The Diplomat:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently in India on a five-day visit, the first by an Israeli prime minister since Ariel Sharon’s 2003 visit and the second Israeli prime ministerial visit to India overall.
While the bilateral agenda between the two countries continues to grow broader than ever, defense ties are particularly in the spotlight given India’s recent decision to cancel a $500 million deal with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. for Spike anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). The Indian decision was announced days into the new year and cast a bit of a pall over Netanyahu’s then-upcoming visit.
New Delhi’s decision to symbolically condemn the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital at the United Nations General Assembly, too, caused some concern, even if it wasn’t entirely breaking with New Delhi’s voting practices at the UN.
