{"id":35603,"date":"2026-06-25T06:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/25\/new-israel-india-initiative-seeks-to-strengthen-cultural-connections\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:41:17","slug":"new-israel-india-initiative-seeks-to-strengthen-cultural-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/25\/new-israel-india-initiative-seeks-to-strengthen-cultural-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"New Israel-India Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Cultural Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>A new platform aimed at fostering connections between India and Israel is set to launch in Jerusalem on Thursday. Named the India x Israel Nexus, this initiative hopes to strengthen relationships between people from both countries as their ties continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the India x Israel Nexus is to bring together leaders, policymakers, businesses, and cultural figures to enhance cooperation between Israel and India. Paushali Lassa, a geopolitical consultant and member of the Israel-India Friendship Club, emphasized the importance of personal connections in building strong relationships between nations. She pointed out that just as the U.S. and Israel share a long history of people-to-people ties, a similar bond needs to be fostered between Israel and India.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is privately funded but has the support of Israel&#8217;s Foreign Ministry and aims to boost engagement in business, policy, culture, and community between the two nations. Joyston D\u2019Mello, one of the founders of the India x Israel Nexus, stated that solid relationships are formed not just in meetings or offices but when individuals trust one another and open doors to new opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic partnership between India and Israel is growing, particularly in areas like defense, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and agriculture. India is Israel&#8217;s largest defense export customer, making up about one-third of its arms exports, while also providing military parts to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, India maintained a cautious distance from Israel to balance relationships with Arab countries. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strengthened ties with Israel, making this partnership a key aspect of India\u2019s security and technology strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Revital Moses, another co-founder of the initiative, highlighted that defense technology and agricultural advancements have been the foundation of India-Israel relations. She believes that cultural connections and soft power will be essential for the future of this partnership.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new platform aimed at fostering connections between India and Israel is set to launch in Jerusalem on Thursday. Named the India x Israel Nexus, this initiative hopes to strengthen relationships between people from both countries as their ties continue to grow. The aim of the India x Israel Nexus is to bring together leaders,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-india-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}