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Members of the Indian community in Israel celebrate during an event celebrating 25 years of relations between Israel and India, during an official visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tel Aviv, July 5, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

The violent phobias that bind Hindutva and Zionism

Journalist Azad Essa speaks to +972 about the authoritarian ties between India and Israel, and the myths that underlie their expansionist ideologies.

By Em Hilton November 9, 2022

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and former mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav pose with Indian soldiers during a ceremony for Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War, at the British cemetery in Haifa, July 6, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/GPO)

Israeli weapons are heading for the East — with no concern for human rights

We don't know all the countries Israel's secretive arms industry is targeting for future sales. What we do know is that the people of Myanmar, Kashmir, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Palestine, and others will pay the price.

By Sahar Vardi December 16, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a Rubik's Cube at the Hungary-Israel Business Forum in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

The rise of the global far-right could energize the anti-occupation movement

The warm relations between Israel and a new crop of anti-democratic leaders are tragic, but they also expose the true nature of Israel’s relationship to the Palestinians. By Eli Bitan Only hours after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil last Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to phone the extreme-right candidate. Netanyahu accepted Bolsonaro’s invitation to…

By +972 Magazine November 4, 2018

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Israeli soldiers belonging to the IDF's Sky Rider unit seen during a training drill at the Tze'elim army base, August 5, 2013. The Sky Rider Unit operates unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by Elbit Systems. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel’s arms exports: A decade of war and new markets

As Europe stops relying on Israel for arms exports, the Jewish state is looking for new markets, forging alliances with right-wing authoritarians who will likely use those weapons against their own citizens. By Ryan Wentz and Sahar Vardi Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was supposed to light a torch during Israel’s 70th Independence Day ceremony next week.…

By +972 Magazine April 12, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi get their feet wet at Olga Beach, just 60 miles north of the Gaza Strip. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

When Gaza has no power, we all swim in sewage

As Netanyahu drinks water from a new Israeli mobile desalination technology with the visiting Indian prime minister, Israel’s actual desalination plant, planted firmly next to Gaza, stares down the consequences of Israel’s disastrous policies: raw sewage flowing its way. By Hagai El-Ad Last week, the prime ministers of Israel and India posed for a relaxed…

By +972 Magazine July 12, 2017

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, November 30, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Hyper-nationalism and arms deals: A new chapter in Israel-India ties

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first official visit to Israel comes at a time of both rising economic cooperation growing nationalism in both countries. By Inbal Ben Yehuda Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived for a three-day visit in Israel on Tuesday. Alongside meetings with government officials, Modi will travel across the country and will…

By +972 Magazine July 4, 2017