Netanyahu in Gujarat LIVE: Modi Quotes Einstein in Start-Up Pitch, Inaugurates iCreate Centre With Israeli PM

"Never stop dreaming and never let the dreams die. It is good for children to have high curiosity quotient. Our youth has energy and enthusiasm, all that they want is a little bit of encouragement, network and institutional support," says PM Narendra Modi, quoting Albert Einstein.

"Israeli technology and creativity reaches the whole world. The people of Israel have proven to the whole world that the size of the country and the resolve of the countrymen, is what takes a country forward. Innovation plays a major role in bringing Indian and Israeli people closer," says PM Narendra Modi.

"When a farmer sows a small plant, coming generations receives fruits of that huge tree. The farmer's soul feels elated with this. We are feeling the same happiness on the inauguration of iCreate," says PM Narendra Modi at the iCreate event.

When I went to Israel last year, I made up my mind that this foundation should have more strong relations with Israel. From that time, I was waiting for my friend Benjamin Netanyahu to come to India. He is here and now we are inaugurating this foundation," says PM Narendra Modi.

"PM Narendra Modi and I are both very young and both very optimistic. We are young in our thinking and optimism about the future. Jai Bharat! Jai Israel! Thank you all," concludes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the iCreate event in Ahmedabad.

"I am delighted to be here. The world knows about iPads and iPods, there is one more i that the world needs to know about, that is iCreate," said Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is at the event along with PM Narendra Modi.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's note in the visitor's book of the Sabarmati Ashram, "An inspiring visit to the heart of one of humanity's great prophets of inspiration Mahatma Gandhi":

PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu, his wife Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram:

#WATCH PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram. #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/sN4TJBqLYp

— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018

Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu have left the Sabarmati Ashram after signing the guest book and are now headed to 'iCreate', an autonomous centre for budding entrepreneurs in Bavla town. The trip assumes significance since Israel is famous for being the global hub of start-up projects.  

The two leaders are now having a word in the lawns of Sabarmati Ashram after bonding over a round of kite flying. 

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have arrived with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Ashram after a roadshow from the airport. The Israeli premier is trying his hand at weaving khadi on a charkha while Modi appears to teach him how. The two leaders also paid respects before a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi.

Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu's mega roadshow begins amidst high security in Ahmedabad:

#NaMosteNetanyahu -- Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu's mega roadshow begins amidst high security in Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/Zv2lhAZSjf

— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 17, 2018

Despite it being a roadshow, there are no open vehicles or convertibles. This perhaps could be due to Israeli Mossad's fixation over security.

PM Narendra Modi and Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu begin their joint roadshow in Ahmedabad. Both leaders are travelling to Sabarmati Ashram.

Visuals of PM Narendra Modi receiving his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu at Ahmedabad airport. The visiting dignitaries are being given a grand song and dance reception, which is starting from the airport itself:

#Gujarat: Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrive in Ahmedabad, received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/IDBmvv7HRs

— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2018

Both Prime Ministers will also visit the Centre for Excellence – Vegetables in Vadrad, Gujarat. They will be briefed on the progress in the India-Israel Agriculture Work Plan. They will also e-inaugurate (via video link) the Centre for Excellence – Date Palm, in Kukama. The leaders will also address farmers at various COEs established under the India Israel Agriculture Plan. The leaders also witness the signing of a MoU between COE Vadrad and Farmer’s Producer Organization for establishment of Hi-Tech vegetable seedling production unit.

Today, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the iCreate facility located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. iCreate is an independent centre set up with the objective of facilitating entrepreneurship to deal with issues such as food security, water, connectivity, cybersecurity, IT and electronics, non-conventional energy, bio-medical equipment and devices etc. During the visit, the leaders will take a tour of the facility and visit various stalls that highlight technologies/innovations across fields. The leaders will then address the assembled gathering.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Ahmedabad. He will now be part of a roadshow with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, which will end with both of them visiting Sabarmati Ashram.

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Ahmedabad.

Community leader Benjamin Reuben tells CNN-News18's Maha Siddiqui that there are 140 Jews in Gujarat. They had extended an invite to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit their synagogue but since that could not be factored in, they are at the roadshow to greet him.

Political observers believe this is the Prime Minister's strategy to showcase development projects initiated by him as the Chief Minister of the state to world leaders and emphasise on decentralisation experiments that he has been working on.

Moshe, who was a toddler when Pakistan-based terrorists killed his parents at Nariman House, appeared visibly moved as he spent almost two hours going around the five-storey building in south Mumbai.

Israeli resident 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg had kosher food at Nariman House. His grandparents and two uncles, who accompanied him from Israel, were with him during his Nariman House visit. Moshe's Indian nanny Sandra Samuels, who had saved him during the terror attack, was also present. His father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed in Nariman House, which was a terror target during the 26/11 Mumbai attack in 2008. The Jewish couple ran a cultural and outreach centre for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at the Nariman House in South Mumbai's Colaba area.

Returning to the place where he was orphaned nine years ago in a terror attack, 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg on Tuesday appeared bewildered with the media frenzy as cameras popped to catch his glimpse. Moshe, who was a toddler when Pakistan-based terrorists killed his parents at Nariman House, appeared visibly moved as he spent almost two hours going around the five-storey building in south Mumbai.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted after visiting the Taj Mahal yesterday, with his wife Sara:

Today at the Taj Mahal. A place of serenity, love, and infinite beauty. pic.twitter.com/jucktTm6p7

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) January 16, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will also be presenting PM Narendra Modi with a gift — the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification jeep the two leaders rode at Israel's Olga beach last year. There will be a live demonstration of desalination of sea water that the two prime ministers will witness through video conferencing from the iCreate centre on January 17. The jeep is said to cost around 390,000 shekels (approximately USD 111,000). The two leaders would then proceed for a Sabarkantha-based centre of excellence for agriculture established by Isreal. They will inaugurate a research facility for the cultivation of dates in Kutch by remote control from Sabarkantha.

Ahmedabad, especially the stretch from the airport to the Sabarmati Ashram, has been decked up to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with his wife Sara. Netanyahu would first visit the Sabarmati Ashram and would then go to 'iCreate', an autonomous centre of excellence near Bavla town close to the city. 'iCreate' was formally launched in 2011 by Modi when he was the chief minister. The institution mentors budding entrepreneurs and guides them to set up start-ups, according to an official.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow, which will begin from the city airport and end at the Sabarmati Ashram, a journey of eight kilometres. Around 50 stages will be erected on the roadside along the stretch and people from different states of the country will welcome Netanyahu. "Cultural programmes will be performed by troupes of different states as well as ethnicity to welcome the guests," Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's standing committee chairman Pravin Patel said. "The Indian Jewish people will also welcome the two leaders," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the fourth day of his trip to India, is in Gujarat where he is set to visit the Sabarmati Ashram today. Netanyahu will be accompanied by PM Narendra Modi. The visiting dignitary will also be attending an event at the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) and the Centre of Excellence, Vadrad. Netanyahu will leave for Mumbai after the scheduled visits.