Dear reader,
Welcome to “Tracking the India-Israel alliance” newsletter.
As you might know, something has gone horribly wrong in India.
Censorship of the media, differential citizenship laws, targeting of Muslims, repressing Kashmiris; the list goes on.
Over the past half decade, India, under the BJP-led government, has been on an accelerated path of Hindu nationalism and supremacy taking the country down a path of rising authoritarianism and state-violence.
And as the world attempts to grapple with this ‘new India’, there have only been a few attempts to explore the linkages between PM Modi’s India and Israel: the government from whom India has drawn much inspiration, as well as military and technical support.
Not only is India the biggest buyer of Israeli arms, but Israel has become a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy, as the Hindu nationalist government looks to replicate the “ethnic state” in the image of Israel in policy and practice.
As Israel seeks to build and maintain a Jewish homeland, the Hindu rightwing is determined to create a Hindu Rashtra, or Hindu state.
This newsletter will track this new alliance between the two countries; it will look at the military ties and the arms deals, the cultural and technological exchanges and the state of the Modi-Netanyahu bromance.
Eye Opener. The division of people on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity or religion should be shun upon and be exposed wherever it rears its ugly head throughout the world.
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