Many may be surprised that no such visit has happened before. Yet later this month, the Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, will make his first official visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. As yet, his mother, the British monarch has not made any visit at all during the entire 67 years of her reign, and at 93 is unlikely ever to do so. The ...
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