Talkback with Revital Moses: India’s Prime Minister Rocks the House in Israel; Thu. Feb. 26, 2026

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Modi linked India's grief on October 7th with Israel's pain and said India stands with Israel “firmly with full conviction.”

Shanna Fold opens by catching listeners up quickly on a day centered on India's prime minister. She says she was at Yad Vashem watching Narendra Modi lay a stone in memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yad Vashem chairman Danny Dayan stand nearby. The moment feels quiet, intentional, emotional, and real. Fold notes that most of the press was not granted access inside the Knesset the day before. She says she found her own way to get in front of the leader and capture her own media materials at Yad Vashem, which gives the episode a live, on-the-ground feel. Another speaker enters the conversation and shifts it toward personal history. She says she is an Indian Jew and wants people to experience where she comes from. She says she is planning an Indian Jewish tour for about seven to 10 days that would let people meet the community she comes from and see different cities in India. Fold then explains the timeline for viewers who need the sequence straight. Modi arrived on Wednesday, stayed overnight, and was leaving on Thursday. He packed multiple meetings into a quick trip, and the biggest stop was the Knesset. Fold says he delivered a very powerful speech there. The conversation also revisits the detail that Modi was born on the same day India formally recognized Israel, September 17, 1950, which the speakers treat as divine timing. Modi also offers condolences for the lives lost and families shattered in the October 7 attack. He says India stands with Israel firmly and with full conviction in the moment and beyond. The conversation also returns to Israeli sovereignty, the Mumbai attacks, and India's own experience with terrorism. The episode closes on the emotional force of the visit and the seriousness of remembering the dead while living through a tense political moment.

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Israel Daily News opens on Narendra Modi's Israel visit by pairing diplomacy with memory, starting at Yad Vashem before moving to the Knesset.

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