Benjamin Netanyahu in Mumbai updates: Israel PM calls Narendra Modi 'great patriot'

Benjamin Netanyahu in Mumbai updates: Israel PM calls Narendra Modi 'great patriot'

FP Staff January 18, 2018, 20:49:43 IST

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Mumbai from Ahmedabad on Wednesday on a two-day visit

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Benjamin Netanyahu in Mumbai updates: Israel PM calls Narendra Modi 'great patriot'

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Benjamin Netanyahu calls Narendra Modi ‘great patriot of India’

Speaking to Times Now, Israeli prime minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “a great patriot of India” and that he does “what is good for India.”

“When he thinks about increasing vegetable production, enhancing indian security against terrorism, catapulting young Indians into future with technological know-how, I think he’s thinking about what is good for India. I think he is right,” said Netanyahu

India-Israel partnership is of civilisations, of two democracies: Netanyahu

“This kind of cooperation that we have, with technology on one side and agriculture on the other is so good for every aspect of life. for water, for agricultre, for security. This has statutory benefits,” Benjamin Netanyahu told Times Now.

Netanyahu further added that despite their being markets, and other aspects, he saw the partnership differently. “I see it (India-Israel relations) as a partnership of civilisations, a partnership of two democracies,” he said,

Watch: India-Israel partnership is real, says Netanyahu

Speaking to Times Now on his visit to Center of Excellence for Vegetables in Gujarat, Benjamin Netanyahu said that he interacted with farmers who had had their incomes multiply because of the center. “This is tremendous. If we can have that multiplied through half of India, it means we’ve raised the living standards for a massive number of Indians. I mean, this partnership is real,” he said.

India has right to defend soil, Benjamin Netanyahu tells Times Now

Israel’s ambassador to India thanks Devendra Fadnavis for hosting Benjamin Netanyahu

Visuals from Netanyahu’s interaction with Jewish community in India

Visuals from Devendra Fadnavis and Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to 26/11 memorial at Taj Hotel

Benjamin Netanyahu marks Moshe’s height in his former Nariman House room

After Benjamin Netanyahu and Moshe Holtzberg visited Nariman House on Thursday, the Israeli prime minister shared an image of the two in one of the rooms formerly occupied by the 26/11 survivor and his parents. “I added today a mark of Moshe’s height to the wall where his mother had marked his height,” Netanyahu said in the tweet.

‘Living memorial’ at Chabad House

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahi made a formal announcement on Thursday on the setting up of a living memorial at Nariman House, that was under siege during the 26/11 terror attacks.

According to Hindustan Times, the proposed memorial would include a small terrace garden and rooms on the fifth floor of the building where Moshe and his parents —  Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg  stayed before the attack. The fourth floor is likely to be converted into a museum.

Netanyahu says Moshe Holtzberg was unharmed during 26/11 because of his nanny’s love

Israeli prime minister Benjamin said that the terrorists could not harm Moshe because of the love shown by his nanny.

“In the past, the Jewish people have witnessed a lot of challenges but with the help of God they overcame everything. The people of Israel are living and will live forever,” he said at the Chabad House, or the Nariman House in Mumbai.

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Israel’s official Twitter handle calls technology and entrepreneurship ‘one of major engines for India-Israel partnership

Chabad House a unique blend of love and hatred: Netanyahu

The Chabad House is a unique blend of love and hatred towards the people of Israel, the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Thursday.

He was addressing people at the Chabad House, or the Nariman House, after meeting 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg whose father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed along with six others there during the 26/11 terror attacks. Moshe, then a toddler of two years, was miraculously saved by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel, who now lives in Israel.

“This place is a unique merge between love for Israeli people and the hatred towards the people of Israel. The nation of Israel is known for salvation,” Netanyahu told the gathering in Hebrew.

The Israeli prime minister thanked Moshe for hosting him and showing him his room in the Chabad House. “Your parents showed love to the people and welcomed all to this house. They provided for every Jew a home. This is loving Israel but terrorists showed hatred towards Israel,” he said.

PTI

Watch: Moshe Holtzberg’s grandparents say Mumbai visit an ’emotional return’ for him

Netanyahu and Moshe’s ’emotional reunion’ in Mumbai

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday visited the Chabad House here along with Moshe Holtzberg, who as a two-year-old was orphaned in the carnage there during the 2008 terror attack.

Sporting the trademark Jewish small brimless cloth cap, ‘Kippah,’ Netanyahu was warmly welcomed by the present Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky and other officials of Chabad House in the afternoon.

The bespectacled Moshe, now 11, also sporting the ‘Kippah’ and a dark suit, had an emotional ‘reunion’ meeting with the Israel prime minister, as his Indian saviour nanny Sandra Samuel and grandparents flanked them in a small room in the Chabad House, in Nariman House, Colaba.

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‘Moshe-Netanyahu visit to Mumbai of immense emotional importance’

Speaking to CNN-News18, a Jewish resident in Mumbai said, “This (Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 26/11 survivor Moshe Holtzberg) visit to Mumbai is of immense emotional importance to the entire world. This visit shows the courage which Israel stands for.”

Netanyahu, Moshe unveil plans for 26/11 ’living memorial’ at Chabad House

According to Chabad.org , 26/11 survivor Moshe Holtzbeg and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the plans for the living memorial on Thursday. Netanyahu also unveiled a plaque in the memory of Moshe’s parents, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg. This was followed by Moshe’s two grandmothers lighting an “eternal flame” in remembrance of the victims.

Netanyahu meets Moshe Holtzberg at Chabad House

The Nariman House, renamed as Chabad House, was under siege during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Netanyahu pays tributes to 26/11 terror attack victims

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday paid tributes to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Netanyahu, along with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, laid wreath at the memorial of the terror attack victims, that claimed 166 lives, at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai under a heavy security blanket.

The Israeli prime minister also wrote a message in the visitor’s book at the place.

Netanyahu will later visit the nearby Nariman House, where he will meet 11-year-old Israeli boy Moshe Holtzberg. Moshe’s father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed at the Nariman House during the 2008 attacks.

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Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at Chabad House, lays wreath at the memorial to 26/11 terror attack victims at Taj Hotel in Mumbai, reports Hindustan Times.

Netanyahu calls Indo-Israel friendship ‘match made in heaven’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday termed his country’s partnership with India as one “made in heaven”, which rests on shared values of love for humanity, democracy and freedom.

Addressing the India-Israel Business Summit, Netanyahu mentioned the “deep personal friendship” he shares with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, adding that the warmth goes deeper, right up to the common man.

On the last leg of his four-day India visit, which he described as extraordinary, Netanyahu said there is a deep and abiding respect for India, it’s people and culture.“We are the two oldest cultures on earth. We are democracies, we share our love for freedom, and we share our love for humanity. We are truly your partners. This is a partnership made in heaven,” Netanyahu said, while appealing to Indian businesses to invest in Israel.

PTI

India-Israel business doing wonders, says Netanyahu

Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said “the business partnership between India and Israel is doing wonders” and that he has developed “a strong personal friendship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

His remarks came at a power-breakfast where he held discussions with top Indian CEOs, industrialists and bankers at the iconic Hotel Taj Mahal Palace. Among the CEOs present were Ashok Hinduja, Anand Mahindra, Adi Godrej, Ajay Piramal, Harsh Goenka and Chanda Kochhar, with whom Netanyahu cheerfully interacted before getting down to breakfast-cum-business.

“The future belongs to those who innovate and it is our job to encourage you to innovate. It is very crucial for you and your Israeli counterparts to meet,” Netanyahu said.

IANS

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Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Indian CEOs in Mumbai

Deepening ties with Israel a discernible shift from Nehruvian diplomacy

If internationalism is shared history, India and Israel were destined for amity. Both nations, however different in their geographical constituency, were carved with an intense political struggle against their hostile neighbourhood, each with a keen sense of civilizational significance in its emergence.

Although the early Zionists, such as David Ben-Gurion, were keen to woo Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru – whom they perceived to be the architects of modern India, whose support would, in turn, legitimise Israel as a political idea – the two were not convinced, inspired ideologically by the Palestinian cause and politically by the need to weld the Muslim minority into the national struggle and the postcolonial nation.

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‘Want to collaborate more with Israel for farmers’ benefit’

Maharashtra right place to forge alliance, says Fadnavis

“Maharashtra is the right place to forge alliance. I look forward to many more alliances between Maharashtra and Israel,” says CM Devendra Fadnavis. 

“I’m sure in time to come, we will see many Israeli businesses mainly in technology and agriculture flourishing, collaborating and cooperating with Indian businesses,” he adds.

Acknowledge Jewish community’s role in India’s development: Fadnavis

‘India, Israel can become the best partners’: Devendra Fadnavis

“The way the Jewish community has assimilated with the Indian community here is very good. India and Israel can become the best partners. A new chapter of friendship and relationship started when Modi visited Israel last year,” said Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at the India-Israel Business Summit on Thursday. 

“The agriculture practices used in Israel are very impressive. We are going to sign an MoU for irrigation with an Israeli firm to help sustain the water-starved regions of Maharashtra,” Fadnavis added.

WATCH: CM Devendra Fadnavis at India-Israel Business Summit

Devendra Fadnavis speaks at India-Israel Business Summit

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India and Israel are a match made in heaven, says Netanyahu

“India and Israel are democracies and share the love for freedom. We are a match made in heaven,” says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the business summit in Mumbai. 

PTI

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‘Wish to collaborate with old friend, India’

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India-Israel partnership reaching wonderful heights, says Netanyahu

“India-Israel partnership is reaching unprecedented heights. This is beginning of a wonderful friendship where possibilities are boundless,” says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai.  

PTI

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‘Every step of way, Netanyahu stresses on importance of innovation’: Avigail CJ Spira, Israel Embassy spokesperson

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Benjamin Netanyahu meets Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at India-Israel Business Summit

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‘Fifteen countries ahead of Israel in World Bank’s competitive index’

“This is the beginning of a wonderful ancient friendship and the possibilities are boundless. We have to bring talents of India and Israel together. Fifteen countries ahead of Israel in the World Bank’s competitive index make me lose sleep. It isn’t Syria, but countries like Singapore, USA and Switzerland which make me lose sleep,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying by The Indian Express .

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WATCH: Israeli foreign ministry tweets video on India-Israel friendship

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Benjamin Netanyahu mentions teenager Harwardhansinh Jhala who invented drones to detect landmines

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India knows value and glory of competition, says Benjamin Netanyahu at India-Israel Business Summit

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‘India, Israel are innovation nations, must come together to define future’: Netanyahu at business summit

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Benjamin Netanyahu to lay wreath at memorial for the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks

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Netanyahu to business leaders: The partnership between Israel and India is doing wonders

“It is on the level first of a deep personal friendship between Prime Minister Modi and myself,” he said.

“In addition, there is a partnership of genuine sympathy between our people. And that is not obvious. Our two civilisations are very old and we have not met each other in real sense. There is an instant chemical reaction of tremendous solidarity and identification and I see it in my Facebook followers. They haven’t changed the algorithm yet and I see it very very strongly. We see it when we walk the streets, the responses that we get here. And Indian citizens, when they come to Israel, they can see it. It is powerful,” he said.

“So it is leaders. It is people. But I think the most important thing is to have it among business leaders and technological leaders and entrepreneurs like yourself. This is the cherry on the pie! What a cherry! I thought we will discuss the cherry,” Netanyahu said.

Business leaders who were present at the breakfast included Ajay Piramal, Rahul Bajaj, Adi Godrej, Harsh Goenka, Anand Mahindra, Dilip Shanghvi, Ashok Hinduja, Atul Punj and Chanda Kochhar.

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Future belongs to those who innovate: Netanyahu to India Inc

Stating that the partnership between Israel and India is doing wonders, Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked business leaders to focus on innovation, reported PTI. “The future belongs to those who innovate,” Netanyahu said in his opening remarks at a power breakfast with top corporate honchos at the iconic Taj hotel overlooking the Arabia Sea.

“It is very, very crucial today for you and your Israeli counterparts to meet up, because the future belongs to those who innovate,” Netanyahu said at the first of his numerous assignments for the day as he wraps up his four-day India visit.

“We in Israel are seizing the future, you in India are seizing the future. Together, you will get there a lot quicker and also get a lot further,” he said.

“Innovation doesn’t happen by itself. Some of it does. But it can be nurtured, it can encouraged. It also can be discouraged. The job of governments like that of Prime Minister Modi and my own government is to facilitate your competitive advantages and ability to innovate,” he said

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Netanyahu’s schedule in Mumbai

In the first visit by an Israeli Prime Minister to the financial capital of India, Netanyahu will lay a wreath at the memorial for the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks.

Netanyahu will then proceed to the nearby Nariman House, where he will meet 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg. Moshe’s father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed at the Nariman House during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Netanyahu will later meet around 25 to 30 members of the Jewish community at the Taj hotel.

Netanyahu will cap his hectic schedule by attending the ‘Shalom Bollywood’ event, in which he will invite leading actors, directors, and producers in the Indian cinema industry to come to Israel to shoot movies and collaborate with the Israeli film and television industry.

Netanyahu will leave for Israel in the early hours of Friday.

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Muslim organisations protest against Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Mumbai

On Wednesday, Muslim organisations held protests in the city against the Israeli prime minister’s visit, reported  The Indian Express . “Several Muslim children have died in Jerusalem. They (Israel) are a threat to Muslims across the world. Our protest is against India forging such ties with Israel,” Mohammed Rizvi, general secretary of the Raza Academy told The Indian Express.

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Benjamin Netanyahu meets Indian CEOs, says future belongs to those who innovate

The Israeli prime minister spoke to business leaders Ajay Piramal, Rahul Bajaj, Adi Godrej, Harsh Goenka, Anand Mahindra, Dilip Shanghvi, Ashok Hinduja, Atul Punj and Chanda Kochhar over a ‘power breakfast’ at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai

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RECAP: Fourteen-year-old Harwardhansinh Jhala finds mention in Netanyahu’s speech at iCreate event in Gujarat

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was evidently impressed by Harwardhansinh Jhala, who had developed a drone that can detect landmines. In his speech at the iCreate event in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, Netanyahu said, “(Here) 14-year-old has a drone in the sky that can identify landmine. It can solve so much suffering. Just 14-year-old.” According to  DNA , Jhala was joyous with the reference. “They met us, saw our drone and understood the technology behind it,” he told DNA. Jhala was among the 15 start-ups from Gujarat, who met both the prime ministers at the event.

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‘Modi’s bonhomie with Netanyahu is for facilitating new arms deals’: Prashant Bhushan, lawyer

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‘Mumbai is my (Moshe Holtzberg) home. I’m happy,’ Moshe tells grandfather Rabbi Holtzberg: CNN-News18

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RECAP: Benjamin Netanyahu sounded the 2019 bugle for Modi at Raisina Dialogue 2018

The third edition of the Raisina Dialogue kicked off on Tuesday with a triple-whammy featuring Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj. The theme of this year’s iteration is “Managing Disruptive Transitions: Ideas, Institutions and Idioms” and it began on something of a disruptive note.

Netanyahu noted that he was ‘astounded to know’ that Modi had brought India’s Ease of Doing Business ranking up 42 places in the past three years. He added, “If you want to have economic power, you must reduce and simplify taxes”. There’s a pretty thin veil covering that acknowledgment of the Modi government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout.

It would be naïve to imagine Netanyahu isn’t aware that India’s Lok Sabha elections are due in 2019. Taking to a platform such as this — crafted ostensibly to facilitate discussion about issues that affect the world — and sounding a ringing endorsement of the host country’s prime minister a year ahead of general elections could be construed as somewhat disruptive. Perhaps that was his brief: To disrupt.

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RECAP: Netanyahu describes Mahatma Gandhi as ‘one of humanity’s great prophets’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday described Mahatma Gandhi as one of the great prophets of humanity.

Netanyahu arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday morning and held a grand roadshow along with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi before visiting the Sabarmati Ashram, the abode of Mahatma Gandhi for a long time.

In a four-line message jointly signed by Netanyahu and his wife Sara in the visitor’s log book at the ashram, the Israeli dignitaries said their “visit was inspiring”. “An inspiring visit to the hearth of one of humanity’s great prophets of inspiration- Mahatma Gandhi-,” Netanyahu wrote in the book.

Namaste Shalom magazine to be launched during Benjamin Netanyahu’s Mumbai visit

The Jewish community will mark Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Mumbai visit with the launch of Namaste Shalom, a regular monthly magazine on bilateral relations between the two friendly nations.

The magazine would be launched at the Magen David Synagogue at Byculla in south Mumbai on Thursday, Ralphy Jhirad, the editorial board member of the magazine, told PTI.

Jhirad, who is also the president and managing trustee of Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Centre, said the magazine’s editorial advisory board includes MPs Poonam Mahajan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli ambassador to India Daniel Carmon have welcomed the magazine and sent congratulatory messages, he said.

Cooperation in the field of innovation is major cross cutting upgraded addition to growing partnership: Israel’s ambassador to India, Daniel Carmon 

‘Look forward to collaborate with Israel over agriculture’: Devendra Fadnavis

RECAP: Visuals of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Gujarat

Amitabh Bachchan, other actors to meet the Netanyahus

The much-anticipated event is expected to attract a galaxy of leading actors, directors and producers including Amitabh Bachchan who will interact with the Netanyahu couple and later join a gala dinner in a south Mumbai five-star hotel.

An invitation to Bollywood by Israeli Ambassador in India Daniel Carmon says that Israel honours Bollywood’s starring role in contemporary Indian culture and offers Bollywood many opportunities with its rich history, culture, diversity and breathtaking landscape.

At Thursday’s event, the visiting prime minister will take the opportunity to showcase Israel as a shooting hotspot for Bollywood, which is constantly on the prowl globally for exotic foreign locales for what is the world’s largest film industry.

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Israel-India guided missile deal back on track, says Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during a tour of India he had been informed by the Indian government that it had decided to put a major anti-tank missile deal back on track.

There was no immediate comment from Indian authorities. 

Earlier in January, Israel’s state-owned defence contractor Rafael said India’s Ministry of Defence had cancelled the deal worth about $500 million to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles.

“Following talks I have held with my friend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government has informed us that it is putting the Spike deal back on track. This is very important and there will be many more deals,” Netanyahu said in a brief video statement during his five-day visit to India.

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WATCH: Devendra Fadnavis welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu at Mumbai airport

‘Pakistan should rethink its police of creating terrorists’: Moshe’s grandfather Rabbi Holtzberg

Moshe’s grandfather Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, who lost his son Gavriel in the 26/11 terror attacks, said on Wednesday that Pakistan should rethink on its policy of creating terrorists. He said spreading love and compassion is the “only victory” in the world.

In an exclusive interview to PTI, Holtzberg said: “Pakistan must know best what the people are facing. The sorrows of father, brother, wife and children.”

Holtzberg and his orphaned grandson ’little’ Moshe are on a visit to Mumbai nine years after the deadly attacks by 10 Pakistani terrorists on Chabad House, or Nariman House.

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RECAP: In Gujarat, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will help India achieve its vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured his home state Gujarat with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, as he sought to further develop India-Israel relations in fields of innovation and agriculture.

“Innovation has played a major role in bringing India and Israel closer, and sentiments of mutual development is crucial for a better future of both countries,” Modi said at iCreate centre in Ahmedabad. He further added that water conservation, agriculture production, storage facilities, food processing, less-water farming in deserts and cyber security were among the issues where India could partner with Israel.

“We’re here to make your lives better and I thank you for this warm friendship…We want to help India help itself because India has vision. It understands that knowledge is the future. This is the policy of Narendra Modi and this is my policy,” Netanyahu said as he addressed the gathering.

Netanyahu to meet members of Jewish community in Mumbai

Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to also meet around 30 members of the Jewish community at the Taj Hotel.

There are about 5,000 members of the Jewish community living in India, but most of them call Mumbai their home. The city had a sizable Jewish population, but around 33,000 Jews migrated when Israel was created.

Mumbai has three distinct Jewish communities — Bene Israel Jews, Baghdadi Jews and the Malabar Jews. For them, the visit by the Israeli prime minister is about reconnecting with old friends and strengthening old bonds.

RECAP: Benjamin Netanyahu seen off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad

Benjamin Netanyahu to meet 26/11 Mumbai attacks survivor Moshe Holtzberg

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be visiting to the nearby Nariman House, where he will meet 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg.

Moshe’s father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed at the Nariman House during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Jewish couple ran a cultural and outreach centre for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at the Nariman House in south Mumbai’s Colaba area.

Moshe arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday, returning to the place where he was orphaned nine years ago.

Visuals of Netanyahu arriving in Mumbai on Wednesday

Netanyahu to visit Nariman House, attend Shalom Bollywood event

Netanyahu to have ‘power breakfast’ with business leaders at Taj Mahal Hotel

Benjamin Netanyahu will have a ‘power breakfast’ with select business personalities, including Anand Mahindra, Ajay Piramal, Adi Godrej, and Chanda Kochhar.

He will later address the India-Israel Business Summit at the iconic Taj Hotel in South Mumbai. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will also attend the summit, sources in Mumbai told PTI.

Benjamin Netanyahu in Mumbai today

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have a packed schedule during the Mumbai leg of his visit on Thursday, when he will have breakfast with business leaders, pay tributes to Mumbai terror attack victims and attend a ‘Shalom Bollywood’ event among other engagements.

Netanyahu landed at the airport in Mumbai on Wednesday night for the Mumbai leg of his six-day India visit, a senior official told PTI.

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Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu leave for Mumbai from Ahmedabad

Visuals from Modi and Netanyahu’s chopper ride to Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi shares pictures from visit to Centre for Excellence of Vegetables

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have wrapped up their Gujarat visit. The duo are scheduled to reach Mumbai by Wednesday evening.

Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi’s visit to Center of Excellence for Vegetables

Narendra Modi praises Israel’s work in agriculture

Narendra Modi says Centre working to double farmer income by 2022

“We are working towards doubling farmer incomes by 2022. For this, optimum utilisation of land resources, ensuring minimum wastage and understanding the needs of the market assume importance,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Centre of Excellence for Vegetables.

Modi thanks Netanyahu for interacting with Vadrad farmers

Netanyahu talks on ‘Mashav’

Mashav is Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Netanyahu hails Narendra Modi’s vision for India

“We’re here to make your lives better and I thank you for this warm friendship…We want to help India help itself. Because India has vision. It understand that knowledge is the future. This is the policy of Narendra Modi and this is my policy,” Netanyahu said at Vadrad.

Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu ‘digitally’ inaugurate Center of Excellence for Post Harvest Management of Date Palm

Visuals from Center of Excellence for Vegetables

Watch: Netanyahu, Modi arrive at Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad

Netanyahu thanks Indians who welcomed him in Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi says India-Israel friendship scaling ’like a kite soaring high’

Benjamin Netanyahu gifts GAL-mobile to people of Suigam in border area of Banaskantha

Watch: Narendra Modi dedicates iCreate Center to India

Benjamin Netanyahu, Narendra Modi at iCreate Centre

Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to iCreate Center

Modi praises Israeli technology

Speaking at iCreate Center in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “Israeli technology and creativity reaches the whole world. The people of Israel have proven to the whole world that the size of the country and the resolve of the countrymen, is what takes a country forward. Innovation plays a major role in bringing Indian and Israeli people closer.”

Modi seeks new innovations on sanitation

“Today, it is necessary to innovate to get rid of the problems faced by our young country. How to improve the quality of life of an ordinary person at minimal expense, innovate for it. Today a huge campaign of Clean India is going on in the country. Can we do new innovations on sanitation? Waste to wealth, there are immense possibilities of innovation in this one topic,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Visuals from felicitation ceremony of India-Israel Innovation Challenge 2017

Narendra Modi explains reason behind iCreate’s name

“You have seen in iCreate, the letter ‘i’ is lower case. There is a reason for that. Creativity is halted when ‘i’ is big,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Ahmedabad.

Narendra Modi speaks of a innovation-friendly India

Narendra Modi invokes Albert Einstein

“Never stop dreaming and never let the dreams die. It is good for children to have high curiosity quotient. Our youth has energy and enthusiasm, all that they want is a little bit of encouragement, network and institutional support,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, quoting Albert Einstein.

Narendra Modi tells why iCreate Centre was launched in Ahmedabad

Modi speaks on India-Israel relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says: “When I went to Israel in 2017, I made up my mind that this foundation should have more strong relations with Israel. Since then, I was waiting for my friend Benjamin Netanyahu to come to India.

Narendra Modi is right about technology: Benjamin Netanyahu

At iCreate Center in Ahmedabad, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right. Technology is central to development, because all of us rise and fall together. Half a year ago, Israel-India developed an innovation bridge to help solve pressing global problems. Over 600 companies applied. Several dozen were chosen. I have a simple message. i want young Indians to know Israel wants to form partnerships with you. We’re your partners. I want Israelis to come to India. Bachelors with a backpack but with a laptop. That’s why I have come here.”

Netanyahu praises Modi at entrepreneurship summit in Ahmedabad

Benjamin Netanyahu’s note in visitor’s book at Sabarmati Ashram

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Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at iCreate centre

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Here’s what Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu wrote in the Sabarmati Ashram’s visitor’s book:

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Watch: Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram

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Watch: Modi, Netanyahu get rousing reception at Sabarmati Ashram

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Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi

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Visuals of Modi and Netanyahu at Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram

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Watch: Netanyahu and his wife Sara weave khadi at Sabarmati Ashram

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Narendra Modi, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Sabarmati Ashram

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Cavalcade arrives at Sabarmati Ashram

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No open vehicles present in roadshow due to security concerns

The roadshow from the airport to Sabarmati does not have any open vehicles due to security concerns, according to CNN-News18.

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Visuals from the roadshow

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Watch live from Ahmedabad: Modi and Netanyahu’s roadshow in Ahmedabad

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Jewish community in Gujarat comes out to greet Netanyahu

There are 140 Jews in Gujarat, News18 reports. The community had extended an invite to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit their synagogue but since that could not be factored in, they are at the roadshow to greet him.

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Show of bonhomie in Gujarat

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Netanyahu and wife Sara received by Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad

Benjamin Netanyahu with his wife arrive in Ahmedabad where they were received by Modi. 

Modi and Netanyahu will inaugurate the iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad. They will visit a Startup Exhibition and interact with innovators and Startup CEOs. The two prime ministers will dedicate a mobile water desalination van to Suigam Taluka, of Banaskantha district, through a video link. Both leaders will also address the gathering.

Netanyahu and Modi will also visit the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad in Sabarkantha district. They will be briefed on work plan of the Centre. They will inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for Date Palms at Kukama, Kutch District, through a video link. The two PMs will also interact with farmers.

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Modi arrives in Ahmedabad

Modi, Netanyahu to inaugurate iCreate Centre at Deo Dholera 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu in Gujarat.

Both the leaders will inaugurate iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad. They’ll also dedicate a mobile water desalination van to Suigam Taluka, of Banaskantha district via video link, ANI reports. 

Preparations underway for inauguration of icreate center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad

Modi explains how economic cooperation between India and Israel helps 

Modi, Netanyahu to arrive at Ahmedabad airport at 10.30 am

Modi, Netanyahu expected to arrive at Ahmedabad airport around 10:30 am where they will be received by the top ministers of the Vijay Rupani government.

Israeli snipers, Chetak commandoes to guard Modi, Netanyahu

According to reports, security along the 14-km stretch where the two prime ministers will hold their roadshow is quite heavy. 12 teams of Chetak commandoes, Israeli snipers,  Quick Response Teams, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad and the Gujarat Police.

Roadshow to begin from Sabarmati Ashram

Gujarat is set to roll out the red carpet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in Ahmedabad on Wednesday along with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The two leaders will hold a roadshow, which will begin from the city airport and end at the Sabarmati Ashram, a journey of eight kilometres.

Updates for 17 January, 2018 begins

We believe in India as you believe in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu to PM Modi

Our way of life challenged by radical Islam: Benjamin Netanyahu

Inaugural ceremony of the Raisina Dialogue concludes

Sushma Swaraj starts off vote of thanks like a roast of sorts: One pot shot at herself (height) and one at Modi (sitting in the audience)

Starting the vote of thanks on a lighter note, Swaraj said that the organisers have had problems in the past in adjusting the microphone’s height whenever she take over from another speaker. “But this year the organisers seems to have been prepared,” she said. 

She also commented on the fact that it was a rare occasion that the Israeli PM was addressing from the podium while Modi was sitting in the audience. 

Sushma Swaraj delivers vote of thanks on Netanyahu’s speech

“Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu’s visit to India underlines the celebration of 25 years of diplomatic relations between India and Israel. His brief yet, truly inspiring inaugural address makes for a rare opportunity: with Prime Minister Netanyahu addressing from the podium and Prime Minister sitting in the audience.

Netanyahu lauds “simpler tax structures”

The Israeli prime minister apparently praised the tax reforms introduced by the Narendra Modi government, without really mentioning the Goods and Services Tax. 

“I was astounded to know that PM Modi has moved India in the scale of ease of doing business 42 places in three years. If you want to be an economic power, you must reduce and simplify taxes,” he said.

Cut bureaucracy for greater economic ties: Benjamin Netanyahu

“If you want to be an economic power, you must reduce and simplify taxes and must cut bureaucracy. The main job of both India and Israel is to cut this bureaucracy so the firms can go on with their business of doing business,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu doesn’t mince words, getting straight to his very realist view of the world: “Strength. Power”

While acknowledging the long-standing friendship between India and Israel, Netanyahu in his inaugural address, says that defence power is very important to reinstate one’s existence. “The weak don’t survive, the strong survive, you make alliances with the strong, you are able to maintain peace by being strong. So, therefore the first requirement from our the time of our first PM was to achieve minimal strength required to assure existence,” Netanyahu said.

Benjamin Netanyahu delivers inaugural address at Raisina Dialogue

PM Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu reach at venue

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his wife Sara Netanyahu reached at Taj Palace, where the conference co-hosted by the Ministry of External affairs is being held. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj are also present.

Raisina Dialogue 2018 begins

The conference has started and the guests were informed about the plan for the evening. Meanwhile, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his Israei counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu are running slightly behind the schedule. The two prime ministers are expected to arrive shortly. 

Conference to begin shortly

Nearly all the dignitaries are now seated in the main hall, and the conference will begin shortly. Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place as VVIP figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend the event.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, PM Modi will attend Raisina dialogue

Dignitaries start entering the main hall for Raisina Dialogue after intense security checks

Netanyahu scheduled to speak at Raisina Dialogue 

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the Raisina Dialogue scheduled to start at 6.30 pm today. The agenda of the conference will be “Managing Disruptive Transitions Ideas, Institutions, and Idioms. 

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— Raisina Dialogue (@raisinadialogue) January 16, 2018

Agra turns into fortress: CRPF personnel, Rapid Action Force and police teams deployed for Netanyahu’s visit

Agra turned into a fortress in view of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the city. 

Heavy security arrangements have been put in place with over 1,500 security personnel guarding the 5 kilometre stretch that Israeli Netanyahu will be travelling on, during his visit to the Taj Mahal. CRPF personnel, Rapid Action Force and police teams have been deployed to take care of the security arrangements for the high-profile delegation of 130 members.

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Timeline of how the diplomatic relations between India and Israel have progressed over the years

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Netanyahu arrived in India on Sunday

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RECAP: I arrived in India with the biggest delegation of business leaders that has ever joined an Israeli PM on an official visit

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Timeline of how the diplomatic relations between India and Israel have progressed over the years

Image courtesy: Network18 Creatives

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Timeline of India’s relations with Israel: Brothers in Arms

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Lunch with Adityanath after trip to Taj Mahal

Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu are scheduled to have lunch with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after touring the Taj Mahal for a couple of hours.

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Taj been shut for public since 11 am 

The Netanyahus have entered the Taj Mahal complex riding battery-operated golf carts.

The Taj complex has been shut for all other visitors since 11am. Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara are being accompanied by the Israeli delegation and security personnel. They are expected to tour the monument for a couple of hours as the couple has the entire monument to themselves, News18 reported.

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Netanyahu wil tour the Taj for a few hours before being hosted by Adityanath for lunch

Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara have now reached Agra.

They will first be taken to the Oberoi Amarvilas and then the Taj Mahal through the eastern gates in golf carts. After touring the Taj for a couple of hours they will return to the hotel, where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will host them for lunch at the hotel.

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Netanyahu at Taj

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached Taj Mahal along with his wife and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

Use of big data to enhance agriculture on cards: Foreign Secretary

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that discussions were held on improving agriculture in India, using technological breakthroughs achieved by Israel.

India signed nine MoUs with Israel: Here’s the complete list

  1. MoU on Cyber Security Cooperation between India and Israel
  2. MoU between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Energy on Cooperation inOil and Gas Sector
  3. Protocol between India and Israel on Amendments to theAir Transport Agreement
  4. Agreement on Film-co-production between India and Israel
  5. MoU between the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH and the Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Cooperation in the field of Research inHomeopathic Medicine
  6. MoU between Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology for cooperation in the field ofspace
  7. Memorandum of Intent between Invest India and Invest in Israel
  8. Letter of Intent between IOCL and Phinergy Ltd. For cooperation in the area of metal-air batteries
  9. Letter of Intent between IOCL and Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd for cooperation in the area of concentrated solar thermal technologies

India, Israel share robust trade ties: Here’s a list of goods exchanged between two nations

India, Israel to enhance agriculture, science and technology security cooperation

India and Israel have agreed to enhance cooperation in the areas of agriculture, science and technology and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

“We will strengthen the existing pillars of cooperation in areas that touch the lives of our peoples,” Modi said in a joint address to the media with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following delegation level talks here. 

“These are agriculture, science and technology and security.,” he stated. “We exchanged views on scaling up the Centers of Excellence that have been a mainstay of agricultural cooperation.” 

The Indian Prime Minister said both he and Netanyahu “have imparted our shared impatience to the implementation of our earlier decisions”. 

“The results are already visible on the ground. Our discussions today were marked by convergence to accelerate our engagement and to scale up our partnership.”

In defence, Modi said he has invited Israeli companies to take advantage of the liberalised FDI regime to make more in India with domestic companies.

India and Israel ink nine pacts, including for cooperation in cyber security, oil and gas sector

Indian and Israeli firms come together for Co-creation Summit

Benjamin Netanyahu ‘happy to be in Bollywood’

In his media address, Benjamin Netanyahu said: My wife and I are very happy that we are going to Bollywood. We had seen and heard so much, we wanted to see for ourselves”

Modi to visit Gujarat with Netanyahu on Wednesday

India-Israel committed to take their friendship to new heights 

India and Israel: Personal chemistry shores up strategic ties 

The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India (January 14-19) commemorates the 25th anniversary of the opening of an Indian embassy in Tel Aviv in 1992. 

 It has had a chequered past since the post-World War II birth of both countries but is poised for a pragmatic future trajectory based on shared interests.

With a population below nine million and a GDP of $350 billion, Israel is relatively small compared to the Indian behemoth with a population of 1.25 billion and a GDP of $2.5 trillion. Yet Israel occupies a very special niche in India’s security framework and has been a supplier of critical military technology. This was illustrated during the 1999 Kargil War, when precision-guided ordnance was obtained from Tel Aviv. 

That India is among the world’s largest importers of military inventory and that Israel is a major arms exporter also provides a natural complementarity to the bilateral relationship.

‘Aim to strengthen science, technology, security and agriculture’: Narendra Modi

Delighted to take Netanyahu to Gujarat: Modi

Will never give in to terror, says Netanyahu

‘India and Israel know pain of terror attacks’: Netanyahu

“India and Israel know the pain of terrorist attacks. We never give in. When you (Modi) hosted us yesterday, you lit up the house with colours of India and Israel.”

“My friend Narendra, any time you want to do a yoga class, I’ll be there,” Netanyahu concluded the press statement on that note.

‘Jews in India have never experienced anti-semitism, says Netanyahu

“We are proud of our present, resilient democracy. The diversity is source of our strength. A fine example is India with its dozens of languages. The Jews of India have never experienced anti-Semitism in India. This is a tribute to India’s tolerate nature. India is a living proof that democracy works. It is the free citizens who thrive because they are free. Our commitment to do so is reflected in the agreements we signed.

“Israel is a global force of technology. India abounds with creativity, scientific technology. We can achieve this together. We achieve more with less, more crops with less water, more revenue with less expenditure.”

‘Modi is a revolutionary leader’, says Netanyahu

“Thank you for your exceptional friendship and hospitality. I was deeply moved today at the ceremonial reception. You are revolutionary leader of India, revolutionising the India-Israel relationships. Until you visited Israel, none before you had visited our sovereign state.”

‘Proud to have you (Netanyahu) in my home state, Gujarat day after,’ says Narendra Modi

‘Discussions today were marked by convergence to accelerate our engagement and to scale up our partnership’: Modi

‘Discussions were wide-ranging’ 

“Our discussions were wide ranging and intensive, marked by a desire to do more. I have a reputation of getting impatient with getting results. If I may let out an open secret, so are you… We want to strengthen agriculture, science and technology. We exchanged views on centres of excellence. In defence, I have invited Israeli companies to make more weapons in India vis-a-vis our liberalised FDI rates. We are also committed to flow of people and ideas between our geographies. Working with Israel to bring people closer on both sides.”

Narendra Modi: ‘Friendship has linked us for centuries’

“People all over India rejoicing the harvest festivals. PM Netanyahu’s visit is a good start to the new year. I was overwhelmed by the warmth of the Israeli people laid by my friend, Bibi. I promised our people to uphold a strategic partnerships. Our friendship has linked both countries for centuries.”

Nine MoUs to be exchanged

Nine documents exchanged are: Cybersecurity cooperation, petroleum and natural gas, protocol on amendments to air transport, film co-production, research into homeopathic medicine,cooperation in field of space, cooperation in area of metal air batteries, cooperation in concentrated solar thermal technologies.

WATCH: Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu hold joint press conference

Benjamin Netanyahu has come to India with a 130-member strong delegation, largest ever to India from Israel

Prior to Netanyahu’s visit, India called off $500 million defence deal

Before Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to India, New Delhi called off a deal to buy 8,000 anti-tank guided missiles from Israel’s state-owned defence contractor Rafael, according to  NDTV .

Modi, Netanyahu hold delegation-level talks

Following press conference, Narendra Modi to host lunch for Benjamin Netanyahu

Left parties protest Netanyahu’s visit near India Gate in New Delhi

Thousands burn Netanyahu’s effigy in Kargil, can’t tolerate a ‘war-criminal like Netanyahu’

As Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, thousands of people marched in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir to protest Israeli prime minister’s visit to India. According to  Greater Kashmir , the protest was organised by Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT). The protesters raised slogans against Modi and expressed their support for the Palestinians. Speaking to protesters at Laal Chowk Kargil, Chairman Guardian Council IKMT Kargil said the land of Mahatama Gandhi can’t tolerate “war-criminal like Netanyahu”.

Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu likely to hold joint press conference around 1.30 pm

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‘Partnership made for 21st century’

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Israel’s media calls India-Israel ties an ‘open marriage’ 

Referring to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on Sunday that India-Israel relations were a “match made in heaven”, Israeli publication  Haaretz  wrote in a piece saying that for the arms trade, and public relations, it is a match made in heaven. “But as Modi won’t betray the Palestinians or renounce the Iranians, it resembles more an open marriage,” the opinion piece read.

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WATCH: Modi, Netanyahu pause for photo ops before heading into room for delegation-level talks

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Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara paying floral tributes at Rajghat earlier on Monday

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Seven MoUs to be inked 

Memorandums of Understanding(s) related to terror, oil, cybersecurity, agriculture etc. will be signed on Monday between India and Israel.

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Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar reach Hyderabad House for delegation-level talks

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Visuals of Modi, Netanyahu at Hyderabad House

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Narendra Modi meets Benjamin Netanyahu at Hyderabad House

The two leaders will have a one-to-one meeting for a little over hald an hour. They are expected to deliver the joint press address at around 1.30 pm.

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Here to develop relations in economics, trade, security and agriculture: Netanyahu

“We are here in India on a historic visit. It is important for the state of Israel that one of the major powers (India) wants to develop close relations in many areas — economics, trade, security and agriculture,” Benjamin Netanyahu told Sushma Swaraj on Monday.

Read full story here

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Benjamin Netanyahu inspects the guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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More visuals from the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Tourism minister KJ Alphons welcomes Netanyahu, says hugely ‘cherish India-Israel ties’

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WATCH: Benjamin Netanyahu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Benjamin Netanyahu calls Mahatma Gandhi ‘one of world’s greatest spiritual leaders’

In a note in the visitor’s book at Raj Ghat, Netanyahu wrote: “Such grandeur and simplicity in honor of modern India’s founding fathers, one of the world’s greatest spiritual leaders.” He signed it off as: “In deepest friendship and respect”. 

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Images from ceremonial reception for Benjamin Netanyahu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife sign the visitor’s book at Raj Ghat

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Reasons for India’s change in attitude towards Israel: From Israeli media’s point of view

According to an editorial in  Jerusalem Post , India change in its behaviour towards Israel is due to Jerusalem’s standing in the West Asia. As per the article, Indian leaders were previosuly wary of publicly supporting Israel out of fear of hurting Muslim sentiments in India. It also says that this changed when the Palestinian ambassador recently hugged LeT chief and 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan. “New Delhi has also realized that its efforts for decades to curry favor with Arab states by taking anti-Israel positions in UN votes have not paid off. […] There was nothing new about this behavior on the part of the Palestinians and Arabs. Despite India’s willingness to support Arab-backed votes in the UN on a variety of issues, Arab and Muslim states are reluctant to reciprocate,” the editorial read.

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Netanyahu to meet Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House at noon

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Visuals of Netanyahu paying tribute at Raj Ghat

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Benjamin Netanyahu reaches Raj Ghat

The Israeli prime minister pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi along with his wife Sara. He laid a wreath at the memorial.

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