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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 17, 2018, 04:01:30 pm
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Israel's Netanyahu says Indian peace hero Gandhi an inspiration
Malini Menon
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the home of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, saying modern India’s founding father and promoter of peace was an inspiration for humanity.
Netanyahu is making the first visit by an Israeli prime minister in 15 years and the nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rolled out the red carpet, seeing Israel as an ally in the fight against terrorism.
Modi hosted the Israeli leader in his home state of Gujarat where hundreds of people waving Indian and Israeli flags lined up the streets as the motorcade passed.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-israel/israels-netanyahu-says-indian-peace-hero-gandhi-an-inspiration-idUSKBN1F61M7 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-israel/israels-netanyahu-says-indian-peace-hero-gandhi-an-inspiration-idUSKBN1F61M7)