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Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Territ
ories - Summer 2018
By: fragrance78 Date: March 2, 2018, 10:59 pm
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The Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel, Jordan and the Occupied
Palestinian Territories in the Summer.....The visit is at the
request of Her Majesty's Government and has been welcomed by the
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities.
-Kensington Palace
I am not so sure what UK's Foreign Office is thinking sending
this fool to the hotbed of hot mess. Just hope all will go well
for everyone who joins the tour.
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: Cloaked Date: March 5, 2018, 6:47 pm
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I don't think William is a fool but it could be foolish to
expect anyone to attend that visit to the region planned.
William comes across as respectful and with good listening
skills when he is in Australia.
He seems very likable and interested.
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: fragrance78 Date: June 12, 2018, 5:45 am
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His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge will visit Jordan,
Israel, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from Sunday
24th June until Thursday 28th June at the request of Her
Majesty’s Government. The visit will be The Duke’s first to the
region.
In Jordan, His Royal Highness will be able to build on the
strong links that exist not only between the two countries, but
also between their respective Royal families who have visited
each other many times over the years. In Israel and the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, the visit will be the first official
tour on behalf of the Government by a Member of The Royal
Family.
The complex challenges in the region are of course well known.
The non-political nature of His Royal Highness’s role – in
common with all Royal visits overseas –allows a spotlight to be
brought to bear on the people of the region: their cultures,
their young people, their aspirations, and their experiences.
In cities with storied histories that are never far from the
headlines, The Duke’s goal will be to meet as many people from
as many walks of life as possible – and to use the spotlight
that his visit will bring to celebrate their hopes for the
future. During the visit, The Duke will meet young
entrepreneurs, view vibrant tech and media sectors, witness
historic cultures being protected and interpreted for the 21st
century, and meet people from a wide variety of backgrounds –
including refugees – with a particular focus on young people.
The Duke will also meet with senior political and religious
leaders in all three places, as well as a wide range of people
drawn from across business, civil society, the arts and media
and other sectors at receptions organised by the UK’s three
missions.
Turning to the detail of the programme, His Royal Highness will
depart the UK on RAF Voyager on the morning of Sunday 24th,
arriving in Amman, Jordan to an official welcome at Marka
airport.
He will be greeted by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al-Hussein
Bin Abdullah II. The Duke is very pleased that this visit will
allow him to begin a relationship with the Crown Prince Hussein
that will be important in the decades to come. Their Royal
Highnesses will then visit Fablab, an initiative of the Crown
Prince Foundation that seeks to equip young entrepreneurs with
the technology they need to realise their ambitions.
That evening The Duke will meet people from across Jordanian
society and deliver a speech at a Queen’s Birthday Party at the
residence of Her Majesty’s Ambassador, before departing for a
private dinner with the Crown Prince Hussein at Beit al Urden,
the King’s private residence, where The Duke is honoured to stay
overnight.
The morning of the 25th will begin with a visit to the
spectacular archaeological site at Jerash, a first century Roman
city that is one of the largest Roman remains anywhere in the
Mediterranean region, and one of Jordan’s greatest tourist
attractions. It is, by the way, the site where the young
Catherine Middleton is pictured standing on a pile of stones
with her father and young sister when the Middleton family lived
in Jordan.
The site will host a celebration for young people benefiting
from the Makani programme supported by UNICEF. Makani is a
nationwide charity that works with young people from deprived
backgrounds, but especially those from refugee communities.
As you know, there has been unrest in the Middle East for
decades, most recently in Syria, and consequently the country of
Jordan is hosting over 655,000 refugees – a staggering act of
generosity and humanitarianism for a country with a population
of 9.5 million. Jordan has a range of programmes to help
refugees to integrate and to find work and shelter, and Makani
is one of the leading organisations in this field.
Through interacting with young people brought together by Makani
from across communities in Jordan, The Duke will hear about the
lives, challenges and hopes of these young people.
His Royal Highness will then travel to the north of the country
to visit a new base for the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), which
has been formed with British military support.
The Duke will witness the QRF practicing pre-deployment drills
and will also meet British officers on attachment to the
Jordanian armed forces. The UK and Jordanian Government
cooperate closely on security, and this meeting will pay tribute
to this.
The Duke will then visit the Dar Na’mah Centre – a project of
the Princess Taghrid Institute (PTI). The institute is a charity
set up by Princess Taghrid to support women of all ages to
develop their own livelihoods and thereby support their families
and communities.
His Royal Highness will meet with women who have built the
centre, try some of their traditional food, and watch them make
crafts. He will also meet with a group of young orphaned women
who have been supported by PTI to develop skills and complete
their educations.
That afternoon The Duke will get to meet with a number of young
Jordanians and Syrian refugees who are developing skills to
compete in the modern economy when he visits Al Quds College
back in Amman.
Among the students His Royal Highness will meet will be those
who are enrolled in the media school there, training in film and
music production as part of the College’s partnership with
Middlesex University. It is an incredibly vibrant place that
will give The Duke a sense of the optimism and ambition of
Jordan’s young people.
The Duke will complete his visit to Jordan back at Marka airport
where he will meet with crew involved in the Jordanian Air
Ambulance, and will be able to look over their helicopters. His
Royal Highness will then depart for Israel and the next leg of
the trip.
His Royal Highness will arrive in Israel at Ben Gurion
International Airport in Tel Aviv, before travelling to
Jerusalem’s historic King David Hotel, where he will stay for
the remainder of the trip.
The Duke’s first engagement in Israel, on the morning of the
26th, will see him visit Yad Vashem – Israel's official memorial
to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. You will recall that The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Stutthof concentration
camp last year, as well as the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe in Berlin – so this visit will be immensely poignant.
His Royal Highness will receive a short tour of the museum
before meeting with a survivor of the Holocaust and the
Kindertransport who will share their personal experiences with
him.
He will then walk to Yad Vashem’s Hall of Remembrance where he
will lay a wreath in memory of those who died, and will leave a
personal message in the visitor’s book before departing. The
Duke will be accompanied by the British Chief Rabbi during the
ceremony.
The Duke will then travel to the residence of Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he will be welcomed to Israel
by the Prime Minister and his wife. He will then have a meeting
with President Reuven Rivlin at his residence.
The Duke will then travel to the historic city of Jaffa where he
will meet with young people involved in the work of two
organisations focused on co-existence between the young people
of different religious and ethnic communities – the Equaliser
and the Peres Centre for Peace. He will arrive at a football
event hosted by the two charities and will have a chance to
spend time with children and teenagers involved in several of
their projects, including one focused on empowering young women.
His Royal Highness will then travel to central Tel Aviv for an
event that will be announced during the visit.
That evening The Duke will speak at a reception at the residence
of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Israel before returning to
Jerusalem.
The next morning of the 27th will begin back in Tel Aviv, with a
visit that we are really looking forward to, but will not be
announcing in advance. The second engagement will be at the Beit
Ha’ir Museum in the newly renovated Old City Hall of Tel Aviv.
The museum is designed to be an open house for artists, writers
and scholars. On arrival, The Duke will attend a tech innovation
demo where he will meet four start-up companies and hear the
story behind their products. The Duke will then attend a civil
society reception, meeting groups of young people engaged in the
fields of youth activism, social impact and the environment.
From here, the programme will shift to its next leg – the
Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Duke will travel to
Ramallah where he will meet with Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting will take place at the President’s
office.
The rest of the afternoon’s programme in the West Bank will
include events that focus on the issues facing refugee
communities; opportunities to celebrate Palestinian culture,
music and food; and a chance to meet a number of young
Palestinians. Full details will be announced during the visit.
That evening The Duke will give his final speech of the tour
when he attends a reception at the residence of the Consul
General in Jerusalem.
The next day’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
will begin with a short briefing on the history and geography of
Jerusalem's Old City from a viewing point at the Mount of
Olives. From here His Royal Highness will travel a short
distance to the Church of St Mary Magdalene where he will pay
his respects at the tomb of his great-grandmother, Princess
Alice.
Both The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales have made
previous visits here. The rest of the programme for the day will
be announced at a later date, but will allow His Royal Highness
to understand and pay respect to the religions and history of
the region.
The historic nature of this tour is of course important and The
Duke considers it a great privilege to be undertaking the first
ever official Royal tour of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian
Territories and to be able to help further strengthen the
friendship between Jordan and the United Kingdom. More
importantly, however, The Duke is looking forward to building a
real and enduring relationship with the people of the region.
In particular he is pleased that his programme will allow him to
meet a number of people from his own generation and young
Jordanians, Israelis, and Palestinians. His Royal Highness is
looking forward to learning about their unique perspectives, but
also their shared ambitions and hopes for the future.
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: Bessie Date: June 12, 2018, 11:01 pm
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The security alone could bankrupt a small nation.
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: fragrance78 Date: June 13, 2018, 8:55 am
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Exactly. Thousands of people and possible millions of dollars to
keep 1 man safe during the trip.
It is a very dangerous and wasteful tour IMO. What is he gonna
talk about when he meets the religious leaders, etc? How George
loves police bikes?
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: fragrance78 Date: June 25, 2018, 9:18 am
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
rritories - Summer 2018
By: fragrance78 Date: June 25, 2018, 9:20 am
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
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Re: Will @ Visit to Israel, Jordan & Occupied Palestinian Te
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