Kensington Palace says Prince William will visit Israel and the “Occupied Palestinian territories” at the end of June — the first British royal to make an official visit there.
The prince will begin his June 24-28 trip in Amman, Jordan, then travel to Jerash in Jordan; Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel; and Ramallah in the West Bank.
No British royal has ever made an official visit to Israel, whose ‘occupation’ of the Palestinian territories” the U.K. considers illegal. William’s father Prince Charles attended the 2016 funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in a private capacity.
This is also the first official royal visit to the “Palestinian territories”. It comes at the British government’s request.
The trip was announced earlier this year, but the dates and destinations were disclosed Friday.
Further details about The Duke of Cambridge’s visit to Jordan, Israel, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have been announced: https://t.co/qgSnyBwNJ5
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 25, 2018
(AP)
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Bill, you don’t need to bother to come to Israel; we will survive without you!
Did this naive man get rishus from his Bubbe?
He got his rishus from his elter bubba who was from German decent and amaleki
Some members of the family have made private visits to the grave of Prince Philip’s mother who is buried in Jerusalem (and honored at Yad vs-Shem for her activities opposing the Nazis in World War II). If they are referring to visiting Ramallah as “occupied Palestinian territory” rather than the capital of the Palestine National Authority it is a big slap in the face of the Palestinians. It should be noted the Brits never did a visit before since they were ticked off that the Palestinian Jews (as they were called them ) drove them out and in doing so largely doomed their Empire (only one other country ever used military force to kick the Brits out of a country) – and there wasn’t a “royal visit” for almost 200 years).