Abstract
ABSTRACT Israel Studies in India faces five specific challenges. The presence of a small Jewish population and weaker Zionist sentiments; the absence of Judeo-Christian tradition and unfamiliarity with Jewish historical affinity with the holy land; viewing Israel and its claims through the Islamic prism due to the presence of a large Muslim population; the ideological baggage of framing of Arab-Israeli conflict through the “progressive lens” and the resultant anti-Israeli narrative among the elite; and the limited utility of historical guilt due to the absence of any role or association with the Holocaust or anti-Semitism. Moreover, the four decades of a recognition-without-relations policy of the Indian government has impeded a balanced understanding of Israel and its dilemma vis-à-vis the outside world. Hence, Israel Studies in India demand a different, innovative, and non-Western approach.
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