Emboldened by Netanyahu: Is Modi's Israel Trip a Green Light for Persecution within India?

Matters. While the world watches Netanyahu's bombing Gaza into rubble, Indians, 200 million Muslims, and we're watching something else. Their own Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, standing next to Netanyahu, smiling of course. And, uh, what they have seen, they've seen, meaning the Muslims in India, They've seen what Hindu mobs and fanatics did to them instead of protecting them. So, and right now Modi, with his trip to Israel recently, just told them, meaning the Muslims in India, that the world isn't watching the atrocities committed against the Muslims inside India. So in this analysis, I'm going to be providing you my own insights. Into really what is the big picture out of all this and why Modi is end up in visiting Israel. So I'm gonna start with this clip here. Take a listen here. This is a bond of real friendship.

Great friend, my great friend.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

I just wanted to start with that, and we're gonna play, uh, another clip, uh, in a second here from the opposition. So we'll get into this. So by the way, make sure to stay with me till the end. I have one specific clip that I had to dig for it. I was surprised to see it, but I'm gonna keep it for you for the end. So please make sure to stay with me till the end here. So what you have right now in India after this visit, which by the way was concluded this morning or last night, so of Prime Minister Modi visiting Israel. So what you have inside India is that the society is divided over Modi's visit to Israel. And you ask yourself, Why is that? It's a question that is worth asking. So we're going to start another clip here, then I'll get into the analysis regarding this aspect here. So let's take a listen here.

I find it morally reprehensible that the Prime Minister chooses to go and visit Benjamin Netanyahu, who is responsible for the massacre of 70,000 people in Gaza. But I am not the Prime Minister, right? I do not have to take India's strategic considerations into mind, and therefore the Prime Minister should be balanced and pragmatic. But even on the grounds of being balanced and pragmatic, this visit is short-sighted in many ways. For the most part, it is because Benjamin Netanyahu himself and his entire cabinet have been rejecting the two-state solution. He has vowed to raze Gaza to the ground and extend Israel all the way to the West Bank and Gaza. Secondly, he finds himself increasingly internationally isolated. He's got an ICC warrant against him on the grounds of which he can be arrested in 120 countries. He's got increasing sanctions being placed against him by several countries in the world, including Europe, for his actions. India has made this mistake before. We say let's repay our friends in times of crisis. We try to repay Sheikh Hasina, look what happened in Bangladesh. We try to repay Trump, look what happened with tariffs. Are we going to repay that with Benjamin Netanyahu?

I find it very, very, uh, interesting insights from this particular individual here. The idea is that society is divided. There are those in favor and there are those against. So I'm going to provide you both sides of the arguments. I'll get into also my own analysis about how I see it personally. Then I'm going to share with you one aspect of the history which a lot of people around the world have no idea about. They think that India is this old civilization. It is not. India is only about 80 years old, and I'm gonna tell you why is that. So we'll start first with the argument about those in favor, the particularly those who support Modi's BJP party. To them, the argument is, you know what, we see this visit as a strategic sort of a masterstroke, if I may use the term here. Of course, the way they're approaching it, they're approaching it from the fact that India clashed with Pakistan last May, as you know, in 2025, and was defeated. Pakistan was armed and supplied by India's other neighbor and rival, none other than China. And this is where those individuals who support this trip of Modi who supported the trip of Modi to Israel, arguing that deepening defense ties with Israel, one of the world's most advanced military technology suppliers. First of all, hold on a second. Israel is not, because any weapon Israel has, it's from the US. So it's not Israel that has the most advanced military technology. No, no, we provide Israel for that. And to them, they see this as a counterweight to that threat, meaning to India's threat against Pakistan and maybe to the Great China. India is also Israel's number 2 trading partner in Asia, with a total trade value of about $3.6 billion as of 2025. And this is why the supporters also point to the shared concern about what both governments in Israel and in India describe as Islamist terrorism. And this is why they see Modi-Netanyahu relationship as ideological by nature. And it is. You have two nationalists, you have two security-focused leaders facing similar threats. That's their argument. But you have two leaders who are using atrocities against minorities. And this is again where you have to think in terms of, uh, of, uh, I remember, uh, one of, uh, our avid supporter of the channel shared the comment with me, uh, regarding, uh, this is where you can trust India. Is India committed to, for example, the SCO? Is India committed to the, the, uh, the, uh, BRICS. No, no, it is not, because as of, uh, uh, 2026, argued the Hanging G, is the one who shared the comment with me, Russia and China are deploying missiles and warships to Iran in an evolving shooting war between the US, Israel, NATO versus Russia and China and Iran. So where is India? This is a good question. Where are the INS, uh, Indian warships? Where are the submarines? Where are the fighter jets? Are they coming to Iran next year? Don't count on it. That's India for you. The second part is you have those who are opposed to the visit. So I'm going to share a clip with you here. If you allow me. And this is from, uh, from Al Jazeera, if I'm not mistaken. So let me just quickly share this with you. There we go. Let's take a listen, please. Let me make this bigger for you here so you can hear.

Not support a country that is committing genocide. We have ample evidence it is not about self-defense anymore. We are seeing that there is, uh, rising Islamophobia within the country, and we know that the Zionist goal is different, but we know that that Islamophobia is being used to fuel things over here. India is trying to bolster its international position by allying itself with Israel and using the same techniques, the same repression methods that it's learning from Israel on the citizens at home. This kind of close allyship is serving a kind of repressive state apparatus here, like how the repressive apparatus works in Gaza. Israel has a lot to offer on technology, on defense, and many other aspects as such. And with this friendship, I feel that, you know, Israel will also learn on the world peace, that how peace has to be maintained, how they have to work with the neighbors and also have harmony, and also how the democracy has to be restored from that perspective. Israel is badly isolated in regional and the global politics right now. At this time, visiting Israel is giving some kind of moral boost to Netanyahu, which is not acceptable to our democratic values, which is not acceptable at all to the dominant ethos and principle-based policy which we have.

All right, I just want you to hear two sides of the arguments. Of course, I disagree with some, especially the last two speakers. As far as the Indian democracy, what democracy are we talking about? But the previous two, they made a point regarding what India is learning from Israel, the tactics to oppress the minorities, especially the Muslims and the Christians. And that is very, very important aspect for us to understand. So the opposition stems from India's deep historical ties to the Palestinian cause, believe it or not. This is why those people who opposed the trip, they saw it that way because India was a staunch— this is for the record— India was a staunch advocate for the Palestinians in the post-colonial world order, 1947. As a matter of fact, in that year, based on the historical record, India opposed the UN plan, the United Nations plan, to partition Palestine. And in 1988, at that time used to be Rajiv Gandhi as the prime minister. I thought I had a picture of him. No, I don't. Anyway, we'll move on. Rajiv Gandhi, under, during his tenure in office, India became one of the first non-Arab states to recognize Palestine. So to many Indians, especially Muslims, who make up about 200 million people of Indian population, and opposition politician— politicians use this history because this history matters enormously. And that is why critics argue that Modi's visits amount to legitimizing the apartheid Israeli state. In quote, according to Al Jazeera article. And I'm going to share the link with you because if you want to read the article yourself. It's very disturbing to me because of what I'm seeing coming now to India after this visit. And we'll, we'll talk about it in a second here. At the same time, India is going to a country that is facing international accusation of genocide in Gaza. We all know this. It's now becoming a part of history. There is also the matter of Netanyahu himself. The person himself, you know, is the head of government facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant and prosecuting a war in Gaza that much of the world has condemned as genocide. This been used before. And this is where that issue for being welcomed for Modi— Modi seen warmly embracing Netanyahu there, that just tells you right there. Embracing such a figure is deeply uncomfortable for a large segment of Indian society. Yeah, to them it's disturbing. Because who else in the world is doing this except for Modi? This is during Modi's speech in the Knesset, which I will address in a second here. Now, where is the broader ideological dimension of this trip? Because it's a question that we have to ask. And for me, thinking about What is the thing that makes these two sort of get together or like each other or fall in the arm of each other or hug each other, whatever term you want to use? I'm thinking of this picture, Netanyahu is looking at him and saying, did you wash your hand? I don't know, it just crossed my mind. But here is the thing, Modi and Netanyahu are both nationalists. So populist in a way, maybe, maybe quite conservatives, but one of the things they share, they are hawkish. And that both, both countries, Israel and India in this case, carry some stains in their history. For India, the first thing that comes is Kashmir. Then for Israel, you think about Palestine, you think about West Bank. So for Modi's critics at home, the visit is seen and perceived as part of a broader shift in India's identity under the BJP rule. That's why it's away— it's away now from this so-called non-aligned pro-Palestinian legacy. Because I remember when I was a kid Believe it or not, I used to hear about this term non-aligned, and I had to ask, oh, this is like you're talking about India because it's not non-aligned. That was back then. Non-aligned, it was pro-Palestinian legacy, and it was towards an alliance built on a shared Hindu nationalist. But now that's the problem, the Hindu nationalism that is turning into fanatics. Then you have the right-wing politics because that's what is turning at the expense of India's Muslim minority and its traditional foreign policy. And I'm gonna add the Christians to this picture as well. So the Indian Prime Minister, when he was in Israel, he gave a speech at the Knesset. Okay, that's the parliament for Israel. And I'm going to share with you word for word for what Modi said. And here is what he said in his speech, and I quote, 'World was sh— the world was shattered by the barbaric terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7th,' end of quote. He's referring, of course, to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on villages and army outposts in southern Israel. That triggered Israel's war on Gaza and also killed more than 70,000 Palestinians in that ongoing war, by the way. Modi added, and I quote, "We feel your pain. We share your grief," end of quote. That's what Modi stated word for word, and he is also adding that And I quote, India stands by Israel with full conviction, end of quote. And another one, Modi said India and Israel, in quote, are trusted partners. What partners? In what? Killing innocent people, defenseless And here is what got to me. It got under my skin, literally, when Modi said this, and I quote, in addition to being India and Israel trusted partner, he added, and I quote, they contribute, meaning India and Israel, contribute to global stability and prosperity. End of quote. Yeah, this is what Modi is saying in the Knesset. I mean, I'll let you judge, you'll be the judge of that yourself. I mean, when you look at all this, to me it's fiasco, it's humiliation, very humiliating. So I'm gonna put the link for you in the chat box should you want to read the full article about this particular aspect. The bottom line, the supporters of this trip inside India see it as some sort of smart political move. The opponents, they see it as a moral and historical betrayal, because it is a betrayal, to say the least. In this aspect here, while I'm thinking about it, I'm going to talk to you briefly, if you allow me, about the really, the true history of India. And I'm going to keep it brief. And this also based on a comment I received. That's why I read your comments. And we have a wonderful community here that they are engaged intellectually. This is why I read the comment. The individual argued that many people may not be familiar with India's history. And he is right, or she is right. I don't know the screen name, male or female. As a nation, excluding the century of the British rule, India's national history is only about 80 years old. That's it. And I checked the facts, a historical record. So before— because you're gonna have to think, before the British rule, what happened? India was nothing but a name of a region, not a country. And what was it called at that time? The Indian subcontinent. That's a reference to the region, not to modern-day India, not a country. It was only after independence, that's when today's India adopted the name of this region and it became its national name, the Republic of India. So this is the sort of— is the truth about it, and I fact-checked this. So the bottom line is India is not as some of us think, and I was one of those, I'll admit it. I was under the impression that it was an old— it is not an ancient civilization at all. It's just the name. That Indians have fabricated using the Indian subcontinent as theirs. This is almost like the robot, uh, RoboDog. You all remember what India did. They took that and claimed it to be theirs. That's the same arguments I can make based on historical records. So here is the hard reality here, which is when you think about modern nation State, India today, 80 years old. It is accurate because it is known as in the historical record that is today as the Republic of India. So the modern, the independent, if it is independent, whatever, the political entity that defined whatever internationally recognized borders, even though there are certain borders that is just never been recognized at all. So. And it was only formed upon the independence from Britain in August 1947. And that is what is constituted as about 79, 80 years of modern statehood of India as of 2026. So India is not this 5,000 years old, unlike the Chinese, for example. And this is where the discrepancy to many Western audience They don't understand. You're gonna have to have the civilizational entity, the ancient one before 1947. The region was not a single centralized country in modern Western sense, but rather that was merely a geographical expression. And it was deeply connected. That's, that's, uh, it was deeply connected. On many aspects connected and shared on a cultural level, on a religious level, on social ties as well. And that stretches almost 5,000 years old, and that includes the Indus Valley civilization, the Indus, the I-N-D-U-S, Indus Valley. And this is where you have to think in terms this idea of the political unity prior to British rule. The Indian subcontinent, not Indian country, the subcontinent was at a different time unified, but it was unified under variety of indigenous empires. Now I'll give you a quick example. Mauryan, which was between 322 185 BCE. Once again, variety of empires including the Mauryan, 332-185 BCE. Then you have the Gupta, the 4th through the 6th centuries, okay, which covered, by the way, large portions of the land. Before the British, the Mongol Empire, 16th and 18th century, also unified the vast portion of the subcontinent, not of India, the subcontinent. So this is why the name of India is not a British invention. It is over 2,400 old, but is derived from the Indus River. That's where it has nothing to do with India. As you and I know it. So therefore, the modern 80-year-old state of India is relatively a new creation. It is the successor, if I may use the term, of this distinct ancient and continuous civilization, civilization, rather than just the collection of the unrelated aspects of it. So this is what's at the heart of the matter that I need you to understand. India is not as old as you may think. Liking this video so far? Don't just be a watcher. Go ahead and hit the like, share, and subscribe button. And don't forget to tap the bell so you will not miss any of my videos or live streams. This way, you will be supporting a channel that stands for the truth and objective reporting. The choice is yours. Thanks for your support. Let's get back to our topic about the Muslims and the Christians minorities inside India who are now in fear for their lives. That because the way they see Modi, or they saw Modi's trip to Israel, that means it will give now the BJP party the green light to commit atrocities against these minorities using the Hindu fanatics and so forth. And that's, to me, it's worth addressing because this is genuine, a serious concern that touches on the documented history and the real ongoing concerns that is going on. I'm gonna share some pictures with you. So the documented history of the Hindu nationalists and fanatics violence against those minorities. The BJP and its ideological parent organization, you know who that is? Does anybody know who the parent organization is? Is the RSS. I'm sorry, I'm not going to pronounce it in Indian language because I don't speak Indian and I don't want to butcher the name. The RSS, you know which one is it. So what is going on? They have long and a documented association with communal violence and atrocities. And the most notorious, the most notorious, the example that I want to share with you based on a historical record is the 2002 Gujarat riots. This is why I did what I did on this thumbnail, Gujarat, because you can't forget that. The Gujarat riots, which occurred— here is the key— when Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat at that time. And it was over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in sectarian violence. That's exactly what happened at that time. Here's the pictures here. Those are the victims. All of them Muslims. And you have the— what you have there is the survivors. Survivors looking at the pictures of the Gujarat riots victims at a photo exhibit. That's what happening. And what happened after that? The Supreme Court in India, guess what, investigated and cleared Modi personally of directing the violence. However, human rights organizations have long disputed this conclusion. And beyond Gujarat, you're going to have to think about, there have been other recurring episodes of, for example, the cow vigilantes mob violence against Muslims in Dalits. Okay, you remember? I don't know if you guys familiar with this, the Muslims and in Dalits, the attacks on the churches and the Christian communities, particularly in the state like Manipur and Odisha. And of course, the devastating one, which is exactly what Israel is doing. This is why there are those who saying Modi now has learned in the footsteps of Netanyahu is the demolition, demolition of the Barbee Masjid mosque in 1992. Take a look, 1992. And this, by the way, that's not the mosque here. This is the, the bulldozer demolishing a Muslim-owned property. In Haryana, India in 2023, 2023. But the ones in 1992 was the demolition of the Barbee Masjid mosque for the Muslims, and that in itself triggered nationwide riot killing roughly 2,000 people. And I'm starting to ask, Is because the arrival of Modi that has paved the way for this increase in massive atrocities against the, the Christians and the Muslims. I'm not gonna go as far as some in Western, uh, think tanks by stating that, or even asking the question, is India a violent society? And as a matter of fact, I'm going to ask that question if they are asking that. What do you think, in your opinion, please yes or no? In your opinion, based on what you know, not emotional answers please, based on what you know, is India a violent society? And that becomes the question of— this is a masked Kashmiri man. Fearing for his life. Because I'm not even talking about Kashmir yet and what has been taken in Kashmir. Suffice it to say that what has changed under the BJP rule since 2014— and why is 2014? That's when Modi came to power. So since Modi came to power You're talking about credible, credible organizations in human rights. Watch. Amnesty International and even the US Commission on International Religious Freedom have documented a significant rise in hate crime against Muslims and Christians sanctioned by the Modi government through the Hindu fanatics. Because I looked into some laws inside India. For example, the laws that been enacted, legislation that is, like for example the Citizenship Amendment Act, which have been criticized as discriminatory against Muslims. You have another one called Law of Jihad, which was laws in the BJP-governed states which criminalizes the interfaith marriages in ways that disproportionately target Muslims. Then you talk about allowing bulldozers to demolish Muslim-owned properties like what the picture you saw right here. Oh, I'm sorry, this one. This one here, something called the bulldozer justice. It became a visible symbol of state-sanctioned intimidation under BJP governments. That's what I'm saying. The government of Modi is the one that is supporting the Hindu fanatics, in addition to some funding of money coming from outside into India for this reason. And that is why you put the trip of Modi to Israel, you see the big picture. Because now this trip, uh, the Modi's visit to Israel will change the calculus. And this is where it gets more complicated. In my opinion, especially for the minorities inside India. The fear among minorities seems to be less than the Israeli visit itself, which is a trigger, by the way, and more that it signals the ideological alignment between Modi, okay, and Netanyahu. But to Indians, minorities inside India, this alignment, the ideological alignment they see goes beyond just Netanyahu. It's that Modi sees the BJP approach to dealing with Muslims in a violent manner, to dealing with the Christians in violent manners as analogous to Israel's approach to Palestinians. And that is where India is going to draw legitimacy from what Israel is doing in Gaza and so forth. That is the fear the minorities in India have now, because I'm even talking about some BJP commentators, which I looked into, commentators inside India. They have indeed now draw the kind of reach the conclusion that there is an explicit parallel between the Islamic terrorism, as they called in Israel, facing both countries, meaning Israel and India. And this is the framing that worries the minorities in India, and rightly so, because it can be used domestically now to justify harsher crackdown under so-called the security rationale using the Hindu fanatics. I mean, I've seen them in— I've heard about them in Canada, for Christ's sake, Canada. So what limits do we have now from the worst-case scenario? There are none. Modi now have now the reign to do whatever through the Hindu fanatics. That means the Indian federal structure means that the state government are not, and many of them are not controlled by the BJP, uh, act as a check, for example, because Modi won't care less if he watched under his watch Under his watch in 2002, over 1,000 Muslims were slaughtered, and he was okay with that and was cleared by the Supreme Court. That tells you the story. India's judiciary, even though under pressure, nah, nah, nah. The 200 million Muslims And I'm gonna— I don't know how many there are Christians there. Yeah, because now you're gonna see massive, massive discriminatory actions and atrocities committed against. Because this fear— here is the harsh reality— this fear is grounded in real patterns. This is not a paranoia or whatever. They might have you believe. No, no, pardon me. No, no, it's in a real pattern. Always, as I say, look for trends. The trajectory under the BJP rule has been one of increasing marginalization, legal discrimination, emboldened violence against minorities because it's sanctioned by the government. So the Israel's visit of Modi doesn't create that trajectory. It was already there. It just now getting strengthened. And yet the symbolic alignment with the government of Modi and Israel, it has to do with the ethnic cleansing because now it does reinforce the worldwide view about how BJP is, or the base of it, and how it treats its Muslim minorities inside India. Because they're looking at that minority as a security threat rather than an equal citizens. And that in itself has a far real consequences for how now low-level officials, the police, the vigilantes groups, the fanatics will behave on the ground. So, and you all remember Jayant Bahndari talks about this. There is no way, there is no way that India will ever change. That's why I asked the question, as some other analysts asking, is India a violent state? Because they will be, because this attacks, whatever is going to be, is going to be orders from the top, Modi's. And history shows that the most dangerous phase of communal violence in India often comes not from central directives, but from the permissive atmosphere that signals to local fanatics, local actors, that violence will be tolerated or even unpunished. So, and this is what Modi trip to Israel is all about. Modi's lesson, the lesson he learned, or lessons learned from Israel: demolish Muslim homes, erase their history, The same applied for the Christians. The Hindu far-right actions in India's Haryana exactly echoes Israel policies of trying to delete histories and legacies of the Palestinian people. And I'm just arguing what is fair. I'm arguing what is right. You look at Kashmir, the spying that is going on in Kashmir, the demolition that is going in Kashmir, and how Modi himself embraced the Israeli model in Kashmir. And this is why the India-Israeli relations under Modi is a bond between two ideologies that see themselves as civilizational projects and Muslims as a demographic and security threat. Remember what Modi said in the Knesset. Israel is the father, India is the mother. Draw the line, draw the parallel. That is where the concern, at least for me as an outsider looking inside. Here is my conclusion for you, because I, I told you I want to share this with you. Uh, and by the way, uh, before I forget, uh, Hanging G shared something very interesting. Uh, that's why I always urge you to read his comments, uh, regarding what took place with the the fiasco of the robo dog. And, and, and at that time I, I checked, and that professor of so-called communication wasn't fired. So India's claim— here is what Hank wrote— India's fake claims, fake dog, a robo dog. So, so what you need to do, meaning, which India didn't do You need to sack that professor. You need to delete all her academic and professional licenses in India and abroad. You need to shut down the university where she came from. You need to investigate all licenses and qualifications awarded by this professor and this university in particular. That's what needs to be done. I'm just thinking about it. Because it came to my mind. All right, here's my conclusion for you. And by the way, if you want to really have a better understanding of this, you need to read a book. And the book was written by Azad Isa. He is the author of the book, which was on 2023, titled, uh, The New Alliance Between India and Israel: A Hostile Homeland. The New Alliance. So the India-Israel relationship under Modi is a bond, really a bond between two ideologies that see themselves, as I said, as civilizational projects. So very interesting book if you get a chance to read it. So my conclusion for you, the Hindu nationalist movement, BJP party, the Hindu fanatics and all that, because India in turn views this alliance between Israel and India as part of its regional conflict with Pakistan and its effort to strengthen its military and diplomatic position in, in, in Asia. When all the countries now is coming to see that it's hollow— India is hollow inside, it's just a show, a facade of sort. There is no substance. And this is why this sort of visit to Israel, some in support of Modi seeing it as rapprochement with Israel because that is in conjunction or in line with the orientation of Modi's government. And the bottom line, because he represents the Hindu nationalism movement, which is strategically hostile to Muslims inside and outside India, by the This is not just inside, is outside also. All right, as I promised you, I will share one clip with you here. And again, this is not about laughing or whatever, it just sometimes images will say a lot. Okay, let me, let me share this one here for with you. Bear with me. All right, where is it? There we go. I know some might find it hilarious, but you decide. That's it. The picture says it all. The picture says it all. It's disturbing, very disturbing. Yeah, what will become now? The way I see it, and I'm concluding with this last sentence here, what I see is, is the green light now is going to be given to the Hindu fanatics. You go and attack Muslims and Christians, you have our support, government, Indian government, Modi that is. And basically they can now do whatever they want to do. So as you noticed, there's already tensions going on right now between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Makes you just wonder, does India have anything to do with it? My answer is yes, so is the United States. That is the problem. That is the problem why I wanted to do this for you. 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