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Hilary Benn arrives in Israel for three-day Middle East visit

December 14, 2015 16:02
In Israel: Hilary Benn

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

1 min read

Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn will visit east Jerusalem with a humanitarian group during a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.

Mr Benn, who landed in Ben Gurion airport this morning for the three-day visit, will tour east Jerusalem with the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

He will also visit Holocaust memorial museum Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, a spokesman confirmed.

Mr Benn is due to meet senior figures from the Knesset and Palestinian Authority, including PA president Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog, the director-general of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dore Gold, and Britain’s ambassador to Israel David Quarrey.

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