Why India stands with Israel ?
By: Koushik Pritom
Tags: India, Israel, Kashmir, Palestine, Pakistan

Israel & India

India, A country with about 1350 million people. Though most of them are Hindus, it has over 200 Million Muslims. The conflict between Hindus and Muslims is also seen here.

India has been ruled by many outsiders. Islam came to Indian in the 7th century. Then day by day many Muslim rulers ruled different parts of India. In the 18th century, the British made India their colony. Britishers applied a “Divide And Rule” method to run India. They created chaos, riots and spread hatred between Muslims and Hindus. In 1947, the British divided India into two parts. A Hindu majority area is now called India and a Muslim Majority area is called Pakistan. Pakistan became an Islamic Country. But India became a secular country. Thus a partition made a hostility between two neighboring countries which made from one.

India became independent in 1947 where Israel was created in 1948. Both nations created almost at the same time. Here is the similarity. Arab Muslims didn’t want Israel as a nation. They denied Israel as a nation from the very beginning. Same way, the reason behind the partition of India was happened because Hindus and Muslims hated each other. So the people of Israel and India have been watching Islamophobia since their birth.

Indian relationship with Israel

After independence, India and Israel came very close. India officially recognized Israel as a state on 17 September 1950. Since then, India has been keeping a good relationship with Israel. After the birth of Israel and India, both countries had to fight against Islamic countries. India’s big threat is Pakistan which is a Muslim majority country. India fought Against Pakistan in 1947, 1965, 1971, 1999, and many several times. In these battles, Israel Government helped India giving with technology and weapons. Now India is the third-largest Asian trade partner of Israel and tenth-largest trade partner overall.

On the other side, Israel a nation have seen many war and terrorism since its birth. These are also similar to India. Israel had to fight with the whole Arab nation from its birth. The main reason for the war between Arab nations and Israel was the taking control of Jerusalem and Palestine. But Israel had won almost every war. That is the reason why Israel always makes them prepared for war.

In India, we can relate Kashmir with Palestine. Palestinians want Independence and want their lands which are now occupied by Israel. Here Kashmir is a part of India. But Pakistani Intelligence ISIS and Pakistani military forces are spreading terrorism in Kashmir for the last 71 years. Kashmir is India’s Muslim majority state and many people of Kashmir want freedom, want an independent nation. Kashmir is divided into 3 countries. Pakistan occupied Kashmir is called Azad Kashmir, China occupied Kashmir is called Siachen and India occupied Kashmir is called Kashmir. Kashmiri Muslims want freedom from India like Palestinians to want their land.

India and Israel have been facing this kind of situation since their birth. That’s why a strong relationship has been built between these two nations. Israel and India’s intelligence share pieces of information. India buys a large number of weapons from Israel every year. This is the main reason why India stands with Israel. But as India has over 20 Million Muslim people, India tries to play a neutral role when Israel and Palestine’s conflict comes. But Inside, both countries act a true friendship .