Modi’s Israel Visit: Here’s What Needs Your Attention

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Israel this week arrives at a moment of acute geopolitical volatility across West Asia and at a point when India’s foreign policy bandwidth is strained by overlapping security dependencies, economic vulnerabilities and diplomatic balancing acts. The visit – announced prematurely by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself at a public forum – and coming soon after Netanyahu abruptly cancelled his own scheduled trip to New Delhi, underscores how the power asymmetry within the partnership increasingly manifests in optics that New Delhi does not fully control. Join The Wire's Youtube Membership and get exclusive content, member-only emojis, live interaction with The Wire's founders, editors and reporters and much more. Memberships to The Wire Crew start at Rs 89/month. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWtJey46brNr7qHQpN6KLQ/join