{"id":156623,"date":"2021-12-28T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=156623"},"modified":"2021-12-28T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:25:19","slug":"india-israel-ties-no-longer-just-a-close-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-israel-ties-no-longer-just-a-close-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"India Israel ties no longer just a close friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">India and Israel are going to celebrate <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">30 years of diplomatic relations<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"none\">in the year 2022. India has described its relationship with Israel as a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">multifaceted strategic partnership<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, which now includes negotiations <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">free trade agreement<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> as well.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What are the various areas of cooperation b\/w India and Israel?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technology:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Israel is the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Start-Up Nation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and India is one of the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">world leader in technology<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> so both the nations have a lot to gain from technological cooperation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Israel has also opened a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">consulate in Bengaluru,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the hi-tech capital of India. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Cooperation in<\/strong> <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">green energy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> can further strengthen India and Israel\u2019s positions as leaders in the global fight against climate change.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">To further cooperation in green energy Israel has also <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">joined <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-grants-observer-status-to-international-solar-alliance-in-a-historic-decision\/\"><b>ISA<\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">International solar alliance)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Health: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">During<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">the COVID pandemic, both the countries cooperated in research, and exchanged both assistance and medical equipment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"> Both countries also reached an agreement for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Geopolitical: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">India is one of Israel\u2019s major partners in the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indo-Pacific<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> region<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It has many important interests in the Indo-Pacific, which include overcoming the global pandemic, fighting terrorism, expanding trade and addressing the threat posed by climate change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Human<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">resources: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">There<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">are a lot of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian students<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> who choose Israel for higher studies, they also influence relationship by being a bridge in the form of <strong>d<\/strong><\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">iaspora.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Agriculture:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Israel has been a leader in sustainable agriculture practices, India can learn a lot of from cooperating with Israel on <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">agriculture and water resources management.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Defence: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Israel has been one of the India\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">top four arms supplier<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> apart from US, Russia, France. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The relation has been further strengthened by the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">launch of <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">new\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quadrilateral-economic-forum-and-india\/\">QUAD\u00a0economic forum<\/a><\/span> between India, Israel, US, UAE. <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">India Israel ties no longer just a close friendship\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">published in\u00a0<strong>Times of India<\/strong>\u00a0on<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a027<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Dec 2021<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India and Israel are going to celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations in the year 2022. India has described its relationship with Israel as a multifaceted strategic partnership, which now includes negotiations on a free trade agreement as well.\u00a0 What are the various areas of cooperation b\/w India and Israel?\u00a0 Technology: Israel is the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-israel-ties-no-longer-just-a-close-friendship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India Israel ties no longer just a close friendship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-156623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700774640,"cached_date":1704864827},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}