US, March 14 -- While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel at a time when it was a phase of relative lull following the latter's massive Gaza campaign, Tel Aviv's pre-emptive strike on Iran on the very next day of his visit, and the tit-for-tat offensives that continued in the aftermath of the visit, turned the diplomatic endeavor into a moral burden for New Delhi.

India's quandary

During the Cold War era, India, in consistence with its ideals of Non-alignment policy, championed the cause of Palestinian statehood and supported diplomatic moves to facilitate a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine territorial issue. The disintegration of the Soviet Union -- India's largest defense partner, spelling the end of the Cold ...