- Sunday, May 22, 2022
By: Sarwar Alam
In the months leading up to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Israel, India signed two arms deals, spending $2.6 billion on Israeli missile defense systems. Yet since Modi arrived in Israel on Tuesday (4), military ties — for decades the secretive bedrock of India-Israel relations — have taken a back seat. The governments have instead spent time discussing companies that sell medical devices, hi-tech and water systems. Rather than making the visit, the first by a sitting Indian prime minister, all about the value of deals signed, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Modi appear intent on…
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