Prince William tells Abbas he hopes for a ‘lasting peace’ in the Middle East

June 28, 2018 by JNS

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Prince William met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in Ramallah, telling the Palestinian leader he hopes for a “lasting peace” in the region.

Prince William with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Credit: Kensington Palace via Twitter.

“I’m very glad our two countries work so closely together and have had success stories with education and relief work in the past, so long may that continue,” the Duke of Cambridge told Abbas. “My sentiments are the same as yours in hoping that there is a lasting peace in the region.”

Abbas responded, saying “the Palestinian side is committed to the peace process with the Israelis, so both states could live peacefully together within the borders of 1967.”

While in Ramallah, William attended cultural events, a Palestinian school and a health clinic, where he learned about UNRWA’s child vaccination program.

He has been on a whirlwind tour of Israel in the last few days.

Earlier on Wednesday, Prince William took a stroll through central Tel Aviv with 2018 Eurovision song-contest winner Netta Barzilai and also met with young Israeli entrepreneurs.

Prince William walks with Netta Barzilai, winner of the 2018 Eurovision song contest, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on June 27, 2018. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL

On Tuesday, he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, and also toured the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial in Jerusalem. The prince also visited Tel Aviv, where he played volleyball on the beach and attended a soccer match with Jewish and Arab children in Jaffa.

On Thursday, Prince William is set to visit the Mount of Olives, where his great-grandmother Princess Alice is buried. He will then tour sacred sites in Jerusalem, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Temple Mount, and the Western Wall.

Prince William’s visit to Jerusalem has generated a bit of controversy. His official itinerary labeled the Old City of Jerusalem as “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” which some Israeli officials have accused of politicizing the visit. However, British officials dismissed these claims, saying that the terminology is “consistent” with longstanding British policy.

JNS

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One Response to “Prince William tells Abbas he hopes for a ‘lasting peace’ in the Middle East”

Erica Edelman says:

06/28/2018 at 5:20 pm

Well there’s a clue ! “Consistent with long standing
British policy”??
No wonder the media is confused and
The saga goes on!
Until and unless Big super powers are on the same
Page with their rhetoric about who owns what, the
Muslim countries will continue to milk their victim-hood
Dry and there will never be any peace.
And while ABBAS continues with the “1967” borders
And “Right of Return” dysfunctional dialogue, Netanyahu
Has NO choice but to develop and build, research and
Take over, bulldoze and re-shape for all he’s worth
Because waiting is just as dysfunctional.
Rome burns slowly but surely and in the end Hamas will be trounced and what’s
Left of British Mandate Palestine will be laid to rest forever ..

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