Sec’y Gates and Ehud Barak held a joint news conference
It on C-SPAN
Although they both confirmed the unbreakable bond, and Gates was particularly lavish in his praise, differences remain
It on C-SPAN
Although they both confirmed the unbreakable bond, and Gates was particularly lavish in his praise, differences remain
Thereby confirming that Gates is deceitful and Barak is delusional.
The bond between Israel and the United States was broken the moment that Obama was elected.
Some us of recognized it at the time.
Others have recently awakened to reality.
And still others never will.
Tragically, the Israeli leadership seems to fall into that final category.
Ted,
Alexa Percent of Site Traffic
Israpundit
United States……52.5%
Israel………………21.7%
India……………….12.7%
United Kingdom..5.9%
OTHER……………..7.1%
One out of every eight Israpundit readers lives in India.
Bharat.
Hindustan.
The Blessed Land of Tasty Curried Treats.
Should these loyal Israpundit readers not be rewarded with an appropriate homage?
Posts about Indo-Israeli relations?
Emotionally moving Ganesha-related artistry?
Tributes to great warriors of Indian lore?
Recipes featuring an Indo-Kosher motif?
India is the future, Ted.
Many people.
Mucho brainpower.
Climb aboard the Internet train to Mumbai and experience the victorious ride to immortality!
Ted,
Alexa Percent of Site Traffic
Israpundit
United States……52.5%
Israel………………21.7%
India……………….12.7%
United Kingdom..5.9%
OTHER……………..7.1%
One out of every eight Israpundit readers lives in India.
Bharat.
Hindustan.
The Blessed Land of Tasty Curried Treats.
Should these loyal Israpundit readers not be rewarded with an appropriate homage?
Posts about Indo-Israeli relations?
Emotionally moving Ganesha-related artistry?
Tributes to great warriors of Indian lore?
Recipes featuring an Indo-Kosher motif
India is the future, Ted.
Many people.
Mucho brainpower.
Climb aboard the Internet train to Mumbai and experience the victorious ride to immortality!
I received an email from an Indian on my email list who is totally into Israel In fact he is a journalist and Think-Israel has published his stuff. I invited him to post on Israpundit and I asked him if the US fails to resupply Israel after a protracted war, could we count on India. He replied as follows,
I will keep the dialogue going and will look into greater commercial activity as he suggests. I have another Indian who writes to me from time to time and he is also a journalist. I like your suggestion of providing more Indian coverage. I would include with that the whole Far East.
There is a need for a joint Indian Israel news and opinion site to balance the Israel US focus we now have.
Just as we are concerned with Obama’s embrace of Muslims so is India concerned. Remember all through the cold war Pakistan was the client of the US and India was the client of the USSR.
Church-affiliated Goa group publishes anti-Israeli book
December 11th, 2009 – 10:18 am ICT by IANS -
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Portraying Israeli tourists as a bunch of promiscuous, stingy, drug addicts and peddlers, a new book published by a church-affiliated organisation in Goa is likely to ruffle many feathers.
The 96-page work, “Claiming the right to say no: a study of Israeli tourist behaviour and patterns in Goa”, has been authored by 11 seminarians or priests-in-grooming. It has been published by the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), an arm of the Roman Catholic church in the state.
Based largely on an undercover survey carried out by priests-in-grooming, it likens tracking down Israelis in the state to a cat and mouse game.
In the opening chapter, brother Myron Jeson Barretto says: “On third evening we went to Anjuna. We got the news that the Israelis have moved to Arambol. And we had to follow them as the cat follows the rat.”
Officially released by the Goa archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao Sunday, the book critiques the behaviour of Israeli tourists. Its copies are available for sale at several church-supported outlets.
“The night here never ends. They (Israelis) just party with trance music and get intoxicated with drugs and alcohol. They kiss and touch each other openly. They also appear to switch partners,” brother Manuel D’Souza says.
One of the book’s stated objectives is to “understand how the conflict in Israel/Palestine creates the exodus of people in form of tourists” to places like Goa and also tries to “understand patterns of tourist behaviour in Goa, because of their recent military experiences”.
Brother D’Souza states in his chapter “The Sababa experience”: “Can you imagine young boys killing people. They (Israelis) go mad while in the services. The government sends these people to relaxation hubs. One of them is Goa.”
“They (Israelis) are a nuisance to everybody in and around Palolem (a popular beach in south Goa). Their dominating nature and other monkey business drives away other tourists. So why do we need them?” brother Onasis D’Cruz says in one of the chapters, accusing Israelis of creating tourist ghettos in the state.
“In Vagator, there is a beach which is called as ‘Israeli beach’ just below the 9 Bar. Non-Israelis are frightened to come over to this place,” Brother Mario Fernandes says.
Tourists from Israel, along with those from Britain, Russia and Germany, top the number of tourists arriving in Goa every tourist season. Out of the two million tourists coming to the state each year, nearly 450,000 are foreigners.
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A book published by the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), an arm of the Roman Catholic Church in Goa, presents Israeli tourists as a “burden” to those who live in the area.
The Gomantak Times article entitled “Satanic Visitors?”
Claiming the right to say no: a study of Israeli tourist behavior and patterns in Goa was authored by 11 seminarians in 14 sections and totals 96-pages in length.
The study was based on an undercover survey and personal experiences of the members of the seminary as they traveled around Goa finding Israelis in the many tourist spots.
Officially released by the Goa archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Sunday, the book critiques the behavior of Israeli tourists with copies available for sale at several church-supported outlets throughout Goa.
The first article by Dr. Victor Ferrao of the Rachol Seminary entitled “Tourism in Goa: A Narrative Construction of Hosts and Visitors” states that while performing his on both the Israeli and Russian visitors he found there to be “disastrous socio-economic, political, environmental consequences of enclavization oftourism,”
“Their motivation, expectations, travel patterns, and activities have little to offer to the local communities,” Ferrao wrote. “This results into a substantial displacement of the locals.”
He went on to write that the two groups bring cultural, political, economic, social and environmental consequences on the host community.”
“One can also notice many unbecoming activities like flesh trade, drug abuse, rave parties and crimes like rapes, murder etc., making hay as the sun oftourism refuses to set on our land,” Ferrao wrote.
“This loss of control of the locals over tourism activities in their localities will receive even greater momentum if the demand for an independent tourism board is realized.”
Tourists from Israel, along with those from Britain, Russia and Germany, top the number of tourists arriving in Goa every tourist season. Out of the two million tourists coming to the state each year, nearly 450,000 are foreigners.
The second section of the report, called “Is Goa The Rome of the East or Israel in the East?” points out the military training ofIsraelis and its effect on how they act once they get to Goa.
“The disciplined and strict environment, the encounters, the shoot-outs somehow distorts their psyche and thus becomes a burden to treat,” the report stated. “So these people are sent on holidays to different destinations in order to recover themselves and Goa is one
of the destinations.”
In Myron Jeson Barretto’s article “My Experience/ Understanding of Israeli Tourists and Other Tourists at Vagator and Arambol Beach,” he walked around Goa’s beaches and spoke to non-Israeli tourists on how they viewed theIsraelis.
In one section he quotes a tourist from the UK who gave his opinion on Israelis in Goa as saying that Israelis come to the area and bring with them drugs from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kashmire, then use Goans and Indians to sell it.
“The Israelis who sell drugs have control over the Ministers from Goa to Delhi,” the tourist said. “They pay them a large amount of money. They also bribe the police.”
In Manuel D’Souza’s article, “The Sababa Experience,” he writes, “Americans under the guilt of Holocaust of Jews gifted Israel a state and are supporting them in their expansion.”
“Why isn’t anybody reacting, It’s America-Supported” D’Souza wrote. “There is compulsory military training and service for everyone in Israel. Can you imagine young boys killing people? They go mad while in the services. The government sent these people to relaxation hubs. One of them is Goa.”
An article on the front page of Gomantak Times, an English daily in Goa, took a look at the book as well and entitled their article “Satanic Visitors?”
Courtesy:J
Indo-Israeli Relations on a cross roads
The publication of this book has renewed rivalries between Christians and Jews.
The Christians slaughtered Jews in various parts of the world and threw them in a corner in Palestine so that they so that
they should forget their barbaric genocide at the hands of Christians Natzis and others and consider Muslims as their sole
enemies.
Ted,
My next suggestion will involve Israelis and Martians.
I will make that suggestion knowing full well that someone unnamed is lurking with countless links documenting how Israelis and Martians are at loggerheads due to Judeo-Christian tensions.
Okay I accept the criticism and I will try to make amends:
Indo-Israeli relations
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indo-Israeli relations India Israel
Indo-Israeli relations refers to the bilateral ties between the State of Israel and the Republic of India. The two countries enjoy an extensive economic, military and strategic relationship.[1]
After decades of non-aligned and pro-Arab policy, India formally established relations with Israel in January 1992 and ties between the two nations have flourished since.[2] The two countries regard each other as “strongest and most trusted” allies in Asia based on common democratic values and security interests.[3][4] One extensive study revealed India to be the most pro-Israeli nation out of the 13 looked at in the study, all countries considered to be important in the world.[5]
India is the largest customer of Israeli military equipment and Israel is the second-largest military partner of India after the Russian Federation. As of 2009, the military business between the two nations is worth around US$9 billion.[6] Military and strategic ties between the two nations extend to joint military training[7] and space technology.[8]
India is also the second-largest economic partner of Israel.[9] Currently, the two nations are negotiating an extensive bilateral trade pact.[10]
India gained independence from the British Empire in 1947, a year before the State of Israel was founded. The creation of Israel at the end of World War II was a complex issue. India, along with Iran and Yugoslavia had recommended a single state with Arab and Jewish majority provinces with an aim to prevent partition of historic Palestine and prevent any conflict in Indian sub-continent that might follow based on its own experience during partition.[11] However, the final UN resolution decided to partition historic Palestine into Arab and Jewish states based on religious and ethnic majority which India opposed in the final vote as it did not agree with concept of partition on the basis of religion.[12]
Though Gandhi had a good relationship with Jews, he opposed the creation of Israel as he was against the creation of countries based on religion[13]. India did not have any official relations with Israel until 1991, which it changed due to compuslions in geo-politcs and collapse of USSR. Since then, its military has had an excellent relationship with Israel. People like Moshe Dayan have had interaction with India despite the lack of diplomatic relationship between the two countries[14]. Israel has provided India with crucial information during multiple wars that India faced[15].
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru supported the creation of Israel.[16] Although India did not subscribe to the Partitioning of Palestine plan of 1947 and voted against Israel’s admission in the United Nations in 1949, it did recognize Israel as a nation in 1950.[17] Various Hindu organizations, led by the Sangh Parivar, openly supported the Jewish cause and the creation of Israel[18]. According to Subhash Kapila the opposition to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel during the 1960s and 1970s arose from the Congress Party’s desire to appease the Muslims in India.[16]
[edit] Military and strategic ties
India and Israel have increased cooperation in military and intelligence ventures since the establishment of diplomatic relations. While India and Israel were officially “rivals” during the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of Islamic terrorism in both countries have generated a solid strategic alliance.[19]. India recently launched a military satellite for Israel through its Indian Space Research Organization[20].
In 1997, Israel’s President Ezer Weizman became the first head of the Jewish state to visit India. He met with Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma, Vice President K.R. Narayanan and Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. Weizman negotiated the first weapons deal between the two nations, involving the purchase of Barak-1 vertically-launched surface-to-air (SAM) missiles from Israel. The Barak-1 has the ability to intercept anti-ship cruise missiles such as the Harpoon.[21] The purchase of the Barak-1 missiles from Israel by India was a tactical necessity since Pakistan had purchased P3-C II Orion maritime strike aircraft and 27 Harpoon sea-skimming anti-ship missiles from the United States.[21] Naval cooperation
In naval terms, Israel sees great strategic value in an alliance with the Indian Navy, given India’s dominance of South Asian waters. It would be advantageous to the Israeli Navy to establish a logistical infrastructure in the Indian Ocean with the cooperation of the Indian Navy, since the Mediterranean has a dominant Arab and European presence that is hostile to the Israeli navy in varying degrees. In 2000, Israeli submarines reportedly conducted test launches of cruise missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in the waters of the Indian Ocean, off the Sri Lanka coast.[19]
[edit] Air Force cooperation
In 1996 India purchased 32 Searcher” Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Electronic Support Measure sensors and an Air Combat Manoeuvering Instrumentation simulator system from Israel.[21] Since then Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has serviced several large contracts with the Indian Air Force including the upgrading of the IAF’s Russian-made MiG-21 ground attack aircraft and there have been further sales of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as laser-guided bombs.[22]
Intelligence
A Rediff story in 2003 revealed that the Indian external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) had clandestine links with the Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence agency. When R&AW was founded in 1968 by Rameshwar Nath Kao, he was advised by the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to cultivate links with Mossad. This was suggested as a countermeasure to military links between that of a hostile Pakistan and China, as well as with North Korea. Israel was also concerned that Pakistani army officers were training Libyans and Iranians in handling Chinese and North Korean military equipment.[23] Though India planned to bomb Kahuta, as in Operation Opera, where Israel destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor, the plan was later dropped.
The Pakistanis suspected intelligence relations between India and Israel threatened Pakistani security. When young Israeli tourists began visiting the Kashmir valley in the early nineties, Pakistan suspected they were disguised Israeli army officers there to help Indian security forces with counter-terrorism operations. Israeli tourists were attacked, with one slain and another kidnapped. Pressure from the ‘Kashmiri’ Muslim diaspora in the United States led to his release.[23]
Barak missile deal
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd signed a $2.5 billion deal with India to develop an anti-aircraft system and missiles for the country, in the biggest defense contract in the history of Israel at the time. IAI CEO Yitzhak Nissan visited India to finalize the agreement with heads of the defense establishment and the country’s president. IAI is developing for the Indian Navy and Air Force the Barak-8 missile that is capable of protecting sea vessels and ground facilities from aircraft and cruise missiles. The missile has a range of over 70 kilometres. The missile will replace the current obsolete Russian system used by India.[8]
2008 talks
On November 10, 2008, Indian military officials visited Israel to discuss joint weapons development projects, additional sales of Israeli equipment to the Indian military, and counter-terrorism strategies. The new round of talks was seen as a significant expansion in the Indian-Israeli strategic partnership.[9]
In 2008, Israel surpassed Russia as the largest arms supplier to India[10]
MR-SAM deal
The deal, signed in February, involves development and production of a land-based version of the Barak 8 missile systems. The sea-based version is already in advanced development stages.
The missile will be capable of intercepting enemy aircraft and missiles within a 70-kilometer range.
DRDO-IAI joint venture will develop and equip Indian Air Force (IAF) with 18 combat management systems with 435 MRSAMs. Missiles will replace obsolete PECHORA missile systems. In December 2008, DRDO chief M Natarajan informed Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that the nation’s air defence was under threat: IAF had reported that 17 out of 60 firing units of PECHORA had already been phased out.
Economy
India and Israel are on a fast growing economic cooperation. Bilateral trade, which was at $200 million in 2001, grew to $4.1 billion by 2009, excluding defense trade. This includes manufacturing, satellite launch, agriculture and diamond industries. A formal free trade agreement was on progress as of 2010 for a two way agreement that would give Indian industries access to the Israeli high technology sector, and Israel access to Indian domestic market[24]. This is a step ahead of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) that a Joint Study Group (JSG) set up by the two countries had recommended to improve trade ties. It is estimated that bilateral trade would exceed $12 billion in 5 years with this trade agreement. The current areas that are to be given focus are software, communication, homeland security, science and medicine, bio and agro-technologies, water[25][26].
[edit] Science and technology
India is building closer ties with Israel in the areas of nanotechnology, information technology, water technology and biotechnology. [27]
In 1998, the Indo-Israel Joint Symposium on Human Genome was held in Jerusalem. Subsequently, as a follow up to the symposium, a call for joint research proposals on Human Genome was issued in July 1999 for which 11 proposals were received. Out of these, 6 research projects have been recommended for implementation.[28] Another Indo-Israel status seminar on human Genome Research was organized in India on December 2000.[29]
In 1999-2000, Israel and India were involved in 22 joint research projects.[30] Scientists from both countries visited the laboratories of their collaborators and short term exchange visits were organized.[31][28]
The Indo-Israel Joint Committee of scientists was constituted with the DST (Department of Science and Technology)and India as Co-chairmen with representatives from various research organizations in India and the Ministry of Information Technology as members. The 4th Meeting of the joint committee was held in the first week of November 1999 in Jerusalem, attended by a 3 member Indian delegation.[28]
In 2003, Israel’s Minister for Science and Technology said that Israel was keen on strengthening science and technology ties with India considering that the latter had a rich base of scientists and technologists and the two countries could benefit by synergising their activities.[31]In 2003, the two countries proposed to double the investment under the ongoing science and technology collaboration to $1 million with $0.5 million from each country in the next biennial period starting October 2004.[31]
In 2004, the Ministry of Science and Technology in India signed an MoU with Israel for jointly funding industrial R&D projects.[32]
In an agreement signed on May 30, 2005, India and Israel pledged to set up a fund to encourage investment and joint industrial ventures. According to the Press Trust of India, there are five priority areas for enhanced collaboration: nanotechnology, biotechnology, water management, alternative energy, and space and aeronautics. India and Israel will each start by contributing US$1 million to provide risk-free grants to entrepreneurs in the two countries.[33]India purchased 50 Israeli drones for $220 million in 2005[34]. India was considering buying the newer Harop drone[35]. India is also in the process of obtaining missile-firing Hermes 450s.
In 2008, Israel and India finalised a three-year plan to introduce crops such as olives, dates and grapes to be introduced and cultivated in the states of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, to create an agricultural market that meets Western demand for products like olive oil. In addition to the hope that this plan would boost yield and stave off famine, officials presented the project as symbolic.[36]
Space collaboration
Israel’s Minister for Science and Technology has expressed interest in collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) towards utilizing satellites for better management of land and other resources. Israel has also expressed interest in participating in ISRO’s Chandrayaan mission of sending an unmanned craft to the moon.[31] A Memorandum of Understanding, signed by ISRO and Israel’s space agency, provides for cooperation in multiple areas of space science and technology[37]
[edit] TecSAR
In a significant move, Israel chose India to launch its satellites. The latest Israeli spy satellite, TecSAR, was launched by India on 22 January 2008.[38][39] The Indian PSLV launch-vehicle was chosen instead of its own home grown Shavit rocket.[40] This was due to the cost of the PSLV being no more than $15 million (as it is a more matured system), compared to the Shavit which is close to $20 million. Besides the cost and maturity factors, the Shavit had other several critical drawbacks. The most important was the constraint on possible satellite orbits. Any launch from Israeli territory must be directed westwards, towards the sea, in order to prevent the launcher’s first stages (or the satellite itself, in case of a malfunction) from falling on populated areas or on foreign (hostile) territory. A westward launch, that is, against the direction of the Earth’s rotation, seriously restricts the weight of the satellite that the launch vehicle can carry. In the past, Israel also experienced several failures – the most recent example being the attempted Ofeq-6 launch in March 2004. In such cases, security links and the operational experience of a more capable partner can allow alternative, more reliable launching when needed.[41]
[edit] RISAT-2
In March 2009, India launched the RISAT-2 satellite which is based on the technology employed in Israel’s TecSAR. The satellite has the capability to take high resolution images at night and can carry out reconnaissance operations even through a dense cloud cover. Most Indian satellites currently in operation lack these capabilities. The decision to purchase the satellite was taken in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[42] The 300 kilogram RISAT-2 was successfully launched by India’s PSLV rocket in April 2009.[43]
A spokesman of the Indian Space Research Organization said that RISAT-2 is an Indian satellite built with assistance from Israel.[44] India is also developing its own, indigenous version of RISAT-2, capable of taking images through clouds and at night. It will be launched in late 2009.[45]
Tourism
India is a big destination for Israeli tourists. They usually visit the states of Goa, and Himachal Pradesh. Similarly, Israel is a destination for religious tourism for the 15,000
Israel-China: 2009 Annual Bilateral Trade Figures
What isn’t shown is an intensive semi secret military arms export to China but because of America Israel keeps it off the books and under the public scrutiny radar.
It ain’t semi-secret anymore.
I have obtained photographic evidence that Obama’s national security team monitors Israpundit.
Great update on the Indo-Israeli relation. Thanks Yamit.
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