By Dhevarajan Devadas
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to Israel not only reaffirms friendly bilateral ties, but also acknowledges the deep and longstanding relationship between our two nations (“PM takes stock of Singapore’s ties with Israel”; Tuesday).
As the late founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew recounted in his memoirs, Israel was the only country that responded to our request for assistance in building up our military.
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