level meeting between two sides, and by that time, the Zionists had lost
India to the Arabs.^116 It is obvious that while their attempts were deeper
than has previously been asserted, the Zionists were less interested in
India than in other parts of the world. India was not paramount. This
indiff erence came up against a more powerful force that worked against
the Zionist interests: India’s Muslim population and its involvement in
the Palestinian question.
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