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Lt. Gen. Jack Jacob, shown sitting in his New Delhi home, likely saved hundreds of thousands of lives while serving as chief of staff of the Indian Eastern command during the 1971 Bangladesh war. (Ashish Sharma/Open/JTA)
April 21, 2019, 10:07 am
Famed Jewish-Indian general to be honored in Jerusalem
Lt. Gen. Jack Jacob’s name to be added to plaque at Ammunition Hill memorial site for Jews who served admirably in foreign militaries
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
March 25, 2018, 3:31 pm
Netanyahu eyes Mumbai flights after Saudi Arabia opens airspace
Days after Air India begins more direct route from Delhi to Israel, PM calls for expanding flights to second Indian city
By AFP
Illustrative. Israeli soldiers launch a Spike anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)
February 5, 2018, 6:49 pm
Israeli official in India to finalize revived arms deal – report
Indian media says massive order of Spike anti-tank missiles may initially have been canceled due to objections of local weapons manufacturer
By Michael Bachner
Delhi's Main Bazaar drag on December 12, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 14, 2018, 11:44 pm
In Delhi’s ‘mini Israel,’ visit by premier elicits collective Netanyawho?
Though filled with Israeli tourists and Israeli tourist-loving vendors, there is little buzz in the bustling Main Bazaar for the biggest Israeli visitor of all
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in Delhi, India, on January 14, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
January 14, 2018, 5:32 pm
In India, Netanyahu says Israel systematically destroying Hamas tunnels
Prime minister speaks after IDF strikes subterranean passageway, says Israel will make sure Palestinian terrorists ‘will not mess with us’
By Joshua Davidovich
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers after the Israeli leader arrived at the Air Force Station in New Delhi January 14, 2018. (Prakash Singh/AFP)
January 14, 2018, 11:27 am
Netanyahu arrives in India, is greeted on tarmac by PM Modi
Israeli leader says he greatly appreciates unplanned personal welcome; two men embrace warmly at start of week-long visit
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) and his wife Sara board a plane to fly to Latin America for a 10-day state trip on September 10, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
January 14, 2018, 6:34 am
Netanyahu departs for India with diatribe against ‘hostile press’
PM predicts Israeli media will under-cover his week-long trip, says he was shocked by ‘sanctimonious and hypocritical’ criticism of his son
By Raoul Wootliff
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)
January 13, 2018, 11:11 pm
Amid strip joint scandal, Yair Netanyahu left out of PM’s India delegation
Netanyahu’s son was set to accompany his parents on high-profile trip; PMO won’t say if change of plans is connected to recordings aired this week
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in a car with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after the latter arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
January 11, 2018, 4:17 pm
Spotlight on trade, Chabad and Bollywood as PM heads to India
Modi and Netanyahu get on well, but the PM’s visit, the first by an Israeli premier since 2003, comes against backdrop of Delhi’s recent anti-Israel vote at the UN
By Raphael Ahren
President Reuven Rivlin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug each other after a joint media briefing in New Delhi on November 15, 2016. AFP/MONEY SHARMA)
November 15, 2016, 3:06 pm
Israel and India hail growing defense ties as Rivlin visits
In New Delhi, Modi welcomes security cooperation, calls for ‘more broad-based’ economic partnerships, joint efforts against terror
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of a Spike anti-tank missile (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, Dave1185)
February 11, 2016, 6:02 am
Israel and India said closing in on $3 billion arms deals
Amid blossoming ties, Jerusalem set to sell New Delhi missile defense systems, guided bombs and advanced anti-tank weapons
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Indian External Affairs Sushma Swaraj in Jerusalem, January 18 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 19, 2016, 12:31 am
Visiting Indian FM: Israel-India ties have ‘much more potential’
Netanyahu tells Sushma Swaraj that Jerusalem ‘wants to do more’ in science, tech, defense, agriculture and health cooperation
By TOI staff
Lt. Gen. Jack Jacob, shown sitting in his New Delhi home, likely saved hundreds of thousands of lives while serving as chief of staff of the Indian Eastern command during the 1971 Bangladesh war. (Ashish Sharma/Open/JTA)
January 14, 2016, 1:10 am
Jack Jacob, Indian Jewish war hero, dies at 92
PM Modi says ‘India will always remain grateful’ to highest ever ranking Jewish member of Indian armed forces
By Raoul Wootliff and JTA
President Reuven Rivlin attends the funeral of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, accompanied by current Prime Minister Lee Hasien Loong. (photo credit: Courtesy Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore)
March 29, 2015, 6:56 pm
Rivlin attends funeral of Singapore’s first prime minister
Rivlin describes leader as ‘dear friend of Israel’; meets with Indian PM, discusses deepening ties with New Delhi
By Rahel Jaskow, Justin Jalil and AP
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of a defense industries of Israel pavilion during an arms fair held in the city of Bangalore, India, on February 18, 2015. Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/FLASH90)
February 19, 2015, 11:24 am
Ya’alon meets Indian premier as defense firms ink deal
Rafael, Kalyani Group form joint venture to develop advanced military hardware as Israel bolsters ties with New Delhi
By TOI staff
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