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Ankit GawandeThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The illusion of the Indo-US strategic partnership is currently burning in the waters of the Gulf of Oman. We spent the last decade convincing...
On June 6, 2026, the Israeli Consulate in Mumbai announced a highly strategic cultural initiative. The government of Israel plans to install a grand...
India is fundamentally rewriting Middle Eastern diplomacy. The era of relying exclusively on isolated bilateral agreements has ended. New Delhi is now...
The ongoing maritime disruptions in the Red Sea and the escalating conflicts in West Asia have exposed the severe fragility of traditional global...
In August 2020, the United Arab Emirates announced it was normalizing relations with Israel. The world called it historic. American diplomats called...
Every honeymoon inevitably ends the exact same way. You walk into your own kitchen a few days after the trip and realize the room service is gone. The...
I once heard someone say that true love is sharing your popcorn. Not offering a few pieces out of politeness. Actually handing over the bucket without...
When the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, the global conversation predictably fixated on Israel and the Arab states directly involved. The...
Whenever I read Western commentary on the India-Israel relationship, I see the same mistake repeated. Analysts try to wedge India into a political...
I want to begin with a number: 2,700 years. That is how long ago, according to their own account, the ancestors of the Bnei Menashe left the land that...
There is a cemetery in Haifa, Israel, within walking distance of the city’s port. It is small and quiet, shaded by trees, and contains 44 graves....
One year ago on 22 April 2025, 26 people were killed in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. They were tourists, honeymooners,...
Every December 16, India celebrates Vijay Diwas, the day in 1971 when Pakistan’s Eastern Command signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, and a...
I want to begin with a small detail that almost nobody covered when Narendra Modi landed in Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017. Among the first things on his...
When I trace the historical threads of my country, India, I often return to a rock on the Konkan coast, about 48 kilometers south of Mumbai, near a...