Modi’s Visit to Israel — an appeal to the Global South to rethink the anesthetized “Palestinian Cause.”

As a Muslim Sri Lankan American, I write this with conviction and with urgency. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strengthens ties with Israel, it should not be dismissed as mere diplomacy or economics. It reflects something deeper: how democracies facing existential threats recognize one another — and choose clarity over confusion.

The 2008 Mumbai attacks and the October 7 attacks were separated by geography but united in ideology. Both were carried out by radical jihadists who deliberately targeted Jewish civilians. Both sought to humiliate nations and fracture societies. Both were designed to terrorize democracies into paralysis.

India and Israel understand that survival is not aggression; it is necessity.

Sri Lanka and the Imported Conflict

In Sri Lanka, where I was born, a nation painfully emerging from a 30-year ethnic war, we are now seeing imported hostility masquerading as solidarity. In Arugam Bay, Israeli tourists have faced protests. A local Chabad house was pressured to close, and some publicly celebrated its closure.

This is not justice. It is scapegoating.

Sri Lanka knows the cost of ethnic absolutism. We know what happens when grievance becomes identity and identity becomes weaponized. Why would we import a distant conflict when our own soil still carries the memory of division?

The Palestinians I Know

I work with Gazans and Palestinians. They are not slogans or hashtags. They are human beings who want stability, education, mobility, and dignity. Yet Gaza under Hamas........

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