Describing India as a "gigantic power", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel is "tightening alliances" with its allies, as he mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jerusalem next week. Next week, the Prime Minister of India will visit the country – a gigantic power," Netanyahu said. On Sunday, Netanyahu broke the news of Modi's visit while addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations. "Tremendous alliance between Israel and India, and we are going to discuss all sorts of cooperation. This would be Modi's second visit to Israel, the first being in July 2017, which was also the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish state.

Source: The Telegraph February 20, 2026 11:13 UTC