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Jew-Muslim relationship in India isn’t defined by 26/11. It has a rich history of respect

A recent film about the Jewish victims of 26/11 showcases how Jews and Muslims have coexisted, thrived, and shared a 'syncretic relationship' through diplomacy, art and even Bollywood.

Why Jews fought for separate statehood for Cochin

In ‘Cochin’, MK Das chronicles the history of the small port town in Kerala. From the Dutch, Portuguese, British rule to present-day Communism.

Israeli panel implicates PM Netanyahu for death of 45 civilians during religious festival

In 2021, the crowd surged into a narrow tunnel and the 45 celebrants, including children, were asphyxiated or crushed to death during the ceremony in the Galilee for the annual Lag B'Omer celebration.

Even if Israel disappeared, Muslims would still be hostile to Jews—that’s the problem

In an age when Islamophobia is a familiar terminology, Islamic antisemitism remains an undiagnosed malaise.

The next front in the Israel-Hamas war will be Europe

Antisemitic incidents have quadrupled in the United Kingdom, and Germany has banned the pro-Hamas organisation Samidoun,

How Al-Aqsa mosque, 3rd holiest site in Islam, became focal point of Israeli-Palestinian tensions

Holiest site in Judaism & 3rd holiest in Islam, Al-Aqsa complex is managed by Jordanian-appointed Jerusalem Waqf Council, while security there is overseen by Israel.

‘Many Holocaust films, none on India’s Islamic invasion’: Why Tejasvi Surya’s words sparked row

The BJP MP’s remarks, made at an event in Australia last week, have invited sharp criticism from Muslim groups, academics & human rights activists.

A Pakistani Jew reached Israel. Pakistan’s having a heartburn

In Pakistan, many Jews hide their identity by taking Muslim or Christian faith in official documents. There are less than two hundred Jews left in the country.

Israel furious at Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for calling Hitler a Jew

Israeli foreign Minister said this was an ‘unforgivable and scandalous comment, a terrible historical error and we expect an apology’.

Qatar is cleaning up its school textbooks. Less anti-Semitic, jihad no longer ‘peak’ of Islam

Israeli institute IMPACT-se report shows a positive trend as Qatar’s govt-published textbooks drop passages blaming Jews for murdering prophets but praise for jihad remain.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.