First of all,it is unnecessary to attack a journalist just because you might not agree with his point of view. HE was recently awarded the Shaitya Academy award so he is a very highly regarded Indian journalist
Iftikhar Gilani wins Sahitya Akademi award
Secondly, this is his take on it. Forget the headline, read the primary source content. The main issue is not allying with Pakistan although that was being thrown around. It was about drawing parallels with Palestine and Kashmir. I don't want to even go into the details of how insulting this would be to the suffering of the Palestinian people as that would be off topic. A pertinent google search on that would be enough.
Like I alluded earlier, anyone who is well aware of the situation of the Palestinians and the Kashmiris would NOT compare the Israeli-Palestinian issue with the Kashmir issue. There is a wide gulf there. India does not use helicopter gunships and phosphorous bombs in the valley. Nor is it disposseing people of their land and settling outsiders by establishing compartmentalised settlements. Andmost important of all, the IA is not involved in day to day crowd control in Kashmir unlike the Israeli Army in Palestine.
There is no "break off" or "downgrading" of relationship here. Israel is just trying to widen its small group of freinds and south asian countries that have a large number of muslims is a big catch. Despite all the rhetoric, the problem is basically an Arab-Israeli issue and NOT a Jewish-Muslim issue as is made out by some fanatics.
Hence, the constant effort of Israel in roping in muslims scholars and Urdu journalists in particular from India. Just like India continues to have excellent and strong relationships with Gulf countries, Iran and Israel at the same time. Israel would like to do the same with India and Pakistan (and China) in the long term. It should not be a surprise.