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INTERNATIONAL | India-Israel Relations

From Strategy to Innovation

Expanding India-Israel Relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel marked a significant milestone in
India’s foreign policy. This visit made clear that India, through its independent
and balanced diplomacy, is committed to strengthening global partnerships while
prioritising national interests. Cooperation in areas such as defence, agriculture, water
management, innovation, and technology gained new momentum, and India-Israel
relations entered a new era of strategic partnership...

hile the Indian government formally
recognised Israel in 1950, their ties date
Wback more than two thousand years. India
is mentioned as ‘Hodu’ in the Book of Esther, and India’s security interests are directly
the Talmud also records trade with India in ancient linked to peace and stability in West
times. Now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Asia. Therefore, we have supported
taken India-Israel relations to new heights over the dialogue and a peaceful resolution
past decade. Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Israel – from the very beginning. This is
in 2006 as Chief Minister of Gujarat, in 2017 for the
first time after becoming Prime Minister, and now the call of the Global South and of
again on February 25 and 26, 2026 – have elevated humanity as a whole
relations between the two countries to new heights.
Nine years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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