News Brief

Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer will sign a cooperation agreement Sunday with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on renewable energy. Schwarzenegger is currently in Israel, attending the Saban Forum.

Ben Eliezer said that the agreement "between two sun-drenched states as ours will enable more and better cooperation between scientists and manufacturers on both sides. Both our states are known throughout the world as having strong backgrounds in renewable energy, so this agreement is necessary," he said.