India Explains Israel BETTER Than The West Ever Could | Abhijit Iyer Mitra

00:00 – Why India sees Israel differently than the West 00:43 – Abhijit Iyer Mitra joins the conversation 00:46 – India’s controversial view of Iran (and why it works) 02:20 – The Shia–Sunni divide and how Iran helped India strategically 04:37 – Is Iran deterred or emboldened by U.S. military pressure? 06:19 – How India views Iran’s proxy warfare and terrorism 07:28 – How terror tactics migrate across regions 08:46 – Why terrorism is indivisible 09:45 – October 7th and the moral line between soldiers and civilians 11:37 – Why restraint is demanded only of democracies 13:48 – Do ceasefires save lives or prolong wars? 15:15 – Why terrorists interpret ceasefires as victory 16:16 – Genocide accusations vs. international law 17:45 – How the IDF actually conducts warfare 19:10 – Why “genocide” has become modern blood libel 21:01 – Why India has almost no antisemitism 22:55 – Why classic antisemitic tropes fail in India 25:19 – Did Jews ever threaten Indian power structures? 27:14 – Why Indians admire Israel 29:50 – Cultural parallels between Jews and Indians 31:14 – Why IDF soldiers travel to India after service 32:58 – Israel vs. Pakistan: same birth year, opposite paths 35:34 – Why Pak