Prince William to visit Israel
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israel will for the first time host an official visit by a member of the british royal family when prince william travels there this summer it wason thursday1 the visit is coming seventy years after david ben-gurion proclaimed the independence of the state of israel and an end to the british mandate in palestine1 prince william who is second in line to the british throne will visit israel jordan and the palestinian territories in the occupied west bank1 no specific date was announced. his father and grandfather have traveled to israel but not as part of an official royal visit1 the prince will visit at the request of the government of his grandmother queen elizabeth ii kensington palace his royal residence1 the lack of a formal visit has long been a sore point for many israelis1 some had interpreted it as a snub aof israel or perhaps the result of in arab countries1 for now the assumption is that the prince will not travel with his family. he and his wife kate are expecting their third child in april1 read more at httpswww.nytimes.com20180301worldmiddleeastprince-william-israel-visit.html1