Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr S Samuel C Rajiv’s article on India-Israel relations, titled, ‘India blots out Israeli Issues‘ was published in AsiaTimes Online on March 18, 2013.
India and Israel established formal diplomatic ties in January 1992. In the more than two decades since, the relationship has seen enormous growth. Broadly, these have encompassed three pegs – defense, trade and people-to-people contacts. Despite opposition from some quarters, the positive growth in the trajectory of the relationship has not suffered. This is both due to India’s foreign policy “balance” as well as Israel’s active public diplomacy and outreach activities.