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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-735940
Israeli, Ethiopian Think Tanks Sign National Security MOU
(Jerusalem Post) Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Ethiopian government's Institute of Foreign Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding last week to collaborate on national security issues, including water and food security. "The very first thing we should do is conceptually move food security from the social and economic realm to the realm of national security," explained Dr. Yechiel M. Leiter, director-general of the Jerusalem Center. "National security is not just a matter of tanks and planes and soldiers - it is bread. It is the ability to feed the people of one's sovereign territory." "Imagine Ethiopia's cows producing 30 or 40 liters of milk a day instead of the 2 or 3 that they produce today," said Leiter. "Imagine the establishment of an agriculture industry that grows alternatives to wheat. Imagine a fish industry based on fish pond production. Israel has proven technology in these and other agri-areas." "Imagine we bring together a think-tank plan that's a collaborative effort: We bring together the financial resources of the Gulf States, the technological resources of Israel, and the human resources of Africa."