Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Mumbai from Ahmedabad on Wednesday on a two-day visit
Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet Bollywood celebrity Amitabh Bachchan, reports India Today
Benjamin Netanyahu says intelligence sharing key to deal with terrorism
In order to deal with terrorism, the first requirement is intelligence. We share intelligence with India & many countries & we prevented dozens & dozens of major terror strikes which could have disrupted the whole international system, says Israel PM @netanyahu #NetanyahuUpfront
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) January 18, 2018
Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu’s meet with Jewish community leaders in India
Very warm meeting between @IsraeliPM @netanyahu and representatives of the #JewishCommunities of #India.Highlighting the Historic bond between us,the fact that Jews were always welcome in #India &never persecuted,some ideas were offered to strengthen ties,especially with youth pic.twitter.com/Iza0z3H3zt
— 🎗️🇮🇱Daniel Carmon🇮🇱🎗️ (@danielocarmon) January 18, 2018
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
PM Modi is a great patriot of India, he does what is good for India: B Netanyahu, Israel PM EXCLUSIVELY in conversation with @RShivshankar #NetanyahuUpfront pic.twitter.com/ob5dhB5ZAd
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) January 18, 2018
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.
This is a partnership of civilizations, a partnership of two democracies: B Netanyahu, Israel PM #NetanyahuUpfront pic.twitter.com/iNpmvJH7Ft
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) January 18, 2018
India has right to defend soil, Benjamin Netanyahu tells Times Now
Israel’s ambassador to India thanks Devendra Fadnavis for hosting Benjamin Netanyahu
Thank you Honorable #CM for hosting our #PM and for participating in the #BusinessSummit today with your vision on cooperation between #Maharashtra and #Israel @israelinMumbai @ykv_finkelstein @MASHAVisrael @InnovationAut @CMOMaharashtra @poonam_mahajan https://t.co/hE650B7x1V
— 🎗️🇮🇱Daniel Carmon🇮🇱🎗️ (@danielocarmon) January 18, 2018
Visuals from Netanyahu’s interaction with Jewish community in India
PM Benjamin Netanyahu interacted with the leaders of Jewish community in India. Praised their contribution in preserving Jewish values & culture and for cementing India-Israel relations. pic.twitter.com/urWfGifKG0
— 🇮🇱 Israel in Mumbai (@israelinMumbai) January 18, 2018
Visuals from Devendra Fadnavis and Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to 26/11 memorial at Taj Hotel
Paid humble tributes to 26/11 terrorist attack victims in Mumbai with Hon PM @netanyahu at a memorial in Hotel Taj.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 18, 2018
26/11च्या मुंबईतील भीषण दहशतवादी हल्ल्यातील मृतांना आज इस्त्रायलचे पंतप्रधान मा.बेंजामिन नेतन्याहू यांच्यासमवेत हॉटेल ताज येथे भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली अर्पण केली. pic.twitter.com/AeNf8yGkRQ
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.
חזרתי היום עם הילד מוישי אל בית ילדותו, אל המקום בו התרחש הפיגוע הנורא בו נרצחו הוריו. אל הקיר בו אמו סימנה את גובהו, הוספתי היום סימון של גובהו העדכני. מוישי, הוריך עטפו ישראלים רבים באהבת ישראל. עם ישראל אוהב אותך ומלווה אותך לאורך כל הדרך. עם ישראל חי! pic.twitter.com/ZWTYimZfsl
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 18, 2018
‘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
One of the major engines of growth for Israel & #India's partnership is #tech & entrepreneurship. Here are some of the newest collaborations, benefiting the people 🇮🇱🇮🇳and the world as a whole: pic.twitter.com/eU5UOSr3do
— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) January 18, 2018
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.
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Watch: Moshe Holtzberg’s grandparents say Mumbai visit an ’emotional return’ for him
#EXCLUSIVE -- Moshe said my home is here. It was an emotional return for him: Moshe's grandfather to CNN-News18 pic.twitter.com/aMKpvpFEJz
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 18, 2018
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.
#Mumbai: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets 26/11 survivor Moshe Holtzberg at Nariman House. pic.twitter.com/PRjj2NZZlF
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
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.
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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.
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(Image courtesy: Twitter/Froim)
Meanwhile, Congress cries foul over ‘illegal hoardings’ of Netanyahu and Modi across Mumbai
With due respect to visiting #Israeli PM #Netanyahu,would remind CM @Dev_Fadnavis Who has put these illegal hoardings of both PMs all over Mumbai that High Court has banned this long ago.Does he has any moral right to stop any one in future from violating court order henceforth? pic.twitter.com/FWAS325cYW
— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) January 18, 2018
Secret behind Israel’s cyber power is being 2nd largest spender on security and IT after US: Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group
In an interaction this morning Israeli PM Netanyahu articulated the secret behind Israel’s cyber power.Israel is the 2nd largest spender on Security IT after the U.S. He viewed that as a ‘sunk cost’ & returns come from spreading that tech competence to the pvt sector. Brilliant!
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 18, 2018
Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises, met Benjamin Netanyahu during the ‘power breakfast’ in Mumbai
Was a privilege to be invited today for breakfast by Israel PM , Netanyahu. A very dynamic and forward looking leader who is taking Indo- Israel relations to a different level. pic.twitter.com/B6VO3eDdld
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) January 18, 2018
Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Indian CEOs in Mumbai
PM @netanyahu @IsraeliPM interacting with leaders of the #Indian business and industries communities,briefing them and suggesting they contemplate setting up #R&D centers in #Israel as so many international players have already done #WelcomeNetanyahu #ShalomNamaste pic.twitter.com/HWxUp5VegS
— 🎗️🇮🇱Daniel Carmon🇮🇱🎗️ (@danielocarmon) January 18, 2018
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.
Read full article here‘Want to collaborate more with Israel for farmers’ benefit’
We are also signing MoU for a huge water grid in Marathwada.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 18, 2018
We want to collaborate more with Israel for the welfare of our farmers: CM @Dev_Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/pKVXPRg9uX
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
We acknowledge the role of Jewish community in India’s journey of development.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 18, 2018
We are looking forward for more and more cooperation and engagement and wish to take this age old friendship to the next level: CM @Dev_Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/4hKStoy5oJ
‘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
I welcome Hon PM @netanyahu on behalf of 120 million people of Maharashta !
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 18, 2018
Mumbai is not only the financial capital of India but also city of dreams: CM @Dev_Fadnavis in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/MP4EqHIAfh
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.
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‘Wish to collaborate with old friend, India’
We are trying to develop Israel with the changing times and for that we wish to collaborate with our old friend India : @IsraeliPM @netanyahu in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/eDJi7ypmJN
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 18, 2018
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.
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‘Every step of way, Netanyahu stresses on importance of innovation’: Avigail CJ Spira, Israel Embassy spokesperson
Every step of the way, @IsraeliPM #BenjaminNetanyahu stresses: the future belongs to those who innovate. #India & #Israel cooperation includes #innovation in business, agriculture and every other field of cooperation. #NetanyahuInIndia #ShalomNamaste #GrowingPartnership pic.twitter.com/oiMKWpp5lf
— Avigail C.J. Spira 🇮🇱 (@Avigailcjm) January 18, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu meets Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at India-Israel Business Summit
.@IsraeliPM Hon @netanyahu and CM @Dev_Fadnavis at the India Isreal 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 Business Summit in Mumbai. Israel Ambassador to India Mr @danielocarmon and many dignitaries present. pic.twitter.com/vARFq8dSCv
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 18, 2018
‘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 .
WATCH: Israeli foreign ministry tweets video on India-Israel friendship
#India-Israel friendship continues to grow & reach new heights. Watch the story of 26 years of🇮🇳🇮🇱diplomatic relations:#NetanyahuInIndia #ShalomNamaste #WelcomeNetanyahu pic.twitter.com/G60kmIdfmj
— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) January 18, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu mentions teenager Harwardhansinh Jhala who invented drones to detect landmines
I also visited iCreate, an impressive hub where brilliant young minds come to solve problems. I was particularly impressed with a 14-year-old boy. This was slumdog millionaire. He produces drone which goes up the sky & identifies landmines, it'll save lives: #BenjaminNetanyahu pic.twitter.com/WOEMxlGKbJ
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
India knows value and glory of competition, says Benjamin Netanyahu at India-Israel Business Summit
India also knows the value of competition and the glory of competition. How many of you know who won the 1983 World Cup? If you were not in London then you must be on streets honking when India defeated West Indies. That is competition: #BenjaminNetanyahu Israel PM in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/qyQxKECxB2
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
‘India, Israel are innovation nations, must come together to define future’: Netanyahu at business summit
Israel is an innovation nation, India is an innovation nation. The two innovation nations must come together to define the future: Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu at India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/5PDz7cfju1
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu to lay wreath at memorial for the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets Indian CEO's in Mumbai, says, future belongs to those who innovate. Our job is to encourage you to innovate. Partnership between India & Israel is doing wonders. I have a strong personal friendship with PM Modi. pic.twitter.com/85YWMpyGls
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
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.
‘Modi’s bonhomie with Netanyahu is for facilitating new arms deals’: Prashant Bhushan, lawyer
Seems Modi's bonhomie with Israel's Netanyahu is for facilitating new arms deals. Remember Modi's hug with the French PM when he signed the scandalous 58KCr Rafale deal at 1600 Cr/aircraft after scrapping the earlier deal at 700 Cr/aircraft, bringing in Anil Ambani instead of HAL pic.twitter.com/9yROpwdgYX
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 18, 2018
‘Mumbai is my (Moshe Holtzberg) home. I’m happy,’ Moshe tells grandfather Rabbi Holtzberg: CNN-News18
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.
Read full article hereRECAP: 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
Cooperation in the field of #innovation between #India and #Israel is by all means the major cross cutting upgraded addition to our #GrowingPartnership &as reflected also in the @netanyahu #NetanyahuInIndia visit #ShalomNamaste @InnovationAut https://t.co/oLdHIFw629
— 🎗️🇮🇱Daniel Carmon🇮🇱🎗️ (@danielocarmon) January 18, 2018
‘Look forward to collaborate with Israel over agriculture’: Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra looks forward to discussions and collaboration with @Israel for development in agriculture, sustainable irrigation and technologies for security ! @IsraeliPM
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 17, 2018
RECAP: Visuals of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Gujarat
Thank you to the thousands of Indians who welcomed us to Ahmedabad today with Israeli flags and tremendous support! pic.twitter.com/8PArVrpUPo
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 17, 2018
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.
–IANS
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.
–Reuters
WATCH: Devendra Fadnavis welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu at Mumbai airport
A traditional welcome to @IsraeliPM @netanyahu at Mumbai Airport.. https://t.co/NW2n4az6Bl
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 17, 2018
‘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.
–PTI
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
PM of Israel @netanyahu being seen off by PM @narendramodi on his departure from Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/m2UxGx3Rsj
— PIB India (@PIB_India) January 17, 2018
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
Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrived in Mumbai, received by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/qL0BUkTYac
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Netanyahu to visit Nariman House, attend Shalom Bollywood event
#Mumbai Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take part in Indian CEOs business seminar, lay wreath at Taj Hotel, visit Nariman House and attend Shalom Bollywood event (File Pic) pic.twitter.com/lXVLAWNFDn
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018
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.
Updates for 18 January, 2018 begin here
Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu leave for Mumbai from Ahmedabad
Gujarat: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu & his wife Sara Netanyahu depart for Mumbai from Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/oDQCsVtfLj
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Visuals from Modi and Netanyahu’s chopper ride to Ahmedabad
Earlier today, Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @netanyahu travelled together, via a chopper from Ahmedabad, to the programme marking the launch of iCreate. pic.twitter.com/nPAExo2ZAg
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 17, 2018
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.
Visited the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables with PM @netanyahu. We were briefed on the progress in India-Israel agriculture cooperation and interacted with hardworking farmers. https://t.co/ThpKWckK1y pic.twitter.com/4guRSfLyy9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 17, 2018
Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi’s visit to Center of Excellence for Vegetables
PM @narendramodi and PM @netanyahu at the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad in Gujarat. pic.twitter.com/VKIPnfoZeu
— PIB India (@PIB_India) January 17, 2018
Narendra Modi praises Israel’s work in agriculture
We are all aware of the strides Israel has made in agriculture, including when it comes to managing water resources and irrigation. Israel shows the way on how to transform a nation with the agriculture sector at the core: PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/qMxDyA1R6Z
— BJP Odisha (@BJP4Odisha) January 17, 2018
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
Our relation with Israel through Centre of Excellence has to be taken forward to bring about change. I thank PM Netanyahu for taking time for our farmers and talking to them: PM Narendra Modi in Vadrad #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/INU8GOfCt9
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Netanyahu talks on ‘Mashav’
Mashav is Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I know something about Mashav. We operate in many countries but the biggest project that Mashav has is here in India because India has a leader, has a vision: #BenjaminNetanyahu, Israel PM in Vadrad #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/7wwRxoJr0Z
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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
PM Shri @narendramodi and Israeli PM Shri @netanyahu inaugurates Centre of Excellence at Vadrad, Gujarat. LIVE at https://t.co/g3q9ljVWmT #IndiaIsraelDosti pic.twitter.com/HnwwRB0nY6
— BJP LIVE (@BJPLive) January 17, 2018
Visuals from Center of Excellence for Vegetables
#Visuals from Gujarat's Vadrad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu & his wife Sara Netanyahu at Centre of Excellence #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/Zsb0j8inHG
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Watch: Netanyahu, Modi arrive at Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad
Netanyahu thanks Indians who welcomed him in Ahmedabad
Thank you to the thousands of Indians who welcomed us to Ahmedabad today with Israeli flags and tremendous support! pic.twitter.com/8PArVrpUPo
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 17, 2018
Narendra Modi says India-Israel friendship scaling ’like a kite soaring high’
PM @netanyahu trying his hand at kite flying. Like a kite soaring high, India-Israel friendship is scaling new heights and will benefit not only our citizens but also the entire humankind. pic.twitter.com/gOLRsjMGpE
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 17, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu gifts GAL-mobile to people of Suigam in border area of Banaskantha
A special gift! A GALMOBILE vehicle (Mobile Filtration Vehicle) was gifted by @IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu to the people of Suigam in the border area of Banaskantha via video link. #ShalomNamaste pic.twitter.com/MM2VcTfYsJ
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 17, 2018
Watch: Narendra Modi dedicates iCreate Center to India
iCreate incubation centre dedicated to the nation by PM Shri @narendramodi in the presence of PM of Israel Mr. @netanyahu at Deo Dholera in Gujarat pic.twitter.com/ijdFe897ll
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) January 17, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu, Narendra Modi at iCreate Centre
PM @narendramodi & Israeli PM @netanyahu at iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village , Ahmedabad. #IndiaIsraelDosti pic.twitter.com/5Y9J53DNzU
— BJP LIVE (@BJPLive) January 17, 2018
Visuals from Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to iCreate Center
PM @narendramodi & Israeli PM @netanyahu at iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village , Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/b3G6LR0hbc
— PIB India (@PIB_India) January 17, 2018
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
PM @narendramodi and @IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu felicitated winners of India-Israel Innovation Challenge 2017 for their innovative solutions in areas of agriculture, healthcare and water. Many congratulations! #ShalomNamaste. pic.twitter.com/FV7MXwpndp
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 17, 2018
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.
iCreate ka 'i' small letter mein hai. I ko chota kyo rakha iske piche bhi ek wajah hai. Creativity ki sabse badi rukavat hoti hai 'I' ka bada hona. Creativity ke saath agar I capital hai, to uska matlab h aham aur ahankar aade aa rha h: PM Modi at iCreate Centre #Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/gnJvOrk1S2
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Narendra Modi speaks of a innovation-friendly India
We are working towards making entire system in our country innovation-friendly, so that- ideas are formed from intent, innovations are formed from ideas & New India is formed from innovations: PM Modi at iCreate Centre #Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/WnOwJXND43
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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
When I launched iCreate a few years ago, I said I want to link it with Israel. My motive was that this institution & our youth is benefited by Israel's experience & their start-up environment: PM Modi at iCreate Centre #Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/lSXZL7aieO
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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.”
Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! Jai Israel! Thank you Prime Minister Modi, thank you all!: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu concludes his address at the iCreate centre pic.twitter.com/R9fBSaOZAi
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Netanyahu praises Modi at entrepreneurship summit in Ahmedabad
PM Modi and I are both very young and both very optimistic, we are young in our thinking & optimistic about the future: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu pic.twitter.com/kfF1BG14UO
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu’s note in visitor’s book at Sabarmati Ashram
Image courtesy: News18
Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at iCreate centre
#Gujarat: PM Modi, Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at iCreate centre in Ahmedabad's Deo Dholera Village #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/BUEakLzvOD
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Here’s what Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu wrote in the Sabarmati Ashram’s visitor’s book:
#NaMosteNetanyahu -- Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu's inscription at the Sabarmati Ashram's visitor's book. pic.twitter.com/fOzRhPOkqd
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 17, 2018
Watch: Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram
#WATCH PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram. #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/sN4TJBqLYp
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Watch: Modi, Netanyahu get rousing reception at Sabarmati Ashram
#NaMosteNetanyahu -- Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu gets rousing reception on his arrival at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/oCW4qJ3Q47
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 17, 2018
Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi
Ahmedabad: PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram pic.twitter.com/NWVvBhA53h
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Visuals of Modi and Netanyahu at Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram
Ahmedabad: PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at Sabarmati Ashram #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/FxOFXL4LOK
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Watch: Netanyahu and his wife Sara weave khadi at Sabarmati Ashram
#WATCH PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at Sabarmati Ashram #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/t39PXbo6Mh
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Narendra Modi, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Sabarmati Ashram
Ahmedabad: PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at Sabarmati Ashram #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/WBfJzhQMyv
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Cavalcade arrives at Sabarmati Ashram
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.
Visuals from the roadshow
Ahmedabad: PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu on their way to Sabarmati Ashram #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/Ew09kQ6u75
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Watch live from Ahmedabad: Modi and Netanyahu’s roadshow in Ahmedabad
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.
Show of bonhomie in Gujarat
#Gujarat: Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrive in Ahmedabad, received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/IDBmvv7HRs
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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.
#Gujarat Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrive in Ahmedabad, received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/QzTwtpdqMl
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Modi arrives in Ahmedabad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, to receive Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu shortly. pic.twitter.com/MFgLmim8PI
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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.
#TopStory PM to receive Israel PM Netanyahu & his wife Sara Netanyahu in Gujarat. Both PMs to 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 pic.twitter.com/V53moTF6tn
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
Preparations underway for inauguration of icreate center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad
#Gujarat Preparations underway for inauguration of icreate center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad; PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu to attend pic.twitter.com/eZRqL71bka
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018
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
Your (PM Modi) visit to Israel broke ground, your were the first leader of India to come to Israel in 3000 years, hope it will not take long for your next visit. I want to tell you that we believe in India as you believe in Israel: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Delhi pic.twitter.com/e8aP5mu19y
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2018
Our way of life challenged by radical Islam: Benjamin Netanyahu
.@netanyahu: Our way of life is being challenged by radical Islam and extremists from a variety of sources. One of the ways to overcome such a challenge is to strengthen this relationship between two great democracies, in every area. #Raisina2018
— ORF (@orfonline) January 16, 2018
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.
#Raisina2018 is on – India’s flagship multilateral global conference | https://t.co/UomXAedajx pic.twitter.com/bhK3jLuSVm
— 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.
Timeline of how the diplomatic relations between India and Israel have progressed over the years
Netanyahu arrived in India on Sunday
With my good friend @narendramodi at the presidential palace in India pic.twitter.com/cTpsZv7uX2
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 15, 2018
RECAP: I arrived in India with the biggest delegation of business leaders that has ever joined an Israeli PM on an official visit
I arrived in India with the biggest delegation of business leaders that has ever joined an Israeli PM on an official visit. The goal: to deepen the economic ties between India and Israel. Prime Minister @narendramodi, thank you for believing in Israel just as we believe in India. pic.twitter.com/dsizuIBtFC
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) January 15, 2018
Timeline of how the diplomatic relations between India and Israel have progressed over the years
Image courtesy: Network18 Creatives
Timeline of India’s relations with Israel: Brothers in Arms
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.
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.
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.
Netanyahu at Taj
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached Taj Mahal along with his wife and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara in Agra, received by CM Yogi Adityanath. #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/fjgBHpGno4
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 16, 2018
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
- MoU on Cyber Security Cooperation between India and Israel
- MoU between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Energy on Cooperation inOil and Gas Sector
- Protocol between India and Israel on Amendments to theAir Transport Agreement
- Agreement on Film-co-production between India and Israel
- 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
- MoU between Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology for cooperation in the field ofspace
- Memorandum of Intent between Invest India and Invest in Israel
- Letter of Intent between IOCL and Phinergy Ltd. For cooperation in the area of metal-air batteries
- 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
Robust trading ties #IndiaIsraelFriendship
— Indian Diplomacy (@IndianDiplomacy) January 15, 2018
Take a look the ever-expending spectrum of merchandise between #IndiaIsrael pic.twitter.com/v3HV6kgIBG
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
Govt., Startups and corporates from India and Israel come together for Co-Creation Summit to solve problems in Digital Health, Water Tech and Agriculture. pic.twitter.com/DA2XR6zPGH
— Invest India (@investindia) January 15, 2018
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
I am delighted to have the chance to be with PM @netanyahu in my
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 15, 2018
home state, Gujarat, day after. There we will have another opportunity
to see the fulfillment of the promise, which our mutual cooperation holds in diverse areas such as agriculture, technology, and innovation: PM
India-Israel committed to take their friendship to new heights
In Prime Minister @netanyahu , I have a counter-part who is equally committed to taking the India-Israel relationship to soaring new heights: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 15, 2018
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
We will strengthen existing pillars of cooperation in areas that touch the lives of our peoples. These are agriculture, science and technology and security.We exchanged views on scaling up the Centers of Excellence that have been a main-stay of agricultural cooperation:PM Modi
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
Delighted to take Netanyahu to Gujarat: Modi
I am delighted to have the chance to be with PM @netanyahu in my
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 15, 2018
home state, Gujarat, day after. There we will have another opportunity
to see the fulfillment of the promise, which our mutual cooperation holds in diverse areas such as agriculture, technology, and innovation: PM
Will never give in to terror, says Netanyahu
We remember the horrific savagery in Mumbai(26/11 attacks), we will never give in and will fight back: Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu pic.twitter.com/gOXgS4xqqX
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
‘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
We 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: PM Modi #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/lhRBts8mta
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
‘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
#LIVE | Joint address by PM @narendramodi and Israel PM @netanyahu | #NaMosteNetanyahu https://t.co/E9LHgWRc66
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 15, 2018
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
PM #Modi and PM #Netanyahu hold delegation level talks at Hyderabad House in Delhi #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/p3ke9qSiUd
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
Following press conference, Narendra Modi to host lunch for Benjamin Netanyahu
Left parties protest Netanyahu’s visit near India Gate in New Delhi
Delhi: Left parties protest against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near India Gate #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/IbUxG9PTP1
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
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
‘Partnership made for 21st century’
A partnership made for the 21st century, between two vibrant democracies! PM @narendramodi receives @IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu at Hyderabad House ahead of talks. pic.twitter.com/SPt1Jotr0V
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 15, 2018
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.
WATCH: Modi, Netanyahu pause for photo ops before heading into room for delegation-level talks
PM @narendramodi meet Israel PM @netanyahu at Hyderabad House in New Delhi for delegation level talks. pic.twitter.com/0wPyxgCdZK
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) January 15, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara paying floral tributes at Rajghat earlier on Monday
Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. @netanyahu paying floral tributes at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat, in DelhI. pic.twitter.com/jR0JEIBt14
— Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India) January 15, 2018
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.
Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar reach Hyderabad House for delegation-level talks
Visuals of Modi, Netanyahu at Hyderabad House
Delhi: PM #Modi and PM #Netanyahu at Hyderabad House for delegation level talks #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/miV4OdHt8B
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
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.
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 hereBenjamin Netanyahu inspects the guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Visiting Israel PM @netanyahu inspects guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi. #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/C9NKWfPhdj
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) January 15, 2018
More visuals from the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan
PM @narendramodi & Israel PM @netanyahu during Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan pic.twitter.com/bYQZRJqks2
— PIB India (@PIB_India) January 15, 2018
Tourism minister KJ Alphons welcomes Netanyahu, says hugely ‘cherish India-Israel ties’
Welcome to Hon’ble Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, to India.
— Alphons KJ (@alphonstourism) January 15, 2018
We hugely cherish the relationship. Our Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji has taken it to great heights. #IsraeliPMNetanyahu
WATCH: Benjamin Netanyahu at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attended a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace @narendramodi @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/kqfEm5eEy1
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January 15, 2018
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”.
At Rajghat, #Israel's premier @netanyahu wrote in praise of Mahatma Gandhi 👇 pic.twitter.com/4uc00Wsf1Q
— DD News (@DDNewslive) January 15, 2018
Images from ceremonial reception for Benjamin Netanyahu at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Glimpses from the ceremonial welcome for PM @netanyahu at Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. pic.twitter.com/FCov1B1UDn
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 15, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife sign the visitor’s book at Raj Ghat
Delhi: Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu and wife Sara Netanyahu at Rajghat pic.twitter.com/E02bhC1OJ8
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
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.
Netanyahu to meet Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House at noon
Visuals of Netanyahu paying tribute at Raj Ghat
Delhi: Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu and wife Sara Netanyahu pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/VpXPNxp4T1
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2018
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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