ISRAEL

It's been 33 years since Egypt's President Anwar El Sadat visited Israel. He then became the first ever Arab leader to engage with Jewish state. Though the United States brokered peace between the two nations, recent political developments suggest that things could go off balance in the coming months.

Israel-based IT services provider Ness Technologies is looking to buy two companies in India in the outsourced product development and financial services areas by the end of next year.

Even as Harry Potter (the protagonist) defeats Voldemort (the evil wizard) in the last series J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, grave of a dead Harry Potter is drawing tourists in the Israeli town of Ramle.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is planning an official visit to Israel in January next year, the Haaretz reported on Wednesday. This will be the first Russian presidential visit to Israel in almost five years. It was in 2005 that Vladimir Putin met Ariel Sharon, which improved the bilateral ties between the countries.