Welcome!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Launch Plans
The Charter is being translated into Hindi and Urdu and there are public meetings being organized in Mumbai and Delhi for later in October.
About Us
While the growing relationship between Israel and India is a stark example of Israel and the United State’s desire for new allies in the global South, India has its own anti-colonial history of struggle and a rich legacy of solidarity with Third World liberation movements. India's support to Palestine is part of this legacy and it was woven into the very fabric & foundation of the Indian national liberation movement itself.
The Global War on Terror has been relentless in its propaganda and the subsequent demonization of Muslims and this is true for the Islamophobia that exists within the Indian elite as well. Even though the Indian Brahmanical caste-class elite are in a close strategic partnership with Israel, there is a growing people's movement that will challenge and ultimately defeat this alliance.
Our work in India is part of defeating this alliance and bringing together the struggles against Islamophobia and caste prejudice in India and Israeli Apartheid. Our lead organizers in India include anti-Zionist Jewish and Muslim activists.
Regional Building
The India IJAN is preparing for a popular tribunal that will hold to account the Indian investments and government partnerships with Israel, document the impact of a consistently rotating and significant post-service Israeli soldier presence in India, and expose the similarities between India’s caste system, Israeli racism against Mizrahi Jews, and the Israeli Apartheid against Palestinians.