How Gaza war sped up India’s shift towards Israel under Modi

New Delhi, India – The United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Norway had already banned the entry of Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, who had advocated the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and the annexation of the occupied West Bank.

But in September 2025, as the European Union was planning bloc-wide sanctions against him and hi...