From the complex genesis of the state of Israel to what India’s stand should be, the Israel-Palestine conflict was thoroughly dissected and closely examined by the experts in a session titled Fields of Fire: Conflicts Around the World at the Bangalore Literature Festival on Sunday (December 3).
In conversation with former diplomats Navtej Sarna and Talmiz Ahmad, along with Nitin Pai, the co-founder of the Takshashila Institution, journalist Neena Gopal began by asking Mr. Ahmad, the former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE, about Doha and its significance to the current Gaza-Israel conflict.
