INDIA’S NEW MIDDLE EAST POLICY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HAMAS’ AL AQSA FLOOD OPERATION AND THE ISRAEL FACTOR

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INDIA’S NEW MIDDLE EAST POLICY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HAMAS’ AL AQSA FLOOD OPERATION AND THE ISRAEL FACTOR

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It has been observed that India took a supportive stance for Israel during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation carried out by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on October 7, 2023, and in the conflict between Palestine and Israel after the operation. This situation indicates that the New Delhi government has moved away from the balance policy on the Israel-Palestine issue that it has followed since its independence in 1947. In this context, the objective of this study is to examine the reasons behind this remarkable change in the foreign policy of India, which has been one of the leading actors of the non-aligned movement for many years. In addition to the relevant policy makers’ and institutions’ statements reflected in open sources, the works of experts and academics knowledgeable on the subject were also used as primary and secondary sources in order to make sense of why the New Delhi government, which has pursued an anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist foreign policy for many years after its independence from Britain in 1947 and has a balanced stance on the Palestine-Israel issue, supports the Tel Aviv administration in this latest conflict between Israel and Palestine. As a result of the research conducted with this method, it has been concluded that the change in India's domestic politics, the rapprochement of the USA and India due to the rise of China in the international arena, cooperation between Israel and India in critical sectors such as the defense industries, and the close personal relationship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have led India to depart from its traditionally balanced foreign policy and become closer to Israel and its strategic ally, the USA.

 

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