rst), 225, 232,
233; Israel’s adversaries not armed by
India, 249; refugees, 179, 191, 307n73,
310n49; weakened position following
support for Saddam Hussein during
Kuwait invasion, 240, 244– 45
Pandit, Vijayalakshmi, 88, 104, 112, 119,
132, 134, 168
Panikkar, Sandar K. M.: and Asian
Relations Conference of 1947, 186– 87;
cordial relations with Israeli contacts,
133, 287n52, 299n152; and Hart, 134;
on missed opportunities to cultivate
ties to India, 66; on need for alternate
Zionist strategy, 34– 35; prediction
about pro- Israeli stance following
partition of the subcontinent,
81– 84, 159, 168, 182, 186– 87; private
vs. public views on Israel, 4– 5, 56;
recognition of infl uence of India’s
Muslim population, 68, 81– 84; and
recognition of Israel, 119; and
technical assistance from Israel, 113;
as UN delegate, 83
Pant, G. B., 62
Parthasarathy, G., 208Muslim League, 13, 22, 55, 74– 81, 89,
266; and consequences of small
size of Jewish population, 40;
contradictions and inconsistencies in
British policies, 46; early Congress
Party statements and resolutions,
45– 47; expectations that partition of
the subcontinent would permit India
to adopt a pro- Jewish homeland
stance, 81– 84, 159, 168, 182, 186– 87;
failure of Indian nationalists to
recognize connection between
Holocaust and Jewish aspirations in
Palestine, 52; federal plan, 80,
97– 100, 246; Gandhi on (see Gandhi,
Mahatma); impossibility of Arab-
Jewish accommodation as visualized
by Gandhi, 40, 42; and India’s need
to establish pro- Arab credentials in
competition with Pakistan, 14,
193– 95; Islamization of, 32, 72; and
Khilafat movement, 69– 73; lack of
knowledge in Asia about
Judeo- Christian heritage, 53; and
Muslim League, 45, 55, 74, 89, 104;
Nehru’s early views (1933– 1947),
47– 53, 186, 296n74; religious
justifi cation of Islamic right to
Palestine, 72, 146 (see also Jazirat
al- Arab); religious justifi cation of
Jewish right to Palestine, 38, 42; and
right of self- determination, 46;
support for the Arabs of Palestine as
part of anti- imperialist struggle in the
1920s, 276n20; unitary Palestinian
state idea, 96– 97, 104– 5, 246. See
also Asian Relations Conference of
1947; Islamic prism; Palestinians;
UN negotiations on the creation of
Israel; yishuv; Zionism
Palestine Liberation Or ga ni za tion
(PLO), 176– 81; covenant of, 180;
delegation to India hosted, 202;
denial of existence of Israel, 8; denial
of weakened position among