(About those very nice Indian families down the street ..........CL)
There is a growing synergy between Israeli nationalists, Hindu nationalists, and pro-Zionist interests in the West. In fact, the gate-keeping, Israel First “National Conservativism” movement backed by the Edmund Burke foundation recently featured two BJP politicians Ram Madhav and Swapan Dasgupta at National Conservatism’s July 2024 conference. Madhav and Dasgupta have expressed pro-Israeli sentiments on multiple occasions. The former is open about using the Indian diaspora, which numbers over 30 million, as a tool for advancing India’s interests abroad.
“We are changing the contours of diplomacy and looking at new ways of strengthening India’s interests abroad,” declared Madhav in 2015, when he served as the general secretary of the BJP. To boot, Madhav wanted Indians to emulate global Jewry, noting “They [the Indian diaspora] can be India’s voice even while being loyal citizens in those countries. That is the long-term goal behind the diaspora diplomacy. It is like the way the Jewish community looks out for Israel’s interests in the United States.”
