The Hindu Editorial Analysis : 17th December 2023

The Hindu Editorial Analysis

The Importance of Reading The Hindu Editorial: Reading The Hindu newspaper has several benefits, including improving reading skills, facilitating comprehension, staying informed of current events, enhancing essay writing, and more. For individuals aiming for a career in banking, reading editorials is crucial for vocabulary building. In this article, we will examine today’s editorials, provide practice questions, and highlight important vocabulary words.

Gaza and India’s Foreign Policy:

• India’s foreign Policy under the dynamic leadership of Narendra Modi has begun to change and turned as strong as it was not before.
• India’s stand on Israel-Gaza conflict showcases the evaluation of the country’s foreign Policy.
• For decades, India was known in the world only by its historical experience of Western colonialism.
• After independence India has done exceptional in foreign Policy.
• In 1947, when the United Nations started voting to divide British Mandate Territory of Palestine into two states, one was Israel and second was Palestine, India had not voted in the favor of this decision.
• As a victim of partition, India argued for a single sovereign state for both Jews and Arabs.
• However , the decision took place and partition of these two states happened.
• When Israel became established,India duly gained recognition but in the starting almost four decades it tried to maintain it only at consular level.
• On the other hand, in 1974, India became the first non Arab country to recognise Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
• Palestine got recognition as a state in 1988.
• When India realized the Pakistan led terror in the country, New Delhi needed to make a strong connection with Israel as Israel was also facing terror attacks and they both had similar Islamist extremists.
• After that India had established political and diplomatic relations with Israel.
• The Indian government also showed sympathies for the PLO.
• India is one of a few countries which have relationships with both Israel and Palestine.
• Israel is India’s largest source of Defence equipment,surveillance softwares, intelligence co-operation.
• India’s foreign Policy has evolved with the time and India’s stand on Israel-Gaza conflict has proved it.

Important Questions:

1. What is India’s stand on Israel-Gaza conflict?
2. Describe the evaluation of India’s foreign Policy regarding Israel-Gaza conflict?

Important vocabs:

1. Tortuous : full of twist and turns
2. Imperialism: A Policy of extending a country’s power through colonialism and military power.
3. Apartheid:  A Policy of discrimination on the basis of race
4. Endeared: cause to be loved
5. Consular: Consulate in a foreign city
6. Votary: A person who has made vows of dedication to religious service
7. Erode: gradually destroyed
8. Deploring: strong disapproval
9. Affinity: A natural liking of someone
10. Nibbling: Take small bites out of, showing cautious interest.

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