ABSTRACT Mahatma Gandhi’s 1938 statement that ‘Palestine belongs to the Arabs’ has not lost its relevance even after India reversed its four-decade-old policy of recognition-without-relations and normalised relations with Israel in January 1992. Critics see growing Indo-Israeli relations as an abandonment of Gandhian values while supporters use the 1938 statement to reiterate India’s continued support for the Palestinians. ‘Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French!’(Gandhi, ‘The Jews’). This November 1938 remark by Mahatma Gandhi has been the most widely quoted statement on India’s foreign policy. It is impossible to identify any writing – Indian or foreign – on India’s approach towards the Jews, Israel, or the broader Middle East without this. Interestingly, Gandhi’s observation can be noticed in prominent writings both before and after India normalised relations with Israel in January 1992. Despite the changed circumstances, the continued flagging of Gandhi to explain India’s policy towards Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict raises an important question: why to cite Gandhi’s pro-Arab statement when Indo-Israeli relations have been blossoming remarkably? Has normalisation changed India’s understanding and approach towards Gandhi’s views?

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规范化有什么改变吗？圣雄甘地与印度 1992 年对以色列的决定的相关性

摘要 圣雄甘地 1938 年关于“巴勒斯坦属于阿拉伯人”的声明并没有失去意义，即使在印度于 1992 年 1 月改变了其长达四年的不承认关系和与以色列的关系正常化的政策之后，批评家们看到了越来越多的印以关系作为放弃甘地价值观，而支持者则使用 1938 年的声明重申印度对巴勒斯坦人的持续支持。“巴勒斯坦属于阿拉伯人，就像英国属于英国人或法国属于法国人一样！”（甘地，“犹太人”）。圣雄甘地 1938 年 11 月的这番话是印度外交政策被最广泛引用的声明。如果没有这一点，就不可能识别出任何关于印度对待犹太人、以色列或更广泛的中东的方法的文章——印度的还是外国的。有趣的是，甘地的观察在 1992 年 1 月印度与以色列关系正常化之前和之后的着名著作中都可以注意到。 尽管情况发生了变化，但甘地继续在解释印度对以色列和阿以冲突的政策方面表现不佳提出了一个重要问题：为什么要在印以关系显着蓬勃发展时引用甘地的亲阿拉伯声明？正常化是否改变了印度对甘地观点的理解和态度？在印以关系蓬勃发展的情况下，为什么要引用甘地的亲阿拉伯声明？正常化是否改变了印度对甘地观点的理解和态度？在印以关系蓬勃发展的情况下，为什么要引用甘地的亲阿拉伯声明？正常化是否改变了印度对甘地观点的理解和态度？