Israel

The normalisation of relations between the UAE and Israel is a historic development and a step forward in the rapprochement between the Arab Gulf and Israel.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• August 21, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Formal diplomatic ties between Israel and the UAE, two of India’s critical strategic partners, is indeed a welcome development.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• August 18, 2020
• IDSA Comments

The COVID-19 crisis would severely impact the four countries at the social, political, economic and humanitarian levels, as these states were already facing multi-vector exigencies at the time of the pandemic’s outbreak.

• Adil Rasheed , Jatin Kumar
• April 21, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Israel’s relations with African countries go back to the late 1950s when it began extending significant support to many African countries undergoing decolonisation. Since then the relations have experienced many fluctuations with a major shift seen in the past few years. There has been an accelerated improvement under the premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu, who proactively pursues an African region centric ‘Return to Africa policy’.

• Jatin Kumar
• January-June 2020
• Africa Trends

Jerusalem is a theological, geographical, historical, archaeological, political and emotional issue with contested claims and overlapping legacies.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• December 15, 2017
• Issue Brief

The Indian Air Force’s participation in Israel’s Blue Flag 2017 multilateral exercise adds an important layer to the matrix of cooperation between India and Israel.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• December 01, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Israel’s Labour party has been going through turmoil since losing monopoly over power in 1977 and is unable to regain its erstwhile pre-eminence and even relevance.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• July 24, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Israel’s influence on the new Trump Administration might clear the obstacles that have stood in the way of Honduras’ efforts to modernise its airforce

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• February 09, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Settler entrenchment has reached a point where no peaceful assimilation of the entire West Bank into a compact territory of a future Palestine state and a harmonious division of Jerusalem city linked to this entity may be possible.

• Gautam Sen
• April 19, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Going by Netanyahu’s present term, the return of a stronger Right Wing coalition may lead to increased friction in the region and increased Israeli isolation as well.

• Rajeev Agarwal
• January 19, 2013
• Issue Brief