The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Ethiopian government’s Institute of Foreign Affairs foreign policy think tank signed a memorandum of understanding this 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 JCPA. ”National security is not just a matter of tanks and planes and soldiers – it is bread. Moreover, around 170,000 Ethiopian immigrants live in Israel today, according to recent data by the Central Bureau of Statistics. With the signing of the MOU, the center will work to find Ethiopian Israeli technology partners that could help the country better leverage its resources.

Source: Ethiopian News March 31, 2023 00:36 UTC