Prima facie, Indian and Israeli security forces influence each other, and the cooperation between the two countries’ intelligence services was an open secret even when New Delhi preferred to downplay its relationship with Jerusalem. Before 2014, and even prior to the 1998-2004 tenure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the effectiveness of the cooperation between India and Israel did not require vociferous proclamations. The centrality of the Palestinian conflict in India’s West Asia policy has been questioned many times for producing nothing but empty rhetoric and tokenistic gestures to mask the new realities. Those who condemn India’s policy in Kashmir...