First one was through sharaka – an ngo – with focus on Abraham accrods and getting an idea on how antisemitism is on the grounds and its effects from holocaust to October 7
So most of the visit was focused on easing the tensions btw the diff arab nations and so the visit mostly comprised of:
- Why antisemitism prevailed
- The nova festival site
- Survival story
- Nir oz visit
- History – Jerusalem
- Talks to the experts
- Yad Vashem museum
- Education – IMPACT-SE – briefing
My second visit – from the Israeli consulate in india – direct delegation – named as: supporters of israel – an 18 member delegation. It was like a “israel as an experience”. From tragedies, to modernity, that includes food, night life, villages of Haifa, arab neighborhoods, tel aviv life, press, political opionons, history, two jews- 3 opinons scenario in action, how jews integrate despite having political diverse views – right wing talking to left and the wokes and still identifying as jews and Zionists – identity builing the nation. Technion and achievements, departments fighting for nobel prize when Indians still fight to dig Indian origins in global prize winners. Innovation drive, peres center, resilience.
- Mostly on getting an experience about israel – and how it is – the Jerusalem, old city, yafo, tel aviv, food tour, Technion, pares innovation center,
- How we were taken to the leftist and woke ecosystem
- Evlon – persons with Haretz israel – news
- The article by JOSH
- Indian students
- Indian ambassador for israel – JP Singh
Experience:
- Confidence to the Indian populace to see how Israel is a legitimate country
- Revisiting Israel – for a second time – makes my position clear – im still with Israel.
- This time – I invested my time to bridge with the media ecosystem of both the countries – social media in India with the main stream media in Israel.
- The success stories of how social media helped Israel – could explain that – the ghf food aid story – the pile up of food at the border which was ignored by the legacy media but was exposed by the social media and that helped debunk the false narratives of starvation by Israel.
- Its not just a casual visit but with purpose and motivation.
Write a report a bout my second visit to israel invitation from consulate in india, Bangalore. Contrst it with my previous one and how it helped shape the understandings and future involvement arc. Thank the CG and team and the fellow delegates and next visit is for not seeing anymore, but to do, for both india and israel. Im convinced of the potentials. Its now time to collaborate and act with solid plans and real actions.
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