(June 25, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
A new business and community platform connecting India and Israel is set to be launched on Thursday in Jerusalem to promote people-to-people relations amid expanding ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n
The India x Israel Nexus aims to connect leaders, policymakers, businesses and cultural figures to deepen strategic cooperation between Israel and India.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrong relationships have existed between the U.S. and Israel for so many years because of the strong and frequent people-to-people ties, travel between the two countries and the shared Judeo-Christian heritage,\u201d Paushali Lassa, a geopolitical consultant and fellow at the Israel-India Friendship Club, told JNS. \u201cWe also need to find such common ground between Israel and its other big ally, India.\u201d<\/p>\n
The privately funded initiative, which has the backing of Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry, seeks to strengthen business, policy, cultural and community engagement between the two nations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strongest relationships between nations are not built in boardrooms or government offices alone, but when people connect, trust each other and create opportunities,\u201d said Joyston D\u2019Mello, a founding partner of India x Israel Nexus. \u201cWe exist to be that bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Building on strategic ties<\/p>\n
India and Israel share a growing strategic partnership spanning defense, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and agricultural innovation.<\/p>\n
India is Israel\u2019s largest customer for defense exports, accounting for roughly one-third of Israeli arms exports, while also supplying military components to Israel.<\/p>\n
Although India historically kept its distance from Israel to balance relations with Arab states, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has elevated ties with the Jewish state, making the partnership a cornerstone of New Delhi\u2019s security and deep-tech strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefense tech and agri-tech laid the foundation for India-Israel relations,\u201d said Revital Moses, a co-founder of the initiative. \u201cCulture and soft power are what will carry it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(June 25, 2026 \/ JNS) A new business and community platform connecting India and Israel is set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-510032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}