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| September 29, 2016
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Massachusetts Gov. Baker plans overseas trade mission to Israel in December

 

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s trip to Israel in December, follows his predecessor, Gov. Patrick’s 2011 & 2014 visits to the Jewish State that helped found 200 Israeli-based businesses, that generated $9.3 billion in state revenue for 2015.

By Shira Schoenberg

 

Gov. Charlie Baker is planning his first international trade mission as governor, with a trip to Israel in December.

The mission, which will be held Dec. 9 to 14, will include a delegation of about 40 people from private business and a dozen from state government, including Baker. The focus will be on the cybersecurity and digital health industries. Continue Reading »

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| September 21, 2016
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India successfully conducts latest test of jointly developed Barak 8 missile system

 

Barak 8, vital in any future Israeli conflict with Hezbollah, is a jointly developed Indian-Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM), designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles and aircraft such as drones (UAVs) helicopters, and combat jets out to a maximum range of 70 km. has once more been successfully tested by the Indian government on Tuesday.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The Indian government performed another successful test of the Israeli Barak 8 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system Tuesday. More tests are expected to be conducted in the near future, according to a scientist from the Defense Research and Development Organization. Continue Reading »

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| September 5, 2016
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Israel upgrades relations with Japan as Arab oil influence wanes

 

Japan is no longer reluctant to upset its oil suppliers with the geopolitics changing in the Mid-East as oil prices go down, so strategically, they’re not as important as in the past.

By REUTERS

 

Japanese executives say they are increasingly drawn to investments in Israel as the price of oil falls and, with it, the influence Arab oil suppliers have on Japan’s decision-making.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Jerusalem. – Photo: KOBI GIDEON/GPO

Over the past two years, Japan and Israel have strengthened business ties, signing a series of economic agreements on the back of a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Israel in 2015 and Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Tokyo in 2014. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2016
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Croatian FM: We strongly oppose BDS and reject the idea of isolating Israel

 

Croatia’s top diplomat Miro Kovac said his country and Israel already work together in areas of defense, security & intelligence, and is now keen to upgrade cooperation in areas of agriculture, water management, tourism, cyber and high tech.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

 

Croatia’s Foreign Minister Miro Kovac unequivocally denied on Monday that anti-Semitism, racism, and extremism are prevalent in his country.

Croatia’s Foreign Minister Miro Kovac and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. – Photo: KOBI GIDEON/GPO

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Kovac – who is his country’s first government minister to visit Israel since Croatia won accession to the European Union in 2013 – said: “I strongly reject any perception of anti-Semitism. Continue Reading »

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| May 16, 2016
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Canadian delegation of 100 strong on visit to Israel

 

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, ushering a group of over 100 Canadian politicians & business leaders, arrive in Israel to further expand on Canada-Israel cooperation.

By Gilad Morag

 

The Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, arrived in Israel at the head of a delegation of over 100 Canadian politicians and business leaders on Sunday.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne – Photo: Government of Ontario

Included in the delegation is Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Hon. Dr. Eric Hoskins, and Ontario Minister of and Development Reza Moridi, amongst others.

Ontario is the most populous province in Canada, and is also home to Toronto, the most populous city in Canada. Continue Reading »

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| May 13, 2016
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Israel’s new Mediterranean friendships growing exponentially amid regional turmoil

 

view videoWith Turkey’s plunge into Islamism, the once less-than-friendly relationship between Greece & Israel has blossomed into an extensive 7-tier agreement of new partnerships dedicated to boosting security and economic ties, that’s enveloped Cypress as well.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Israel and Greece have in recent years upgraded bilateral diplomatic and defense relations to a significant degree, creating a new Mediterranean alliance that developed quickly following Turkey’s plunge into Islamism.

An Israel Air Force Apache helicopter lands across from a Greek mountain range during a joint Israel-Greece exercise with the Hellenic Air Force in October 2011. – Photo: IAF

Now, with reports surfacing periodically of a thaw in Israeli-Turkish relations, the partnership with Greece, carefully built up over the past six years, faces a new test. Continue Reading »

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| April 5, 2016
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U.S. Energy Secretary & Israel’s Energy Minister sign extensive energy agreement

New joint energy agreement will deepen & strengthen cooperation between the US & Israel in areas of natural gas, fuels & fuel alternatives, smart grid technologies, desalination & water treatment, and the security & cyber-defense of energy and water installations.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and his Israeli counterpart, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, signed a new joint energy deal in Jerusalem on Monday, intended to tighten cooperation between the countries.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz at Masada on Monday

The agreement expands areas of cooperation to include fuels and fuel alternatives, natural gas, smart grid technologies, desalination and water treatment, and the physical and cyber-defense of energy and water installations. Continue Reading »

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| March 29, 2016
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WATCH: PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Chinese Vice Premier Liu

 

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu & Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong opened the 2nd meeting of the 2016 Israel-China innovation conference in Jerusalem at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

By Office of the Prime Minister of Israel

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong declared the opening of talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, a significant step in relations between Israel and China.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chinese Vice Premier Liu – Photo: Haim Zach, GPO

Prime Minister Netanyahu:
“I was delighted to hear today from Vice Premier Liu that China is prepared to begin free trade agreement negotiations with Israel. Continue Reading »

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| January 11, 2016
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Demand in China for Israeli partnership gains momentum at Beijing conference

 

90 Israeli companies participated at the economic conference in China to “reveal more information & data about Israel,” to further expand the economic cooperation between China and the Jewish State.

By Shoshana Miskin

 

China and Israel continue in their partnership as technological superpowers.

Last week, Israel sent a delegation to the two-day investors’ summit in Beijing, which was called “unprecedented’ by the Ministry of Economy and Industry. At the event, 150 corporate leaders from 90 Israeli companies met with investors from all over China.

Israelis in China – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The conference was held with the participation of Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz, Ministry of Economy and Industry director general Amit Lang, and Ministry of Economy and Industry Division for Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation director Ziva Eger. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2015
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With European Boycotts, Israel Faces East To Export

 

Despite cultural differences in taste, this first step introducing Israeli products to Asia, that has yet to be exposed to the variety of Israeli tastes, has great potential, and these tastes will appeal to the Asian pallet just as it succeeded in Europe.

By Yossi Aloni

 

The first Israeli food festival, in Taiwan may be the Israeli answer to Europe’s branding of Israeli products. 25 Israeli companies will present and sell some 200 different kinds of foods and beverages to the public in the five stores of the prestigious City Super.

Looking east

The food festival, that was initiated by the Ministry of Economy’s office in Taiwan and Israel’s Export Institute, is part of a concerted effort to break through to new markets in East Asia. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2015
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Greek PM acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel’s ‘historical capital’ to President Rivlin

 

Israel and Greece are planing to hold a trilateral energy summit with neighboring Cyprus early next year to discuss Israel’s natural gas fields & its commercial production. 

By Tal Shalev

 

When Alexis Tzipras was elected prime minister of Greece in January 2015, Israel watched the political shift closely. The victory of the radical, left wing pro-Palestinian Syriza party was considered bad news.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, November 25, 2015 – Photo : KOBI GIDEON/GPO

On his first visit to the region, Tzipras came to change that impression and show that Greece is still a friendly neighbor. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2015
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Israel and Egypt sign letter of intent for natural gas deal

 

Israel’s offshore Leviathan natural gas field to supply Egypt with gas via existing Egyptian underwater pipeline via the Sinai.

By i24news

 

Israel’s offshore natural gas field Leviathan will supply gas to Egypt via an existing underwater pipeline to the Sinai peninsula, Leviathan’s partners said in a statement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Wednesday after signing a preliminary deal.

Leviathan gas field in Israel – Photo: AFP

As part of the deal, Leviathan will supply Egypt’s Dolphinus Holdings with up to 4 billion cubic meters of gas a year for 10 to 15 years.

Though Egypt used to be a major regional gas exporter in the region, with Israel being one of its clients, the tables have turned in recent years, owing to several factors – including, in Egypt, instability in the Sinai Peninsula region – where several large fields are located – due to the rise of the Islamist insurgent group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, and in Israel, the discovery of large off-shore gas fields. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2015
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Israel & Jordan launch joint Jordan River industrial zone project

 

Tender issued to construct bridge across Jordan River that would connect new industrial zones on both sides of the river in binational project.

By Calcalist

 

Israel has issued a tender for the construction of a new bridge across the Jordan River which would connect it with its neighbor from the east, the Ministry for Regional Cooperation said Sunday.

The Jordan River – Photo: Avihu Shapira

The bridge will be part of the “Jordan-gate” project, which will see the establishment of a joint industrial zone between the two countries.

The tender was issued through the Valley of Springs Regional Council in northern Israel, on whose land the industrial area will be built. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2015
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An Intimate Interview with Benjamin Peng: A Chinese Zionist Businessman

 

A chance meeting in China 6 years ago with Israelis made businessman Benjamin Peng change his attitude toward Israel & tied his fate to it, as he went on to found Yafo Capital, which connects Chinese investors with Israeli start-ups.

By Yael Weltzer

 

Over 100 Chinese business-people arrived in Israel to take part in the Go4Israel conference, whose goal was to encourage investments and cooperation between Israeli investors and those from emerging markets. The conference, organized by the Cukierman Investment House and the private equity fund Catalyst, was attended, among others, by a dynamic young businessman named Benjamin Peng. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2015
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Israel-India relationship emerges from the shadows

 

Leaders’ visit represents how India seems ready to openly reap the rewards of its ties with the Jewish State in the form of Israeli technology, weapons & military equipment, agriculture and the diamond industry.

By ROBERT SWIFT/ THE MEDIA LINE

 

Long believed to hold the potential to become natural allies and trading partners, the predicted mutually-beneficial relationship between Israel and India is seen as maturing with lucrative benefits to both nations.

Indian soldiers march past the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi. – Photo: REUTERS

While there was a time the developing bonds between the two nations were stalled by India’s ties to Israel’s enemies, India now seems ready to reap the rewards of its ties to the Jewish state in the form of Israeli technology, weapons and military equipment, diamonds and agriculture. Continue Reading »

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