Modi and Netanyahu: Two Sides of The Same Coin

Oct 9, 2023

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently tweeted that he is "shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel", adding that "We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour". This tweet was posted immediately after the Hamas militants' unprecedented attack on Israel by air, land and sea. Modi's critics have noted that he has yet to tweet any condemnation of months-long killings of his fellow countrymen in Manipur which are continuing unabated. Nor has he issued any similar condemnation of the long and brutal Israeli military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. To those who know Modi, his reaction makes sense given the similarities between Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both leaders are extreme right-wing divisive politicians. Modi is a Hindu Supremacist and Netanyahu is a Jewish Supremacist. Both have a long history of murdering large numbers of Muslims living under their rule. Both are pursuing settler colonial policies; Modi in Kashmir and Netanyahu in Palestine.

India's Narendra Modi and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu in New Delhi. Source: BBC

Indians, particularly Hindu Nationalists, have suffered from what Shashi Tharoor calls "India's Israel Envy". Here's an excerpt of Tharoor's piece published in "Project Syndicate" in January 2009:

"Yet, when Indians watch Israel take the fight to the enemy, killing those who launched rockets against it and dismantling many of the sites from which the rockets flew, some cannot resist wishing that they could do something similar in Pakistan. India understands, though, that the collateral damage would be too high, the price in civilian lives unacceptable, and the risks of the conflict spiraling out of control too acute to contemplate such an option. So Indians place their trust in international diplomacy and watch, with ill-disguised wistfulness, as Israel does what they could never permit themselves to do".

In a piece titled "The Settler Colonial Alliance of India and Israel" published in The Nation, Indian journalist Deeksha Udupa interviewed Azad Essa, author of “Hostile Homelands” – The new alliance between India and Israel". Here's what Essa told Udupa:

"Kashmir is a perfect example of another region being turned into a sort of testing ground (for Israeli weapons and methods). Both India and Israel already share many tactics. They both attack journalists and criminalize civil society. They both exercise collective punishment on Palestinians and Kashmiris. They both maim protesters. In Palestine, protesters are shot in the limbs. In Kashmir, protesters are blinded by lead pellets. Israeli drones, sensors, surveillance, and machine guns are all there, and Israeli methods of controlling the population have long existed in Kashmir—so much so that India is now producing some of these Israeli weapons in factories across India.".

Azad Essa argues that the Israeli occupation of Palestine has served as a model that Indians are replicating in Kashmir. He says that Israeli weapons, developed and field tested on Palestinians, have been used in Kashmir. Here are a couple of excerpts from his book "Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel": :

"So how did India, which once considered Zionism a form of racism, become Israel’s number one weapons trade buyer, accounting for 42% of Israel’s arms exports since Modi came to power in 2014?* How did India, the first non-Arab state to recognize the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and one of the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement that opposed colonialism and apartheid, simultaneously maintain its colonial occupation of Kashmir since 1947 and metamorphose into extolling Israel’s settlements as a model to colonize Kashmir with its own Indian settlers?"

"In the days leading to August 5, 2019 and in the weeks and months to come, Kashmir became a site of unfathomable cruelty. Thousands of Kashmiris were detained; pro-India politicians were placed under house arrest, pro-freedom leaders as well as minors were rounded up and thrown in jail. Young boys were shipped off to Indian prisons 1,500km away in Agra and Varanasi. Foreign journalists and international human rights groups were banned from access to Kashmir. The region was placed under a complete communication blackout. Cellular phones, Internet, landline services, and even the postal services were dismantled. News traveled by word of mouth. Journalists compressed photos and video onto memory cards and smuggled them out with passengers en route to Delhi. Schools, offices, banks, and businesses were closed for months. Life came to a standstill".

Here's India's JNU Professor speaking about illegal Indian occupation of Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland:

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Former British diplomat Craig Murray:

Modi and the BJP are watching very closely as to what Netanyahu gets away with Gaza..... The next genocide of Muslims could very well be in India if we don't make an example of and put a stop to what is happening in Gaza.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMkVXVfa/

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AI Overview

Former British diplomat and human rights activist Craig Murray has expressed concern about the direction of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. During recent visits to the region, he has warned of "serious consequences" stemming from the Modi government's actions and policies.
Key points from Murray's criticisms of Modi's India include:
Concerns over the rise of Hindutva: Murray has commented on the growing influence of the Hindu nationalist movement, Hindutva, under Modi. In June 2025, he posted on X about having visited Gujarat and spoken with survivors of the 2002 riots, which took place while Modi was Chief Minister, calling Modi the "Butcher of Gujarat".
Threats to peace in South Asia: Murray has suggested that the Modi government's actions pose a danger to regional stability. In May 2025, he cited a terrorism incident in Kashmir as a pretext for the Indian government's abrogation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Worry about the future of Indian democracy: In October 2025, a Facebook post from Inshort.pk reported that Murray had expressed concerns over the Modi government's future direction. This was echoed by other analyses indicating that while the 2024 election results were seen as a win for multiparty democracy, concerns about authoritarianism and the rise of Hindutva remain.
These concerns align with broader international critiques of the Modi government's policies, which have been scrutinized for issues related to human rights, religious freedom, and the treatment of minorities.

Oct 11, 2025
Riaz Haq

Mondoweiss
@Mondoweiss
Former Israeli Defense Minister: Israel’s ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’ resembles Nazi race theory

https://x.com/Mondoweiss/status/2019091331490935139?s=20

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Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon criticised rising settler violence in a post on X over the weekend.

The post was prompted by an attack last week by what he called “Jewish pogromists” against Palestinians near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, in which settlers stole Palestinian-owned sheep and set property on fire.

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Ex-Israeli defence minister likens 'Jewish supremacy' in the country to Nazism
Moshe Ya’alon says 'Jewish supremacy' becoming entrenched and could lead to Israel’s destruction if not reversed

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ex-israeli-defence-minister-like...

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Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon has compared what he described as Jewish supremacy in Israel to Nazi ideology.

Ya’alon – who, as chief of staff in 2002, said Palestinians posed a “cancer-like” threat – criticised rising settler violence in a post on X over the weekend.

The post was prompted by an attack last week by what he called “Jewish pogromists” against Palestinians near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, in which settlers stole Palestinian-owned sheep and set property on fire.

He said “Jewish terrorists” blocked ambulances from reaching the area, delaying medical care for three Palestinians wounded in the attack, who were later taken to hospital.

Ya’alon added that despite the Israeli military telling him the incident was being handled, no action had been taken.

“No Jewish terrorist has been arrested (as in many other cases), because Israel’s police are controlled by a convicted criminal, a racist and fascist Kahanist,” he said, referring to Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security.

He also alleged that the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, is controlled by a representative of “Jewish supremacy”, referring to David Zini, the newly appointed head of the agency.

'The ideology of "Jewish supremacy", which has become dominant in the Israeli government, resembles Nazi racial theory'

- Moshe Ya’alon, former Israeli defence minister

Zini, a former major general in the Israeli army and a religious Zionist, has previously described Palestinians as a “divine existential threat” and said that “our enemies are the enemies of the Holy One”.

Ya’alon further criticised the defence minister for preventing the use of administrative detention against “Jewish terrorists”, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich – who also holds a post in the defence ministry – for “encouraging illegal outposts and equipping them with off-road vehicles in order to make Palestinians’ lives unbearable, to the point of dispossessing them of their land and settling it with Jews”.

Under international law, all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal.

"The ideology of 'Jewish supremacy', which has become dominant in the Israeli government, resembles Nazi racial theory," Ya’alon said.

He warned that should the next Israeli government not reverse course, the ideology of Jewish supremacy would "bring destruction upon our state".

"The 'Jewish supremacy' government – the government of lies and betrayal, the government of messianists, draft dodgers and the corrupt – must be replaced before ruin comes."

'Palestinians must be fought to bitter end'
Ya’alon has had a decades-long career in the Israeli military. He took part in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the violent suppression of the first and second Palestinian intifadas, and the 2014 war on Gaza.

He served as the army’s chief of staff from 2002 to 2005 and as defence minister from 2013 to 2016.

Feb 7
Riaz Haq

David Miller
@Tracking_Power
Of course claiming that the term Goyim is a Jewish Supremacist term for non Jews is just naked 'antisemitism', right? Just like saying that some Jewish Supremacists use the term 'cattle' to refer to the Goyim?

Two views:

1. Google Chrome's AI: 'The idea that Jews call non-Jews "cattle" is a well-documented antisemitic trope with no basis in the literal meaning of the word goy.
Origin: The "cattle" myth was notably promoted in Nazi-era propaganda books like Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom), which falsely claimed the Talmud defines non-Jews as animals.'

2. Jeffrey Epstein: Goyim like Madonna are 'cattle'.

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David Miller
@Tracking_Power
“This is the way the jew make money… and made a fortune in the past ten years,, selling short the shipping futures, let the goyim deal in the real world”.

“Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world; only to serve the People of Israel,”

Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas Party, 2010

https://x.com/Tracking_Power/status/2017605296814764526?s=20

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AF Post
@AFpost
The Epstein emails include numerous derogatory remarks against “goyim,” which is used as an insult by Epstein to “Josh,” an unnamed Jew, in a 2012 email.

“You behavedjust… like the GOYIM you do not respect,” said Epstein.

An edition of the “Shimon Post” also appears in the files, quoting former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as saying, “Goyim were only born to serve us [Jews],” and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion remarking that it does not matter what the “goyim say; what matters is what the Jews do.”

The document also includes a discussion of the halachic rulings concerning the killing of gentiles by Jews.

https://x.com/AFpost/status/2017714448207872196?s=20

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