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Monday, October 24, 2022
Dutch PM Rutte arrives in Israel for 2-day visit
Longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives in Israel for a two-day visit focused on energy, water and food security.
Rutte is slated to meet Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
He is greeted at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands Modi Ephraim and Foreign Ministry official Gil Haskel.