India needs to balance ties with Israel and Arab states regarding Gaza: Analysts

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India has expressed strong solidarity with Israel, but may be expected by Arab countries to balance its position. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW DELHI - As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, India will need to walk a fine line to balance its support for Israel while protecting its vast and deep links with the Arab world, said analysts.

India’s abstention “has isolated it from the rest of the Global South”, said Dr Hasan Alhasan, a research fellow for Middle East policy at the London-based think-tank International Institute for Strategic Studies. In 2017, Mr Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel, a historic occasion some 25 years after the two countries established diplomatic relations.

India imports 60 per cent of its crude oil from the Gulf countries, where some 8.8 million Indians employed in various sectors remitted home about US$90 billion in 2022 alone. In the Indian public’s view, Israel is a friend that stepped in during a time of need, supplying weapons during the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan.

 

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