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October 2000

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GOV. PATTON’S ISRAEL TRADE MISSION A SUCCESS

by State Treasurer Jonathan Miller and State Representative Kathy Stein

his July, Governor Paul Patton led more

than 30 Kentuckians on our Common-

wealth’s first trade mission to the State of
Israel. Leaders from the political. business and
Jewish communitiesjoined together for an ex-
tremely successful trip.

The primary focus of the mission was to
promote trade between Kentucky and Israel, and
to attract new businesses and new jobs into
Kentucky. Mission participants engaged in several
high—level meetings with leading Israeli and
Palestinian officials to discuss trade opportunities.

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that make us optimistic about future business
opportunities between our two countries.

The group also made several stops at impor-
tant religious and historical sites. The Governor
laid a wreath at the grave of Yitzhak Rabin and
led a ceremony at Yad Vashem’s Children‘s
Memorial. We visited the Wailing Wall and several
New Testament sites around the Sea of Galilee.

Hank Wagner, president of Jewish hospital,
and Dr. Gerald Temes, director of the Heart and
Lung Institute at Jewish Hospital, also visited
officials at an Israeli hospital. The two hospitals
are working together on projects and research.

Along with First Lady Judi Patton. we

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0f the art medical procedures and care being
given to women and children at the pavilion.
What was most exciting, perhaps, was
touring the areas of the country that were central
to the negotiations taking place simultaneously at
Camp David. We toured the Old City, parts of the
West Bank and visited an army unit at the Golan
Heights. We met with members of both the Israel
government and the opposition, watched the
Knesset debate over Prime Minister Barak’s
future and met Palestinian Authority leaders in

Ramallah.

We were very excited to take part in this
historic. exhausting and meaningful trade mission
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Pictured (from left to right)
State Treasurer Jonathan Miller,

Governor Paul Patton, and |
State Representative Kathy Stein

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