Abstract
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Highlights
On 12 June 2019, the newlyelected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has pursued the politics of Hindu nationalism, voted in favour of Israel barring a Palestinian human rights group from UN bodies due to its alleged ties with Hamas
India itself has a long history of supporting Palestine and has viewed the British Mandate rule and the consolidation of Zionism from an anti-imperialist position
The book starts with the disturbing and infamous case of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) medic Elor Azaria, who was charged with the murder of Abdel alFattah al-Sharif, an unarmed 21-year-old Palestinian man
Summary
On 12 June 2019, the newly (re)elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has pursued the politics of Hindu nationalism, voted in favour of Israel barring a Palestinian human rights group from UN bodies due to its alleged ties with Hamas. R. Lentin, Traces of Racial Exception: Racializing Israeli Settler Colonialism (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018), 269pp, £76.50
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