Israel Isolated? Not When You Look At The New Up and Coming Countries of the World

Far be it from me to contradict John Kerry.

If he claims that Israel is at risk for becoming isolated if it does not make more unilateral concessions to the Abbas regime, I suppose he must be basing that assumption on something.

But in the meantime, in this changing world one does get the impression that Israel is going OK for itself.

The Strengths -- and Limitations -- of India's Ties With Israel

The following by P. R. Kumaraswamy is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum:

The Maturation of Indo-Israeli Ties
Israel in the World

by P. R. Kumaraswamy
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2013, pp. 39-48

http://www.meforum.org/3494/india-israel-ties

Since their establishment in January 1992, Israeli-Indian relations have improved dramatically. Israel has emerged as a major Indian trading partner in the Middle East with bilateral trade rising from a meager US$100 million to over $6.6 billion.[1] Cooperation in the military-security arena has similarly grown,[2] and there are widespread popular exchanges between the people of the two countries. The Israeli ambassador is the most sought after diplomat in New Delhi after his U.S. counterpart, and Indo-Israeli ties seem extraordinarily robust. Yet failure to acknowledge the limitations of this relationship would be costly.