The visit of Israeli minister Gideon Sa’ar to New Delhi, at the beginning of November 2025, went unnoticed. Yet, behind this meeting hides a significant geopolitical truth : the strengthening of the strategic partnership between Narendra Modi’s India and Israel at a moment when the balances of the Middle East and Asia are being redrawn.

Since his election in 2014, Narendra Modi has profoundly transformed Indian foreign policy. For the first time, New Delhi assumes its relationship with Israel, once discreet for fear of irritating the Arab countries. In 2017, Modi’s historic visit to Jerusalem—the first of an Indian government leader—opened a new era: that of a partnership based on security and technology.

Israel is now a strategic partner under Narendra Modi, not just a weapons supplier. At the civil level, cooperation extends to cybersecurity, water........

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