Similarities Bring India and Israel Closer

(Hindustan Times-India) Jeffrey Colman - Faced with similar threats from Islamic radicals and weapons of mass destruction, burgeoning economic, political, and military ties between Israel and India are proving beneficial for both nations. Both countries see themselves as isolated democracies threatened by dangerous, well-armed neighbors that train, finance, and encourage terrorist infiltrators. Both countries view their burgeoning bilateral relationship as a strategic imperative. At a time when Israel's economy has been devastated by more than two years of Palestinian violence, trade with India has reached $1 billion per year.


2003-03-07 00:00:00

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