The book addresses the close relationship between India and Israel based on the common hatred toward Muslims of the extremist Hindus (BJP) and Zionist Jews. Vijay Prashad, the author of 11 books and a columnist whose articles appear on PRAGOTI and several other websites. Vijay was reciepant of Muzzafar Ahmad Book Award (2009), which is named after India’s Communist ideologist and strategist. Interestingly, the Financial Times (FT) chose Muslim mass-murderer (for the death of over 2,000 Muslim men, women and children – and cleansing of Ahmadabad city of 800,000 Muslim population in 2002), Narendra Modi, as the Asian Personality of 2009. That shows where the magazine’s loyalty is.
Vijay wrote that when the Hindu extremist political parties formed the government in New Delhi in 1998 – their leaders turned to a foreign country (Israel) which harbor great hatred toward Muslims for inspiration. The BJP draws its votes through propagating Islamophobia, developed an understanding the Israelis have found a magical solution to their own neighborhood. The main admirer of Israeli achievment in ethnic-cleansing of the native Muslims and Christians among Hindutva leadership was BJP leader A.K. Advani who visited Israel in 1995 to draw some anti-Muslim strength from Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2000 Advani revisited Israel as Indian Home Minister. At the Indian embassy Advani said: “In recent years we have been facing a growing internal security problem. We are concerned with cross-border terrorism launched by proxies of Pakistan. We share with Israel a common perception of terrorism as a menace, even more so when coupled with religious fundamentalism. Our mutual determination to combat terrorism is the basis for discussions with Israel, whose reputation in dealing with such problems is quite successful.”
Israel sent a slew of Mossad agents into India to give the party of political Hinduism a hand. Israel’s former Ambassador to India, Yehoyada Haim acknowledged that the Israelis helped India during the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan, and other such moments, but hastily pointed out, “The less we said about these matters, the better for both our countries.”
In 2000, Haim spoke highly of the Indian many consider to be close to Likud, “Mr. Advani is a very unique man. I like him very much. Ideologically and personally he reminds me of some people from an earlier generation of Israelis. He was very happy as he could personally see the methods we’ve developed to fight terrorism. He also met Mossad’s head. Now, we’re going to examine what counter-terrorism methods are appropriate for India. For example, Israel is totally fenced by the most sophisticated electronic fences, but how can India achieve that in a jungle or high up on a mountain? The head of Mossad took down notes and is now doing his homework (on India).”
Vijay Prashad in his latest article titled My Investment in Israel, wrote:
Not only did the BJP import Mossad-type methods to deal with terrorism, but the political Hindu parties have also adopted Tel Aviv’s geopolitical theory of terrorism. And more practically, during the BJP reign, and even under the subsequent Congress rule, India has become a major importer of Israeli arms. In 2009, bilateral military trade between the two countries reached $9 billion. India is one of the main customers of the Israeli weapon’s industry, another subsidy provided from afar for the occupation of the moth-eaten Palestinian territory. It should be said that whereas the BJP is eager for an ideological convergence with Tel Aviv (as I argue in Namaste Sharon), the Congress is not so clear. As Yiftah Shapir of Tel Aviv University’s Insitute for National Security Studies puts it, India is a not a reliable ally since it has not fully “given up its non-aligned identity….India’s behavior in international forums does not indicate that it can be relied on to help Israel in any difficult situation. India’s position on all aspects of the Israeli-Arab conflict is not a neutral one, rather is decidedly pro-Palestinian.” A true friend of Israel is one who would bend knee to its every whim, viz. the U. S. India does not yet qualify.
http://www.tlaxcala.es/pp.asp?reference=10360&lg=enhttp://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/namaste-sharon-hindutva-and-israel/http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=12259Typical left wing article, using wrong information and skewed up perception. It is incorrect to say Hindutvas suddenly woke up only in 1998 and realised that they needed "inspiration" and then scampered to middle east to get it from Israel. Sharon's public visit to India 10 years ago is being shown as if a discovery is made only now! Hindutvas were and are capable of hating Muslims of their own inspiration,and do not have to borrow it from Jews. Babri Mosque was demolished by Hindutva forces years before BJP came to power and Modi displayed his dance of death before even Sharon visited India. RSS came in to existance around the time First WW ended, which goes long back, even before Zionist principles had picked up strength.
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