South Asia’s diplomatic relationship with Palestine has historically been defined by the 1917 Balfour Declaration, in which Britain declared support for establishing a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
Though expressing sympathy for the Jewish people, #Indian nationalists in pre-partition #India viewed the development as another instance of British imperialism that pitted Jewish nationalists and Arabs against each other, and were resolutely pro-Palestine. But some #SouthAsian countries have swayed from that position since.
Revisit this explainer about the history of South Asian diplomacy toward Israel and Palestine at the link in bio, then click this image ?
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1, 8: Yasser Arafat, PLO President, with India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, 1980
2: Nepal Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (right) and David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv on 12 August 1960
3: Pakistan PM Ali Bhutto hugging Libyan Colonel Moammar Kadhafi while Bangladesh PM Mujibur Rahman looks on
4: The leaders of the Islamic world attend the summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Lahore on February 22 in 1974
5: Supporters of Bangladeshi party Jamat-e-Islami offer prayers for the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Dhaka, 12 November 2004
6: Nepal King Mahendra with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, 1963
7: Yasser Arafat signs the visitors book 24 March at the Colombo international airport after his arrival in Sri Lanka for a brief visit