It is easy to write a news story about bad news. When the UK and Israel disagree, it creates headlines. But what often fails to make the news is the flourishing bilateral links. As ambassador, I see every day extraordinary cooperation growing between our two nations.

Perhaps the most important cooperation between us is in security. Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague has said, “Britain will never compromise on Israel’s security.” Britain is determined to be a strong security partner for Israel, and in the past few years we have built an impressive partnership.

But beyond this essential security partnership, we have been making a quiet revolution in our bilateral ties on education, science and tech. In each of these fields, the past few years has seen huge progress in creating genuine partnerships that mean we are finally exploiting the huge potential that exists for cooperation between Britain and Israel.

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