Photo: PIBNew Delhi: The quest for modernity is challenged by terrorism which can cause widespread damage in the international system, upsetting the established order, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, advocating a closer alliance among democracies of the world to meet this challenge. Netanyahu is only the second Israeli prime minister to visit India—the first such visit took place in 2003 when Ariel Sharon came to New Delhi at the invitation of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. But keeping up with the latest in defence technology costs money and this can only be sustained by economic power, Netanyahu said. Shoring up economic power would mean investing in education and allowing creativity to flourish in an environment that is free of restrictions, he said. On Thursday, the Israeli prime minister travels to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, where he will meet business leaders as well as representatives from the Hindi film industry.

Source: Mint January 16, 2018 15:51 UTC