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David Cameron speech to Knesset; Cameron speech SOTI have stood up to protect Jewish practices too. The Jewish community has been an absolute exemplar in integrating into British life in every way. But integration doesn't mean that you have to give up things that you hold very dear in your religion. When people challenged Kosher Shechita I have defended it. I fought as a backbench Member of Parliament against the last attempt to do something to change this, and there is no way I'm allowing that to change now I'm Prime Minister - on my watch Shechita is safe in the United Kingdom. I am proud to be pursuing the strongest and deepest possible relationship between our 2 countries, from our trade, which has doubled in a decade and is now worth 5 billion pounds a year, to the world-leading partnerships between our scientists, academics and hi-tech specialists. Britain and Israel share a commitment to driving the growth of hi-tech start-ups. In Britain we've introduced huge tax breaks on early stage investment and special visas for entrepreneurs and in just 3 and a half years we've grown our Tech City in east London from 200 digital companies to more than 1,300 today. Israel is the start-up nation, with the second highest density of start-ups outside Silicon Valley anywhere in the world. As your inspirational President Peres has put it - Israel has gone from oranges to Apple. Israel's technology is protecting British and NATO troops in Afghanistan, it is providing Britain's National Health Service with one in 6 of its prescription medicines through TEVA. Together British and Israel technical expertise can achieve so much more. And to those who do not share my ambition, who want to boycott Israel, I have a clear message - Britain opposes boycotts; whether it is trade unions campaigning for the exclusion of Israelis or universities trying to stifle academic exchange, Israel's place as a homeland for the Jewish people will never rest on hollow resolutions pas...