“Modi, Modi.” They rolled through the Knesset chamber in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening as Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister in history to address Israel’s parliament. The night before, the building had been lit in the colors of the Indian tricolour. The Knesset Speaker welcomed the visitor in Hindi. Benjamin Netanyahu, seated in the chamber, watched and applauded. When Modi rose and declared that “India stands with Israel firmly, with full conviction, in this moment and beyond,” the hall stood.
Thirteen hundred kilometers east, across the Arabian Sea, Pakistan’s government said nothing. There was no statement from the Foreign Office. No press briefing from GHQ. The Finance Minister was busy telling reporters there was “absolutely no issue” with the UAE’s $2 billion loan rollover, whose maturity had come and gone without public confirmation from Pakistan’s central bank.
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