With nearly 15 Israelis held hostages by terrorists in Mumbai, the government has sent a team of paramedics, medics and other professionals to India to assist with rescue efforts amid an offer by Tel Aviv to help New Delhi in dealing with terror attacks and its aftermath.
"India, the second largest populated nation in the world and the biggest democracy with a booming economy, including hi-tech, could play an important role in the Middle East peace process," Abbas told PTI in an interview a day before leaving for New Delhi.
They have launched a political party -- Shivtei Israel (Yachad), in this southern Israeli city to contest the forthcoming municipal elections. More than 5,000 Indians have registered as party members, out of a total of about 10,000, in the city amid efforts by party leaders to muster support of other fringe groups comprising Moroccans, Tunisians and Ethiopian Jews.
"The Left parties are basically anti-US and therefore countries that are seen as allies of Washington are disliked by them. They do not like whatever America does while we look at things on a case to case basis with regard to US," Swaraj, who is on a three-day visit to Israel as the chairperson of Indo-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, said, adding, "We are not anti-US in principle, but we oppose its policies which are against India's interest."
"It should be borne in mind that India will never allow a separate independent state for Tamils in Sri Lanka because such a development will have a disastrous effect in India," Wickremanayaka, who is the first Sri Lankan Prime Minister to visit Israel, told a gathering. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, who is on a four-day visit, claimed that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief V Prabhakaran wanted to create a Tamil state "by including certain parts of India as well".
India has urged Palestinians to unite to realise their goal of an independent state amidst the growing wedge between rival Hamas and Fatah factions.
Hamas described the move as a declaration of war with an aim to starve Palestinians to force them to accept Tel Aviv's demands.
Israel's largest investment company, IDB, the largest health service network, Clalit Medical Organisation, and an NGO, Pirkey Refuah, have joined hands to fight Israel's negative image in India by coming up with the 'Peace Backpackers Project'.
Genady Shlomper has been teaching Hindi at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv University for several years during which more than 260 students have graduated with Hindi as one of their main subjects.
Peres has been elected ninth President of Israel at a time when the office of the ceremonial head has taken a severe battering in view of charges of rape and sexual misconduct against the outgoing President.
"In order to maintain national unity and preserve Palestinian blood, Hamas and Fatah leaders met and agreed to end the fighting and remove the checkpoints," Ayman Taha, a Hamas official, said.
With efforts intensifying to generate a new momentum in the stalled Middle East talks, a four-member delegation led by Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed will be participating at the summit.
Katsav will face charges for alleged crimes against four women, including the alleged rape of a former employee at the tourism ministry.
The beach on the Red Sea coast was transformed into a 'mini-Chowpatty' as Indian music reverberated in the air during this three-day programme with stalls of 'bhelpuri', 'papri chaat' and other snacks.
A group of over 50 Jews from India's northeast, who claim to be descendants of an ancient Jewish tribe, arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the largest-ever exodus of Jews from the country to Israel.
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