(Ynet News) Former president Shimon Peres launched the new Israel Innovation Center in a special ceremony at the Peres Center for Peace on Thursday morning. He was joined by President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. The Israeli innovation center will present the story of Israel as the "start-up nation" which now stands at the forefront of technology and science and spearheads groundbreaking Israeli inventions which have dramatically changed the lives of millions around the world. The center is expected to officially be opened in 2018 to hundreds of thousands of visitors from Israel and across the world who will be able to view firsthand Israel's transformation from an arid and desolate desert into an international technological powerhouse.
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