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A delegation of 20 top French agricultural professionals has been on a weeklong tour, organised by the France-Israel Foundation. Specific interest areas included Israel’s innovations in irrigation and in milk production.

Israel and India have signed a key agreement on water treatment technologies last week. The deal includes the development of joint research and development ventures in the fields of resource management, sewage and drainage.

Recent events include the first ever visit by an Israeli Prime Minister to Cyprus; the signing of an agreement that will allow IDF planes and ships to use Cypriot airspace and territorial waters; and the launch of a joint natural gas and oil exploration venture.

California State University has reinstated its Study Abroad Program in Israel and has chosen the University of Haifa as its location of choice. The Cal State suspended the program in 2002 due to security concerns.

Saul Singer co-authored Israel – Start-up Nation. He knows Israeli skills are in high demand throughout the world. Countries also want to learn how they can become start-up nations like Israel. The ideal solution is for Israelis to teach them to use their own skills and to develop partnerships for mutual success.

Katherine Hooker, the Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite designer, has told New York magazine that she has based several of Middleton’s slim, close-fitting wool coats on a black silk frock coat that she bought years back in an Israeli second-hand store.

In the seven days to 11th February, 921 trucks carrying 22,916.5 tons of goods entered the Gaza Strip from Israel through land crossings. 300 medical patients and accompanying individuals crossed from the Gaza Strip into Israel and Judea and Samaria. They included premature triplets.

The Jewish State is the only place in the Middle East where all religions are free to practice their beliefs. Here, you can watch a series of videos showing Muslims, Christians, Druze, Ahmadiyya, Bahai, Samaritans, Circassians and Jews all living in peace. Or just select any one of them.

800 Turkish students and 500 other civilians left homeless by the Turkish earthquake will be accommodated in 130 mobile and residential buildings by the end of March. "You are true allies”, said Ahmet Kazankiya – vice governor of the Van province.

The Embassy of Israel in South Africa is running agriculture courses in Bloemfontein and Stellenbosch and Mashav, having run a 10 day course in South Africa are now offering a 25-day course on aquaculture for South African fish farmers in Rehovot Israel. Warning Chile about tsunamis. The Israeli company eVigilo, recently completed installing a warning system in Chile, which will alert Chileans of approaching tsunamis directly to their cellphones. Frequent earthquakes plague Chile, with the one in February 2010 triggering a devastating tsunami.