We may hope that this heralds the beginning of a new international counter-jihad alliance, consisting of all the nations that are most threatened today by the global jihad. Fantasy-based policymaking and willfully ignorant analysis have prevented even the contemplation of such an alliance for years now, but reality cannot be avoided forever.
“Modi keen to deepen ties with Israel: Netanyahu,” PTI, May 18, 2014:
Jerusalem, May 18: India’s Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi has expressed his desire to “deepen and develop” ties with Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
“On Friday, I spoke with the Prime Minister-elect of India. There too there is a clear expression of the desire to deepen and develop economic ties with the State of Israel,” Netanyahu told his cabinet at its weekly meeting.
Netanyahu, who is looking to strengthen economic ties with Asia which is likely to overtake the Jewish state’s close ally United States as the largest export destination, has recently put a lot of emphasis on promoting bilateral trade with India, China, Japan and other Asian countries.
Netanyahu did not lose time in reaching out to Modi – all set to be India’s next prime minister after BJP secured a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls – as part of his goal to benefit from untapped potential in the huge market there.
Israel may have a “staunch new ally” in South Asia with India’s election of Modi to the position of Prime Minister, New York-based International Business Times reported yesterday amid speculation here that ascendance of BJP would also bring back the hype around India-Israel ties.
The two countries have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement for the last several years. While relations between India and Israel have deepened and diversified ever since diplomatic relations were established in 1992, the five years of BJP rule in the past gave a major impetus to the ties.
Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited India in 2003 and prominent BJP leaders – L K Advani and Jaswant Singh – had come to Israel to discuss cooperation in wide ranging fields.
Israel’s support to India during the Kargil war had helped build a relationship of trust which saw defence cooperation between the two countries registering a significant high. PTI
Salah says
One personal wishful thinking: A counter-jihad alliance between Israel and Egypt?!?!
“In a scenario Israelis would have found too far-fetched to believe just a few years ago, Egypt is set to become the Jewish state’s new best friend in the fight against Hamas terrorism.”
Read it all here:
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/24373/Default.aspx?archive=article_title
mortimer says
Support for Israel from India, a nuclear power, is a good thing. No doubt, this is taken be a threat to Pakistan and Iran and should be.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Israel and India: the two countries most threatened by Moslems. This could be a great alliance, and a timely one at the time that America is receding from Jerusalem and getting into bed with the Mo-Bro-Hood Sunnis and the Iranian Islamic Republic’s Shias.
It doesn’t hurt that Israel can bring to the pact the world’s most advanced military electronics, and that India can bring the industrial scale, labor and capital to help Israel avert its promised demise.
Compare Modi and Bibi alongside Barack Hussein and David Cameron. Not a complimentary comparo for the West, not a pretty picture for its long term sustainability.
Cal says
No, it’s a comparison that’s VERY favorable to the West.
Cal says
Modi is a fascist and a Hindu supremacist. He sees non-Hindus (including Jews) as innately inferior.
Rinzai says
He really doesn’t. You probably confuse him with some muslim. Sharia law sees other faiths as inferior to pisslam
Nilnabh says
Hindu dharma(principles) teaches us that all beings(yes,even MUSLIMS) are a part of God.The question of thinking anyone to be inferior just does not arise. The Jews have always been welcome in India. I think you should stop lying for a change!! I am a HINDU, I know my religion better than you I think?
Bamaguje says
“Hindu dharma (principles) teaches us that all beings (yes,even MUSLIMS) are a part of God. The question of thinking anyone to be inferior just does not arise” – Nilnabh.
Yet Hindus have a caste system that particularly denigrates the so-called untouchables – Dalits.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe for one moment that Modi is a Hindu supremacist. In fact methinks India needs more Modis that can stand up to Jihadists, instead of the quasi-secular Indian authorities always sucking up to Muslims.
Guess which non-Muslim country was the first to ban Salman Rushdie’s book – Satanic verses – India of course.
But please spare us the bullshit that Hinduism preaches equality… It doesn’t.
Rezali Mehil says
Lol,
Hindus lost India to us Muslims because of their caste system. It was the Bramins who solely lost India …Modi no doubt is on those dolts.
Bramins divided people according work done …ofcourse those MoFos put themselves at the top of the tree.
The defence force was the khatris…woefully trimmed to arounf 5-7% per village.
So beat them and you have won the village…geezer they fell quicker than dominos hit by a hammer..
Modi will be found wanting
More Later…
Rezali
Jay says
Such ignorance. All that Brahmin means is priest, just like Christian priests, Jewish rabbis, Muslim imams/mullahs, Buddhists monks etc. You know nothing of Hinduism. Brahmins did not lose India. They are the ones who kept the the sacred texts of Hinduism just like priest, rabbis, monks etc in other religions kept the sacred texts of their religions. Kshatriyas has the duty to be soldiers and fight invaders, and fight they did. Much carnage, but you think if we really fell so easily there would be nearly 1 billion Hindus today? We never stopped fighting and resisting from the first violent Muslim invader to now with the many Islamic terrorist attacks. How many Zoraostrians are left in Iran and the rest of the world? How many Arab polytheists like Mohammed’s tribe are left? What of the other non-Abrahamic religions of the Middle East? Gone. We Hindus are still here and in the hundreds of millions, and in the majority of India. To all who are interested please read this http://www.hinduhistory.info/the-myth-of-1000-years-of-hindu-slavery/
Dennis Trisker says
Yes Nil, you are correct. Modi will continue the tradition of Jewish-Hindu relations. The Jews who migrated to southern India after the Roman destruction of the second temple lived a protected and safeguarded life under the Hindu Rajas. In fact they never faced persecution in India which is more than can be said for the Jewish presence in Christian and Muslim countries.
xyz says
U couldn’t be more wrong
D Muslims were on d list for a long while in Gujarat. They used to regularly kill off Hindus. Ofcourse d media never reported d muslim attacks as usual
Many Hindus were cut open using surgical knives while on d bus or train. D knives were laced with an anesthetic to prevent them realising they have been cut many would bleed to death
The bombing of d train was just a trigger
Modi did d right thing N his policies chased d Muslims out of Gujarat. Hope he chases them all back to muslim countries
Sunil says
@Cal :
Modi sees non hindus as inferior ? FAIL. His biggest supporters are JAINS you idiot, who are not at all Hindu in any way.
Modi has no time for dealing with dividers in a hindu majority nation.
Vilokana says
@Cal : You seem to be projecting an Abrahamic monotheistic attitude of superiority onto Hinduism and Modi. Hinduism, the dharma, doesn’t have the concept of some one being inferior to the other. That’s something you’ll find in Abrahamic religions, not the Hindu dharma. There is nothing called Hindu supremacy either. Modi is a Hindu nationalist. Seems like you’ve been drinking leftist/liberalist ‘Kool aid’ on Hinduism and Modi. I suggest you gain some authentic knowledge of Hinduism and not some leftist-socialist propaganda.
voegelinian says
I don’t know much about Narendra Modi, but indications are that he is outstrips all other Western politicians by light years on his LCPOI (the Learning Curve on the Problem of Islam) — with the notably unique exception that proves the rule of Geert Wilders (who, at any rate, has been unable to win his own election as Prime Minister of the Netherlands) — and so this election victory is huge (are we still saying that, or has some new slang term trumped Donald Trump’s signature ejaculation…?).
It is huge for three reasons: India is arguably the most important non-Western country in the so-called “Developing World” (another silly term from the PC Lexicon, reminiscent of “developmentally disabled” — or worse, “differently abled”). While of course there are many Muslim nations who are more important in terms of the mayhem and misery they cause, they have not earned their importance in healthy ways as India has.
Secondly, if Narendra Modi is really as anti-Islam as indications suggest, it would propel India to the very forefront of the evolution of modern intelligence, outstripping the entire West in this regard, limping along far behind with self-imposed blinders while preposterously and arrogantly and foolishly trumpeting self-righteous farts about being so ethically free of “bigotry” and “hatred”.
Thirdly, because of the second reason, and because of indications that India suffers the ridiculously crippling effects of a PC MC mainstream almost as much as does the West (as we have learned countless times over the years from Indian readers of Jihad Watch), it’s a huge boost of hope that a nation can begin to break free of the asinine PC MC Flatland in a bold and massive way.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
… but indications are that he is outstrips all other Western politicians by light years on his LCPOI (the Learning Curve on the Problem of Islam).
And that’s understandable, given that he’s lived his life in a great but complicated nation with a 25% infection, the infection a belief system virus that has seen dozens of Hindu temples destroyed, and worse. Modi prefers to treat the boils and suppurated sores and return the body politic to clean health.
In terms of treating the Indian Moslems fairly, he must first do the right thing and declare and open disrespect and opposition to them and their Sharia.
His toughest nut will be eliminating corruption, which spans all groups there, from Hindu to Moslem to Sikh to Janes. But something tells me that ferreting out Moslem corruption will prove the most intractable. Hey, that’s what these people do.
jewdog says
The shift to Asia makes a lot of sense. India and China make up about 40% of the world’s population and neither country has any history of anti-Semitism. India is more democratic, while China’s autocracy is much more problematic.
It’s only natural that a counter-jihadist alliance would emerge, as there seems to be a human parallel to the law of physics which says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Those wanting to impose Islam on the world shouldn’t assume that the world will simply roll over and not react.
voegelinian says
“…while China’s autocracy is much more problematic.”
That’s one way to describe a sociopolitical monstrosity that mass-murdered millions of its own people, in addition to imposing a diseased totalitarianism.
Sainapat says
Modi is a Hindu fascist who is linked to a number of unsavoury organisations who have been attacking minorities not just Muslims but Christians as well for many years. The Hindu extremists hate Christians as much as they hate the Muslims. Look up the atrocities against Christians in India and you will realise that Modi is the wrong man to look to for an alliance.
Satyameva Jayathe says
Narendra Modi will surely propel India to its best. India is facing problems by muslims for the past 1000 years. No one understood the real face of Islam or those who understood are real cowards who never reacted. I hope this leader, who clearly knows what Islam is, will bring some good effects to India. If he does, the rest of the world will get the courage to kick out the cancer from their countries..
bicky says
The dharmic people of India ,( hindus, buddhists, jains and sikhs ) have a firm belief in the golden rule, they believe in humanity.
They are tolerant, if u have read history, then u will certainly know that India gave shelter to all persecuted peoples of the world.
There is a very old Jewish community in Cochin, with a very beautiful and ancient Synagogue.
The zorastrians,(the original persians) were persecuted by Muslims after the fall of persia to the marauding arab muslims,they were accepted in India, (The renowned TaTa group, they are Zorashtrians .India also has one of the oldest Christian communities, the Syrian catholics who have been very successful in Business.Two of India s private banks belong to them.
Narendrabhai Modi has no problems with people who follow the golden rule, I am sure we can look forward to very warm ties with Israel.
Every one accuses him of communal riots , but why dont they say how did the unfortunate incident happen ?? A huge muslim mob surrounded the sabarmati express at Godra station and set fire to a railway coach with 56 hindu pilgrims, who were burnt alive .You should have seen the photos of the victims, burnt like chickens.
It was a very well planned jihadi attack with vile cunningness.
Hope such things never happen again
Tim says
I think Israel is doing great by tying in with India. They will benefit from working together. Both have been persecuted. Both have the same enemy. It’s sad that 50% of India is anti-Jewish. Just makes no sense at all.
Mirren10 says
”It’s sad that 50% of India is anti-Jewish.”
Do you have any evidence for this ?
Jay says
Please read this article on the perception of Jews by Indians. It is actually favorable despite Christian missionary schools, Marxists, and Muslim groups promoting a negative view of Jews in India. The Dharmic faiths, Hindus and others over all have a very positive view of Jews and Israel.
” World Jewry: India’s Perception of the Jews and Israel”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12312#.U3kfpyhLq5I
sencit says
Jay, why do you equate “Christian missionary schools” with Marxists and Muslims? The first Christians were all Jews, living in Israel. No true Christian should ever be against Israel.
Jay says
Sencit, I did not equate it, it is in the article. Look, Judaism’s two Abrahamic offshoots, Christianity and Islam, were hostile to Jews (probably because they are competitors), so lets not pretend that has not been the case. There is very little anti-semitism in non-Abrahamic dominated countries and societies, why would there be when Jews are not even mentioned anywhere in their sacred texts.
“…”Many Indians are aware that what they’ve learned about Judaism largely originates from Christian missionary schools, or comes from Marxist or Shakespearian anti-Semitism, or worse, from anti-Semitic tracts being promulgated by some Muslim groups. Marxist ideology also has a disproportionate influence on campuses.
“We have to contend with these various anti-Semitic traditions, a big challenge, but these views are not so deeply ingrained in Hindu and Indian culture as they are in European or Middle Eastern societies.
“Most Indians are informed enough to grasp that anti-Semitic claims come from distorted perspectives. They realize that authentic knowledge of Judaism and the Jewish people can only come from direct interaction between Jews and Indians. This is an excellent starting point….”
miriam rove says
good.m
jewdog says
The BJP victory is great news for the counter-jihad. I just wonder what India will do with Iran, from which it gets much of its oil.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
That’s an important question. He’ll have to play ball with them, of course, now that he has a nuclear power both to the right and the left. Modi’s embrace of Israel indicates that India has options, there has been an orgy of oil drilling in south and east Asia over the last 20 years, with lots of oil coming online in need of a buyer.
Anyway, if Modi’s smart he’ll smell that something’s gonna happen with Persia. They take the Ko-Ran seriously and are caught peeping down into well holes all the time. Any nation that openly declares its intention to wipe another off the map with nukes is probably gonna be involved in fisticuffs. Over the long term, one can’t view Iran as a necessarily stable supply source.
It may seem odd, but when the trouble comes it won’t be just about the Iron Dome. The IDF naval forces will prove the trump card, able to turn much of Persia into a giant glass sheet, and send tens of millions to Jannat in the Cause of Islamic epiphany of world Sharia. May peace and blessings be upon Them.
Jay Boo says
Iran needs India to refine that oil
judi says
Well, all I can say is that the Hindus I have met here in the UK are hard-working, friendly people.I sincerely hope Bibi and Modi get it together.
Nic says
Soooo…. if these early seeds do indeed grow into a closer relationship between the two countries, then this would go a long way to nullifying the attempts to boycott Israeli products (because Israel will simply trade with India, instead of Europe).
What will the marxists and anti-Israel brigades to THEN ? Criticise India ? Boycott Indian produce ? But.. but… Indian’s are brown-skinned, and therefore sacrosanct. Criticising them would be contrary to their ethnicity doctrines.
This could be MOST interesting, for all SORTS of reasons.
ron says
Israel now has a hole card to play (India) seeing as it appears that Saudi money is in motion in American politics anything can happen and has happened.
Lookmann says
To those who dont believe in Hindu-Jewish partnership
“BJP has long been a friend to Israel and the Jewish people,” Loewenberg said in a statement.
The group said it has worked closely with India’s vibrant Jewish community, numbering about 4,500 — including 150 from Modi’s home state of Gujarat.
Go to
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/American-Jewish-advocacy-group-keen-to-work-with-Modi/articleshow/35298155.cms
Anonymous says
The polls have just about finished and verbal salvos are already being exchanged between Indian and Pakistani officials.
This is the BJP’s former party president setting the tone for bilateral relations between India-Pakistan during this government’s tenure. Political analyst Tariq Pirzada represents Pakistan’s point of view.
The video is partly in English – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKw48dxa-rI
dumbledoresarmy says
Above, at least one poster has mindlessly reiterated the “abrahamic” fallacy: that is, the claim that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are somehow all the same sort of thing, “Abrahamic” religion.
This is in fact an *Islamic* concept that made its way into the West via a deeply-dhimmified middle Eastern Christian. It is not a Christian or Jewish concept. It is Muslims who claim that *Islam* as practised by them was the real and original ” religion of Ibrahim” and they claim that whatever it was that Abraham or Jesus believed and taught was “really” Islam and that the fact that the Hebrew and Christian scriptures do *not* teach ANYTHING that is recognisable as Islam, is because the Jews and Christians *changed* their books to make them different. (This is, of course, an almost perfect reversal of reality. In historical reality, it is the inventors of Islam who plagiarised and then totally rewrote Biblical and para-biblical material, to the point where the meaning of the – pirated – persons and stories is not merely lost, or scrambled, but *reversed*, perverted, denied, blasphemed, turned back to front and upside down.).
The Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig classified Judaism and Christianity together, over against what he called “pagan” (or what I would call, to use a neutral term, “non-Biblical”) religions. He classified Islam as a subset of “paganism”; that is, he saw it as fundamentally a non-Biblical faith. I, personally, would see it as consistently and consciously ANTI-biblical. When Muslims claim kinship with Jews or with Christians it’s as if a dangerous conman – or indeed, a psycho serial killer – were to turn up at your house and claim to be your long-lost cousin.
For a good, accessible study of the antithesis between biblical faith (Christianity and Judaism) on the one hand, and Islam, on the other, I recommend Rev Dr Mark Durie’s excellent – and very inexpensive – book, “Revelation? Do We Worship the Same God? Jesus, God, Holy Spirit in Christianity and Islam”.
I refuse to use the phrase “abrahamic faiths” because I refuse to perpetuate what is basically a Mohammedan concept…and, therefore, false.
EYESOPEN says
Dumbles said: “When Muslims claim kinship with Jews or with Christians it’s as if a dangerous conman – or indeed, a psycho serial killer – were to turn up at your house and claim to be your long-lost cousin.”
I don’t think that anyone could have put the comparison – or the danger of believing the lie – more clearly or concisely. Thank you, DDA! I’ll have to remember that one.