Here's another development in the Middle East and South Asia that should not be missed: the Israeli Prime Minister is currently visiting India with a huge, high-level delegation mainly to promote economic/trade cooperation between the two countries. The links between India and Israel have been slowly building for some time now, but this trip, which follows the visit by the Indian Prime Minister to Israel last year, greatly expands the relationship. For many years, India followed its Islamic neighbors and kept its distance from Israel. Now, Prime Minister Modi has decided that India will follow the behind the scenes warming of Israel's relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and other Arab countries, but that India will do so openly. There is now substantial economic and even military cooperation between the two countries.
India is about to be the world's most populous country. In just a few years, it will have the world's third largest economy. Without a doubt, having India as a friend will a great asset to Israel. Indeed, that friendship can serve as a counterweight to the hostility projected by Iran towards Israel (and every Sunni Muslim country as well). The possibilities this opens up are big enough that they could alter in a major way the strategic balance in the Middle East.
India is about to be the world's most populous country. In just a few years, it will have the world's third largest economy. Without a doubt, having India as a friend will a great asset to Israel. Indeed, that friendship can serve as a counterweight to the hostility projected by Iran towards Israel (and every Sunni Muslim country as well). The possibilities this opens up are big enough that they could alter in a major way the strategic balance in the Middle East.
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