Modi Netanyahu Hug

Can Israel be de-hyphenated from Palestine any more than Modi 2002 can be de-hyphenated from Modi 2017? The question is germane because even as Modi and his apologists try to distance Modi in domestic policy from the pogrom over which he loomed in Gujarat, so do Modi and his cohort try in foreign policy to project an Israel that is unrelated to the...

There were more bear hugs on Wednesday and a working lunch for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu - but the focus was on getting business done.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived to a red carpet welcome in Tel Aviv, with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport to receive him in a grand ceremonial welcome reserved for US Presidents or the Pope. The leaders greeted each other with a hug and called each other "my friend," in opening remarks. This is the first visit to Isra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday evening by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in a welcome at par with that given to US Presidents. The two leaders shook hands and hugged warmly. This is the first-ever visit to Israel by an Indian Prime Minister and Mr Netanyahu has announced that he wil...

Can Israel be de-hyphenated from Palestine any more than Modi 2002 can be de-hyphenated from Modi 2017? The question is germane because even as Modi and his apologists try to distance Modi in domestic policy from the pogrom over which he loomed in Gujarat, so do Modi and his cohort try in foreign policy to project an Israel that is unrelated to the...

There were more bear hugs on Wednesday and a working lunch for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu - but the focus was on getting business done.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived to a red carpet welcome in Tel Aviv, with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport to receive him in a grand ceremonial welcome reserved for US Presidents or the Pope. The leaders greeted each other with a hug and called each other "my friend," in opening remarks. This is the first visit to Isra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday evening by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in a welcome at par with that given to US Presidents. The two leaders shook hands and hugged warmly. This is the first-ever visit to Israel by an Indian Prime Minister and Mr Netanyahu has announced that he wil...