Cover Stories

A Natural Partnership

Rajeev Deshpande

Prime Minister Modi’s unambiguous support for Israel identifies the Jewish state as a friend in need while the global condemnation of Hamas’ terror reflects India’s core concerns

The Death of a Pipe Dream

Martin Sherman

The only way Israel can ensure who governs Gaza is by governing it itself

Never Again

Anat Bernstein-Reich

So many Jews have not been killed in a single day since the Holocaust. India must help us get the hostages released

United By Grief

Oshrit Birvadker

My Indian friends find it difficult to understand our choice to stay put and fight. We do not abandon ship in troubled waters. That’s the Israeli spirit

A Dangerous New World

Jason Burke

The consequences of Hamas’ attack will spiral out, bringing disruptive changes to the long-running conflict in Israel-Palestine, to the Middle East and as far afield as South Asia

The Palestinian Jihad

S Prasannarajan

From Arafat’s empty holster to Hamas’ cult of death

I.N.D.I.A. and Its Discontents

PR Ramesh

An Opposition alliance has unseated a strong incumbent at the Centre only when it has had a promise to sell and a charismatic leader. The anti-Modi alliance has neither while its own contradictions threaten to pull it apart

The Limits of Moral Imperialism

Rahul Shivshankar

The Anglo-elite’s attitude towards an emerging superpower like India reeks of hypocrisy

Back to Punjab

Siddharth Singh

The state’s continuing political volatility has spawned a new Pakistan

The New Delhi Pushback

Rajeev Deshpande

India dismissed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of an Indian hand in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Nijjar and escalated the showdown with Ottawa to confront its support to terrorist-criminal gangs.