Governor Deval Patrick led several trips to Israel, including one in 2011 with Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. The pair met with Shai Bazak (left), consul general of Israel in New England, and Major General Eliezer Shkedi, chief executive of El Al airlines. (JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF/FILE)

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