{"id":10039,"date":"2014-12-02T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2014-12-02T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T14:48:01","slug":"10039","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=10039","title":{"rendered":"Why British Royals Refuse to Visit Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Former U.S. National Security Advisor Asks Why British Royals Refuse to Visit Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
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The British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, June 2013. Photo: Carfax2 via Wikimedia Commons.<\/span> <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), in an article published Thursday, asked why Britain\u2019s Royal Family refuses to visit Israel when they make frequent stops throughout the Arab world.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn just the month of November 2014 we found Prince Andrew and Prince Harry at what the Foreign Office must have considered a diplomatic necessity: the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,\u201d wrote Elliott Abrams, who worked in both the administrations of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. \u201cPrince Andrew also visited Saudi Arabia (at the request of the Foreign Office, it was announced). And Prince Harry also visited Oman.\u201d Abrams then pointed out that the Queen has never set foot in Israel and Prince Charles visited the Jewish state only once: for Yitzhak Rabin\u2019s funeral.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Abrams, there are only three \u201clogical explanations\u201d for the gross omission. One, he said, is that the Royal Family only likes to visit other royals and tries to stay away from republics. However, Abrams said Prince Charles visited Egypt more than once, \u201cso there goes that theory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A second possible explanation is that the Royal Family fears a visit to Israel may harm the United Kingdom and its business with Arab dictators. But such reasoning is absurd, Abrams explained. \u201cGiven the current tacit alliance of Israel and the Gulf monarchies against Iran and ISIS, the likelihood that such visits would have harmed the UK is impossibly small.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Abrams\u2019 final suggestion is that the Royal Family won\u2019t visit Israel because either they or the Foreign Office \u201charbor deep and undying enmity toward the Jewish state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank and publisher. Other CFR members include Brian Williams, Angelina Jolie and Chuck Hagel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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