Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Israel. After a grand welcome at the airport, PM Modi is going to address the Israeli Parliament. Earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu called PM Modi a brother. In the Israeli Parliament he said, ‘India is our great friend.’
Israeli PM’s speech in Parliament
Benjamin Netanyahu read a ballad in praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Israeli Parliament. He said, ‘Narendra Modi, my dear friend’, these are not mere words. I can even say that he is more of a brother than a friend. In many ways, we are brothers. The last time you were here, we were both on the Mediterranean Sea, and I said, “Why don’t we take off our shoes and walk in the water?” Which we wanted to purify and we did so with the help of Israeli technology.
‘Welcome to Jerusalem’
Speaking in Parliament with PM Modi, Netanyahu said, ‘I will have to be diplomatic, I will not put it in any category. I don’t want to get into any trouble, but I have never been so impressed by your visit. Today we have with us a great friend of Israel, a great supporter of the India-Israel alliance and a great leader on the world stage. My dear friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, welcome to Jerusalem.
‘Our interests are the same’
About 80 years ago, we both broke free from British rule and gained our independence at almost the same time. We have many interests in common. We are two democratic countries. You are a huge democracy, and Israel is also one. Think what we had to do, what difficulties we had to go through, and how we maintained our democracy.
PM Modi welcomed in Israeli Parliament
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand welcome in the Israeli Parliament. Slogans of Modi-Modi were raised in the Parliament and people were welcomed by saying Namaste Modi. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ajit Doval, Vikram Misri were also present in the audience gallery of the Israeli Parliament. Israeli Parliament Speaker Amir Ohana welcomed in Hindi, ‘Prime Minister Modi, welcome to Jerusalem, welcome to the Knesset.’
