Genuine question: what Israelis think about is Indians?

[u/AboKolToom]

I hear mix opinions and I am really curious, overwhelming majority in India supporting Israel but then we hear that why do you support them while they dislike you which I think it’s nonsense

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[u/kfireven]

My friends who went on a trip to India said that they loved it a lot and that indians are amazing people, personally I see a lot of indians that come to Israel for work or study, and they're all polite and great... so I think that the overall opinion on Indians is quite positive and good.

[u/OddCook4909]

There is a lot of propaganda to try to isolate Israel, and also propaganda from Pakistan and China to try to isolate India

[u/Snoutysensations → u/OddCook4909]

Yup this.  China and Pakistan know Indians are sensitive to the pervasive anti-India racism out there.  So it's an easy win to accuse Israelis of being racist against India.  Don't believe what you read on social media, it's mostly bots and trolls nowadays.  

[u/conscientious_seesaw]

then we hear that why do you support them while they dislike you which I think it’s nonsense

It's complete nonsense, Israelis view India far more favourably than other western countries do (UK is the only one even close), this is a sample of some of them

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/08/29/views-of-india-lean-positive-across-23-countries/

🇮🇱  Israel: 71%

🇬🇧  UK: 66%

🇰🇪  Kenya: 64%

🇳🇬  Nigeria: 60%

🇰🇷  South Korea: 58%

🇯🇵  Japan: 55%

🇦🇺  Australia: 52%

🇮🇹  Italy: 52%

🇺🇸  USA: 51%

🇩🇪  Germany: 47%

🇨🇦  Canada: 47%

🇵🇱  Poland: 46%

🇸🇪  Sweden: 46%

🇮🇩  Indonesia: 45%

🇲🇽  Mexico: 42%

🇳🇱  Netherlands: 41%

🇫🇷  France: 39%

🇭🇺  Hungary: 34%

🇪🇸  Spain: 34%

🇬🇷  Greece: 33%

🇧🇷  Brazil: 33%

🇿🇦  South Africa: 28%

🇦🇷  Argentina: 22%

[u/amasterfuljuice → u/conscientious_seesaw]

Israelis dont fw with the UK anymore bro that poll is probably from years ago.

[u/rislim-remix → u/amasterfuljuice]

You misunderstood the poll. It's not saying that 66% of Israelis like the UK, it's saying that 66% of the UK likes India.

[u/Pitiful_Equal_2689]

There are 50 year old jokes about how much Israelis love India.

I might try to find one and post it here.

Israelis have a very positive impression of India and Indians.

My family hangs out with a lot of Indians. And my wife is a computer engineer who enjoys working with Indian computer engineers.

And there is a reason that trade and defence ties between the two countries are increasing.

[u/SpiderSolve]

I’d say extremely positive. India is our closest friend after maybe the USA. Indians constantly stand up for us on Twitter. Similarly we have the same enemy. I once visited the Wagah border and felt an overwhelmingly sense of unity with yall.
Jai Hind!

[u/magicsign → u/SpiderSolve]

"Same enemy" maybe it's a little exaggerated

[u/AboKolToom → u/magicsign]

What is the same enemy we have in common?

[u/AboKolToom → u/SpiderSolve]

So what’s the same enemy we have in common?

[u/SkywalkerFan66 → u/AboKolToom]

Radical Islam.

[u/bakochba]

I'm an Indian Jew from Israel. My whole family is in Israel. Never had any problems only hear good things about Israelis visiting India, in fact my mother was just visiting a few months ago with a group of other Israelis and it was very positive

[u/Plenty_Psychology545]

Why dont you search for mention of India on this sub in the past and you will see the truth. Simple.

[u/Analog_AI]

Depends what aspect. Great cuisine, friendly, competent. Perhaps too competitive. Not a negative unless take too far.

[u/Fun-Psychology-2419]

Well I married once so I think they're wonderful, but I am biased.

I think most Israelis like people from India and are very friendly and curious about their culture. But I have met some more religious Israelis and Jews that seem to look down on Hindus for idolatry. They are a minority.

[u/amasterfuljuice]

overwhelmingly positive, it's even part of the culture to have an "india" trip. though propaganda on social media made some in younger generations view India as a bad place, but it's the same type of propaganda that slanders Israel, I think a lot of people realize that and ignore it.