Context
India has begun work on a super-speciality hospital in Jenin in the West Bank and is exploring deployment of an Indian field hospital in Gaza. India also reiterated its support for a negotiated Two-State Solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Explanation
- Palestine comprises the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the West Bank lies west of the Jordan River, while Gaza is a narrow coastal territory along the Mediterranean Sea.
- Ramallah serves as the administrative headquarters of the Palestinian Authority (PA), established following the Oslo Accords (1993).
- India recognised the State of Palestine in 1988 and established diplomatic relations with it in 1996.
- India supports a negotiated Two-State Solution, envisaging Israel and an independent, viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security.
- India’s engagement includes development assistance, healthcare, capacity-building, medicines and humanitarian aid.
- India also maintains diplomatic relations with Israel, reflecting its policy of maintaining ties with both sides.
- Palestine has non-member observer State status at the United Nations since 2012.
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India’s Palestine Policy and Two-State Solution