US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (second from left) taking a walking tour of the Israeli Sorek Desalination Plant as part of a visit in April 2016 to enhance co-operation between the two nations. The plant was built by Israeli firm IDE Technologies, which was awarded the recent contract to build Sorek 2. Photo: Matty Stern / US embassy / shared on Flickr.

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