As an Indian who did Postdoc in Israel, I deeply felt how Israeli academics value US institutes alongside Western ones, broadly.

I see clear anti-semitic campaigns at Columbia and Harvard, and none of the protests on how this is not correct, by Israeli academics there, are working. Harvard President I think issued a belated response but it was extremely feeble and failed to condemn the anti-semitism in entirety.

My issue is, I have seen how Israeli academics fawn over US/Western approval. I profess at a leading Business school in India and when I broached up the topic of solidarity and a potential partnership, it was not viewed positively. This is from the people I know in Israel.

I don't think the US or West, especially the latter, support Israel as much as India does. Why not build better ties here when Indian institutes are coming up in rankings too?

I do think Israel needs to build better relationships with countries that have an emerging support. So many surveys show that young population in Western countries has a dim view of Israel, so imagine the future. India has a reverse opinion, most young people support Israel, to my understanding.