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Gov. Patrick expected to visit Israel

E-mail|Link|Comments (1) Posted by Michael Paulson August 22, 2008 07:24 AM

Gov. Deval Patrick is expected to to visit Israel in November, according to Jewish community leaders. The Globe's Todd Wallack reports:

"Massachusetts and Israel already have strong ties. In 2004, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston created the Boston-Haifa Life Sciences Initiative to help cultivate relationships between the cities' life sciences sectors. Haifa is a sister city to Boston. In 1987, the state signed a general accord with Israel on trade, investment, education, and medicine. In 2007, Massachusetts exported nearly $203 million worth of goods to Israel, up 17 percent from 2006. Many Israeli companies already have offices in Massachusetts, and vice versa."

(Photo by George Rizer of the Globe staff.)

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