Indian President arrives in Israel after Jordan and Ramallah

President Pranab Muherjee pays a state visit to Israel Tuesday after trips to Amman and Ramallah. He will be welcomed by President Reuven Rivlin in a state ceremony, hold talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and deliver a speech to the Knesset. In comments he gave in Jordan, the Indian president stressed that the deepening ties between his country and Israel do not mean that his government has abandoned the Palestinian issue and its focal aim of an independent Palestinian state.