In pics | Israel rolls out red carpet for PM Modi's historic visit, names flower after him
On the second day of his 'ground-breaking' visit to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday meet President Reuven Rivlin and a host of other Israeli leaders.
On the second day of his 'ground-breaking' visit to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday meet President Reuven Rivlin and a host of other Israeli leaders.
Importantly, PM Modi will also meet Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli child who survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as a two-year-old toddler then.
PM Modi will also interact with Sandra Samuels, the Indian nanny who had saved Baby Moshe during the attack.
Moshe was orphaned when his parents Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg, serving as emissaries of Chabad in Mumbai, were killed along with six others by LeT terrorists at the Nariman House, also popularly known as Chabad House during the 26/11 attacks.
His nanny Sandra was awarded an honourary citizenship by the Government of Israel so she could live in the country and take care of Moshe, who is now 10-years-old.
Moshe now lives with his maternal grandparents - Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg.
Moshe's grandparents have earlier said that they feel honoured for being invited to meet the visiting Indian Prime Minister.
(With agency inputs)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an official ceremony at Ben-Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during an official ceremoney at Ben-Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017. Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel, the result of growing ties that have led to billions of dollars in defence deals.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem July 4, 2017.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem July 4, 2017.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev during a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem July 4, 2017.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at pictures of Jewish Holocaust victims on July 4, 2017, at the Hall of Names during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage to the victims of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, in Jerusalem, Israel on Tuesday.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays a wreath during a memorial ceremony at the ''Hall of Remembrances'', in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 4 2017.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a wreath laying ceremony during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II, in Jerusalem on July 4, 2017.
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And a metal crown covered in gold sheets in floral ornament style, bearing motifs typical of lamps and decorations of south India.
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Prime Minister Modi also presented PM Netanyahu a Torah scroll donated by the Paradesi Jewish community in Kerala. The scroll was handwritten over a hundred years ago, the scroll had been dedicated to the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi that had been built in 1568. The Torah is enclosed on wooden staves in a wooden case adorned with silver sheets.
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PM Modi presented PM Netanyahu replicas of 2 sets of relics from Kerala that, regarded as key artifacts in the long Jewish history in India. They comprise two different sets of copper plates that are believed to have been inscribed in 9-10th century C.E. The first set of copper plates is a cherished relic for the Cochini Jews in India.
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The second set of copper plates is believed to be the earliest documentation of the history of Jewish trade with India.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint statement on July 4, 2017, at the Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace following a statement on July 4, 2017, at the Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem.
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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu,visiting the Danziger Flower Farm- a leading facility for RandD in plant varieties, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Tuesday.
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