PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel ‘tightening alliances’ with allies, calls India ‘gigantic energy,’ mentions PM Modi’s go to

Describing India as a “gigantic energy”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel is “tightening alliances” with its allies, as he talked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Jerusalem subsequent week.

Prime Minister Modi is predicted to reach in Israel on February 25 on a two-day go to throughout which he’s more likely to handle the Knesset (Parliament) and meet Mr. Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.

Mr. Netanyahu made the feedback whereas addressing the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Cadets’ Commencement Ceremony in Bahad 1 (IDF Officers Faculty), about 190 kms south of Jerusalem, on Thursday (February 19, 2026).

After describing valiant efforts by the Israeli military through the years, Mr. Netanyahu stated how the nation goes out and takes “pre-emptive measures” in opposition to the evil, and, subsequently, will act again and again “to neutralise the dangers within the space, as crucial.”

“We will even act to tighten alliances with our allies. Subsequent week, the Prime Minister of India will go to the nation – a huge energy,” Mr. Netanyahu stated.

“And naturally, you realize that a number of days in the past I returned from one other diplomatic go to, the seventh in quantity because the election of President [Donald] Trump to a second time period, the place I met with the best pal of the State of Israel – U.S. President Trump,” he added.

“Within the American safety doctrine printed lately, Israel is the one nation on the planet that the US defines as ‘the mannequin ally’,” he asserted.

On Sunday (February 15), Mr. Netanyahu broke the information of Mr. Modi’s go to whereas addressing the Convention of Presidents of Main American Jewish Organisations.

“Parliament handle on the anvil. Who’s coming right here subsequent week? Narendra Modi,” Mr. Netanyahu instructed the gathering.

“Great alliance between Israel and India, and we’re going to talk about all types of cooperation. Now, you realize, India is just not a small nation. It has 1.4 billion individuals. India is enormously highly effective, enormously in style,” he stated.

This could be Mr. Modi’s second go to to Israel, the primary being in July 2017, which was additionally the primary ever by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish state.