Modi also de-hyphenated the Israeli and Palestine by hosting the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Delhi and later visiting Israel thereafter. Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has returned the Modi visit in under 7 months. The Israeli media has speculated that his India visit was amuch-needed respite from mounting political trouble back home. PM Modi and PM Netanyahu have the added advantage of having developed the personal chemistry to take bilateral ties forward. He talked of an “India-Israel Alliance” which does not exist in India’s diplomatic vocabulary.

Source: Economic Times January 27, 2018 02:37 UTC