During the six-day
visit, the delegation headed by BJP’s senior Rajya Sabha Member, Dr. Chandan
Mitra, participated in discussions on a range of topics (such as Water
Management, India-Israel Defence Ties, Bilateral Economic Relations and Status
of Women in Israel) with experts at Hebrew University. They met senior
officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Centre for Political Research and
discussed upon the situation in Syria and on Iran. The delegation attended a
presentation on Command and Control System in Public Order and Counter
Terrorism by the Jerusalem Police Command and Control Centre Mabat
2000.
A luncheon
discussion was organized with the Head of Israel-India Parliamentary Friendship
Association, Ms. Yifat Kariv MK and separately with the Chairperson of Knesset
Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee, Dr. Ronnen Hoffman MK. The delegation also met
Author and Israel Prize laureate in literature Mr. A B Yehoshua in Tel Aviv.
The meetings were
interspersed with guided tours to the Israel’s Agricultural Training Facility
and Advanced Dairy Farm; Takkadu Advanced Urban Water
Management Company; Netafim Drip Irrigation Plant; and IDE
Desalination Plant to understand Israeli capabilities in agriculture, water and
dairy technologies.
The MPs also
visited the Yad va Shem Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. On 1 October, the Members participated in a ceremony
at the Indian Soldiers Memorial in Haifa City to commemorate the Indian
soldiers who lost their lives during World War I.
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