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Israel Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon shared a post on social media X, which went viral and prompted negative attention towards singer-composer Anu Malik. Taking to social media, Gilon shared an audio clip of a Bollywood patriotic song that sounds similar to the Israeli National Anthem.

Sharing a post along with the flags of India and Isreal, Gilon wrote, ''Today I discovered a beautiful Indian patriotic melody that deeply touched me. I couldn't help but notice the uncanny resemblance to Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah," in the harmonious notes and cadence. Yet, it was the lyrics, that resonated in my heart like a beacon of hope and unity.''

After the post went viral on Instagram, several netizens called out Anu Malik for copying the exact tune of Israel's national anthem titled Hatikvah for his song 'Mera Mulk Mera Desh' from Ajay Devgn's 1996 film 'Diljale' and apologized to Israel's envoy. For the unversed, Hatikvah is a song composed in 1887 and was later adopted by Israel as its National Anthem in 1948.

''We are touched by the Israeli Ambassador's appreciation of the Indian patriotic melody. It is indeed a beautiful song that expresses the love and pride for our country, our land, and our people. It is also a song that reflects the values of peace, progress, and harmony that India and Israel share. We stand with Israel in friendship and solidarity, an internet user commented.

Slamming Indian singer, a netizen wrote, ''Bollywood! copied again!'' Another commented, ''Oops you caught us! Highly popular number sung by Kumar Shanu. With little help from Israel of course.''

''Annu Malik plagiarized it! That is so sad. We apologize on his behalf," another user commented.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time, Anu Malik has been trolled for copying this song, in the past too many fans drew a parallel between these two pieces of music and trolled the Bollywood composer for copying it.

Not only this song, there are reports that Anu Malik copied the music of Wham!'s song Last Christmas for his 1995 track Dil Mera Churaya Kyun, the tune of Linear's Sending All My Love for Neend Churayi Meri from Ishq and the music of Toto Cutugno's L'Italiano for the song Nasha Ye Pyar Ka Nasha.