'The UK has a strong science and innovation relationship with Israel, and this week I have signed two landmark agreements which will take this to the next level,' UK Science Minister Sam Gyimah said.

'We are proud to provide this technological breakthrough and become partners in one of the most exciting experiments of mankind in the coming years.'

Israel and India signed a new inter-governmental agreement, taking step in the tightening of relations between the two countries.

NASA chief Charlie Bolden, on a visit to Israel, said that international cooperation would be needed for manned missions to Mars to succeed, and that he is interested in exploring how Israel could help the effort, while expressing appreciation for Israel's technological abilities.

Providing the "sharpest response to all the foolish initiatives to make academics boycott Israel," Israel signed another tech research deal, this time with California.

In a seemingly endless string of offensive and biased statements, Wallstrom again accused Israel of extrajudicial killings of Palestinian terrorists and called for an international probe. Israel’s Foreign Ministry strongly rejected the allegations, calling her accusations “irresponsible and delusional.”

Israel's Technion made history when it launched the first Israeli university in China, marking a new era in the close relationship between the two countries.

Citing Israel's 3,000 year-long connection to its capital Jerusalem, an Israeli minister maintained that all parts of the city are under Israeli sovereignty and everyone should recognize that- including Austria's Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner.

Hosted by Israel’s Space Agency, the International Astronautical Congress featured leading space agency directors and famed moonwalker Buzz Aldrin.