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“The relationship we have between the UK and Israel, especially on technology and the hive of innovation that we have in Israeli businesses,has long been a source of inspiration and profitable collaboration between us. I hope that by working together we can continue to forge a very prosperous and effective relationship together on the industrial side, but also in the context of the great friendship that there is not just between the two countries but very much between the Conservative Party, in which we all very much count ourselves as friends of Israel.”

(Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark speaking at an event organised by Conservative Friends of Israel at the Conservative Party Conference, 04/10/2016).