362 i n d e x
Zionism, 54, 57, 61, 97, 310n55,
320n36; and anti- Semitism, 58;
and Arab Relations Conference
of 1947, 184– 88; confl ict with
traditional Islamic attitude toward
Jews as Dhimmi, 12, 54, 72; and
consequences of small size of
Jewish population in Palestine, 40;
contacts with Indian nationalist
leaders and other groups and
personalities, 61– 67; diplomatic
focus on countries with signifi cant
Jewish populations, 58; and “dual
loyalty” question, 103, 291n62;
Gandhi’s criticism of Zionist
dependence on British, 37, 39, 41;
inability of Zionists to reciprocate
in the event of India’s support,
43, 60; incompatibility with
anticolonialism, 53; indiff erence to
Asia in po liti cal calculations,
56– 58, 195– 96, 311n75; and
Judeo- Christian heritage, 53– 54;
need for British assistance, 6– 7,
40– 41, 57; need for unrestricted
Jewish immigration, 40, 97, 101,
106; need to cultivate pop u lar
support base in India, 62; obstacles
before yishuv leaders, 57; reasons
for Zionist interest in India, 58– 61,
80; rejection of federal plan, 101;
repeal of UN Resolution 3379, 236;
Shaukat Ali’s attitude toward,
287n45; support from Hindu right
wing, 63; and tiny Jewish
population in India, 58; and the
U.S., 57– 58; and World War II,
279n55; Zionist attempts to gain
Gandhi’s endorsement of Jewish
homeland in Palestine, 30– 36,
42; Zionists seen as imperial
collaborators (see imperialism);
Zionists seen as racists, 216– 17,- See also UN negotiations on
the creation of Israel; yishuv
World Conference Against Racism
(2001), 262
World Muslim Conference (Somalia,
1964), 214
World War I: protests over future of
Ottoman Empire and the caliph (see
Khilafat movement)
World War II: and British rule in India,
77; and Congress Party, 47; Gandhi’s
advocacy of Jewish nonviolence
against Hitler, 1, 39– 40; Gandhi’s
attitude toward British war eff ort,
36– 37; Jewish refugees denied
entrance to the U.S., 282n43; Jewish
refugees in India, 3– 4, 50– 52,
281n39, 283n63; and Muslim League,
77; Nazi connections of al- Husseini,
grand mufti of Jerusalem, 60– 61;
Nehru’s perceptions of Holocaust
and Jewish suff ering, 49– 50; Zionist
position on, 279n55, 320n36
Yadav, Mulayam Singh, 254
Yariv, Aharon, 229
Yechury, Sitaram, 161
Yegar, Moshe, 236
Yemen, 184
yishuv, 292n72; and Congress Party,
44– 67, 266; indiff erence to Asia in
po liti cal calculations, 56– 58, 195– 96,
311n75; Nehru’s invitation to
participate in the Asian Relations
Conference of 1947, 183– 88; obstacles
before yishuv leaders, 57; reasons for
Zionist interest in India, 58– 61, 80;
technical assistance to India, 113; and
White Paper of 1939, 78, 279n55,
320n36; Zionist contacts with India’s
leaders and other personalities,
61– 67. See also UN negotiations on
the creation of Israel; Zionism
Yugo slavia, 98, 118, 167, 292n81
Zangwill, Israel, 36
Zia ul- Haq, Muhammed, 230