Cameron to visit the Jewish terror State

After nearly four years in office, British Prime Minister David Cameron is to make his first visit to Israel as prime minister on Wednesday. He is scheduled  to spend some 22 hours in Israel and another seven hours in the Palestinian  Authority.

Cameron, who postponed his scheduled visit last month because  of floods in Britain, is going ahead with the visit despite Foreign Ministry  sanctions.

The logistics for the visit are being handled, as a result, by  the Prime Minister’s Office.

That this is Cameron’s first visit here  shows the degree to which Cameron, unlike Tony Blair and even to a lesser extent  his immediate predecessor Gordon Brown, has opted against taking a very active  role in the Middle East diplomatic process.

As much as Blair was  identified with the Middle East peace process and involved, one official said,  Cameron has kept his distance, perhaps as a way of doing the “un-Blair thing.”  He is not personally involved, and has no desire to be in a mediating role, the  official added.

The official said French President Francois Hollande has  taken a similar posture, much less involved in Middle East diplomatic issues  than was his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy. Unlike Cameron, however, Hollande  visited Israel about a year and a half after his May 2012 election, coming here  last November.

During his visit, Cameron is expected to express support  for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s diplomatic efforts, and – alongside with  expressing understanding and support for Israel’s security concerns – will  likely criticize construction in the settlements and in Jerusalem beyond the  Green Line.

While this is Cameron’s first visit here, he visited Egypt in  2011 and has visited Persian Gulf States on a number of  occasions.

Cameron is scheduled to meet with President Shimon Peres soon  after his arrival, followed by an address to the Knesset, a visit to Yad Vashem,  and a dinner meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

The British  prime minister, who will be accompanied on his trip by British businessmen, is  scheduled to participate in a business event Thursday morning, as he hopes to  boost bilateral economic and scientific ties. Currently, bilateral trade is some  $8.5 billion.

He is then scheduled to go to Bethlehem and meet with  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and senior Palestinian  officials.

Iran and the diplomatic talks with the Palestinians are  expected to be the two main topics on the agenda of Cameron’s talks with  Netanyahu, with Netanyahu expected to continue using the interception of the  Klos C to press the point that Iran has not changed and cannot be  trusted.

Diplomatic officials said that for the most part Britain follows  the US lead regarding Iran and pointed out that, unlike Italian and German  businessman, British businessmen have not used the thaw in relations with Iran  to make their way to the country looking for business opportunities.

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