Does India’s stand on the Gaza conflict mark a change in policy? In 1974 India was the first non-Arab state to recognise the Palestinian Liberation Organisation as the “sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.” India was one of the first states without a Muslim majority and the first non-Arab state to recognise the state of Palestine in 1988. In 2017, India voted in the UN against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Earlier, India had voted against the original 1947 UN resolution establishing Israel