INDIA-ISRAEL
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Context
- Tammy Ben-Haim the Consul General of Israel on her recent visit to India maintained that the Israel-Palestine issue does not diminish or negate the India-Israel
- She emphasized Abraham Accords to resolve the issue concerning Palestine.
Abraham Accords
- The Abraham Accords are a joint statement made between Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates on August 13, 2020.
- Israel signed normalization agreements with four Arab countries – the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan and thus maintain peace in the region and this will help resolve Palestine issues.
Israel-Palestine Issues
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1947-48 |
the UN adopts Resolution 181, a partition plan for Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states which Palestine rejects. The state of Israel is created. |
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1949 |
the first Arab-Israeli war and Israel seizes more land than agreed in armistices. Gaza strip is created. |
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1967 |
a 6-day war and Israel occupy the rest of Palestine including the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights (Syria), and Sinai (Egypt). UNSC calls on Israel to withdraw from these areas. |
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1978 |
Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David accords.
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1993 |
a plan to implement a two-state solution as part of the Oslo Accords is agreed upon, leading to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA). |
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2000 |
Camp David II Summit where Israel and PLO renew status negotiations. |
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2002 |
2nd Intifada: Israel re-occupies Palestinian cities in West Bank.
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2005 |
Israel agrees to withdraw from Gaza but maintains control of airspace and some imports/exports. |
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2008 |
Israel invades Gaza in Operation Cast Lead |
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2014 |
Operation Protective Edge Israel invades Gaza again. |
India-Israel Relations
- Israel and India established diplomatic relations on the 29th of January 1992.
- The two countries have an extensive economic, military, and strategic relationship.
- Political relations:
- Political ties between the two countries are friendly.
- Prime Minister Modi undertook a historic first-ever visit by an Indian PM to Israel from 4-6 July 2017, during which the relationship was upgraded to a strategic level.
- Economic and Commercial Relations
- India is Israel's third-largest trade partner in Asia.
- Major exports from India to Israel include precious stones and metals, chemical products, textiles etc.
- Major imports by India from Israel include precious stones and metals, chemicals and mineral products, base metals and machinery and transport equipment.
- Potash is a major item of Israel’s exports to India.
- Cooperation in agriculture
- Under a comprehensive Work Plan for cooperation in agriculture signed on 10 May 2006, bilateral projects are implemented through Centres of Excellence.
- India has benefited from Israeli expertise and technologies in horticulture mechanization, protected cultivation, orchard and canopy management, nursery management, micro-irrigation and post-harvest management, particularly in Haryana and Maharashtra.
- Israeli drip irrigation technologies and products are now widely used in India.
- Defence relations
- India is the largest buyer of Israeli military equipment and Israel is the second-largest supplier of military equipment to India after Russia.
- Military and strategic ties between the two nations extend to intelligence-sharing on terrorist groups and joint military training.
- Indian Community
- There are approximately 85,000 Jews of Indian origin in Israel (with at least one Indian parent), who are all Israeli passport holders.
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