The Jews

P. R. Kumaraswamy

International Studies, 2018, vol. 55, issue 2, 146-166

Abstract: ‘ Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French .’ This remark made in November 1938 has been the most widely statement of Mahatma Gandhi on foreign policy, especially on Israel, Palestine and wider Middle East/West Asia. This was seen as the epitome of Gandhi’s ‘consistent’ opposition to the formation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. However, a closer reading of the article published in the 26 November issue of Harijan presents a more complex picture and depicts Gandhi’s unfamiliarity with Judaism and his limited understanding of Zionism. Furthermore, while demanding Jewish non-violence even against Hitler, he was accommodative of Arab violence in Palestine.

Keywords: Mahatma Gandhi; Palestine; Jews; Zionism; Hitler; Non-violence; Jewish National Home (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0020881718768345

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