Protest in Ramallah as Modi visits Mideast

(5 Jul 2017) A small group of protesters gathered outside the Representative Office of India in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, to demonstrate against military and economic deals between India and Israel.
The protest coincided a high-profile visit to Israel by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed at celebrating 25 years of diplomatic relations and strengthening his country's already warm ties with the Jewish state.
Modi, who is not meeting with any Palestinian officials during his visit to Israel, was welcomed with an honour guard and warmly hugged Netanyahu as he descended from the aircraft on Tuesday.
India is a major purchaser of Israeli arms.
This year, Israel's state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries has announced over 2 billion US dollars in contracts to provide air and missile-defence systems to India.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Modi in India in May, and Indian officials said Modi did not need to hold further meetings with the Palestinian side as they handled all their business during that visit.

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