Flaunting great insignia of mutual bond betwixt! PM Modi features in election advertisement of Israeli PM in a different league

New Delhi, July 29: Flaunting high in open proximity with PM Narendra Modi, ahead of an unprecedented snap polls on September 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has put banners featuring himself with the Indian counterpart viewing to lure support by appearing in a different league.

 

 

This is perhaps for the first time in foreign elections that the Indian Prime Minister’s picture is being used for boosting the support abide state elections.

 

Apart from Indian PM Modi, the Likud party headquarters on Metzudat Ze'ev 38, King George Street, in Tel Aviv was seen with election advertisement banners depicting Netanyahu's closeness with the two other world leaders, being US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Hebrew text on top saying, ‘Netanyahu in a different league’.

The two countries having an extensive economic, military and strategic relationship, Isreal is the second largest defence supplier to India after Russia. As of 2014, India is the third largest Asian trade partner of Israel and tenth largest trade partner overall.

 

Relations between the duo, expanded during Modi's administration, with India abstaining from voting against Israel in the United Nations in several resolutions. As of 2015, the two nations are negotiating an extensive bilateral free trade agreement, focusing on areas such as information technology, biotechnology, and agriculture.

 

The Israeli head will be travelling to India on a day long visit on September 9 to meet Modi, just eight days before the repeat polls in the Jewish state. Netanyahu, who created history on July 20 by becoming the longest serving Israeli Prime Minister, is facing a tough political challenge as opinion polls show flagging fortunes for his ruling Likud party.