Modi doubles down on Israel alliance with Netanyahu

Far-right Indian leader Narendra Modi has reaffirmed his country’s relationship with Israel. The two violently Islamophobic governments agreed on a “zero tolerance approach” to terrorism. And Modi said the pair had agreed “to further strengthen cooperation” on X:

Spoke with my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. We reviewed progress in the India-Israel Strategic Partnership and agreed to further strengthen our cooperation. Also reaffirmed our shared commitment to zero tolerance for terrorism. India supports all efforts aimed at achieving a…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 10, 2025

In November 2025, the countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Security and military exchange was the main focus. The Middle East Observer reported the document as:

a shared vision to deepen cooperation across a spectrum of domains including strategic dialogue, military training, defence-industrial partnerships, research & development (R&D), technological innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity.

The agreement emphasised:

co-development and co-production of advanced military technologies—an important pivot from transactional procurement toward joint manufacturing and innovation.

Modi x Natenyahu — the ethno-nationalist weirdo gang

Basically, Benyamin Netanyahu and Modi are expert internal repressors with a long history of violence against Muslims. Modi was governor of Gujarat province back in 2002. Essentially, he oversaw violent pogroms against Indian Muslims which left 2000 people dead.

Certainly, Hindutva nationalism unites Modi’s followers at home. But diaspora communities in the UK have felt Hindutva’s power too. Hindutva’s Hitler-inspired paramilitary wing is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In fact, even Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik felt an affinity for RSS ideology.

Like Hindutva, Zionism is a violent ethno-supremacist supremacy. In truth, Zionism is deeply linked to British imperialism. And Hindutva is no different. As one commentator has it:

Granted, Israel and India are two very different countries. What they have in common is the intrusion of the British.

Accordingly, University of Leicester politics lecturer Dr Vikram Visana said Hindutva founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar:

praised Zionism as the perfection of ethno-nationalist thinking. The way Zionism seamlessly blended ethnic attachment to a motherland and religious attachment to a holy land was precisely what Savarkar wanted for the Hindus.

“This double attachment,” Visana adds:

was far more powerful to his mind than the European model of “blood and soil” nationalism without sacred space.

Peas in a pod

All in all, Netanyahu and Modi share a fascistic politics and a militarist impulse. New Internationalist reports:

Indian companies like Adani-Elbit Advanced Systems India, Premier Explosives, and the state-owned Munitions India are actively supplying drones and weapons to Israel as it continues its genocidal war against the people of Gaza.

In April [2024], careful not to jeopardize these arrangements, India abstained from a UN ceasefire resolution that included calls for an arms embargo on Israel.

In return, Israel:

has continued its uninterrupted supply of military equipment to India – a significant commitment as Israel has delayed over $1.5 billion in arms exports to other countries since October 2023.

Far-right and ethno-nationalism are the dominant forces in Indian and Israeli politics. And their leaders are committed to militarism and internal repression along racial lines. Ultimately, as products of British imperialism, what else could they be?

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