Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving Thursday for a week-long trade mission to Israel.
Scott becomes the third governor in a row to visit the nation during his first year in office. While the trip is about improving economic ties, the visit is also good politics since Florida has the third largest Jewish population in the United States.
Scott is scheduled to visit the Western Wall, the burial site of Yitzhak Rabin, and Yad Vashem, the Israeli memorial to victims of the Holocaust. He is also scheduled to meet with several top
Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The governor will also participate in a forum on the future of the U.S. economy and the 2012 elections.
This is Scott's fourth trade mission since he became governor last January.
