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    548 : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In India: New Delhi Seeks Balance In The Middle East

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    23 January 2018

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to India in January 2018 and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in July 2017 together mark the new prospect for political engagement between the two nations at the highest level. Although domestic political disputations have cast a shadow in the past over India’s engagement with the Middle East, under Modi, New Delhi is attempting to bring greater pragmatism and balance to its regional policy.