Putting Aside the Pious Lies about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
The U.S. shouldn’t be neutral.
January 23, 2018
What Muslim backlash?
Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to India, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and concluded nine trade deals between the two countries. The visit is just the latest manifestation of the growing alliance between Israel and India, a country that was long hostile to the Jewish state, and refused to have formal diplomatic ties until 1991. To Swapan Dasgupta, New Delhi’s reluctance to improve relations with Jerusalem came from its excessive fear of provoking Muslim rage:
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Login or SubscribeThe U.S. shouldn’t be neutral.
What Muslim backlash?
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