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Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has said he will “represent the Knesset, the state of Israel and the West Bank with pride” during his visit to Britain, which will include a speech to both houses of Parliament.

The speaker – who lives in the West Bank settlement of Neve Daniel, south of Jerusalem – will address MPs at Westminster Palace on Wednesday, at the invitation of his counterpart in the House of Commons, John Bercow.

The visit has been met with protests from pro-Palestinian activists, including the Palestinian envoy to Britain, Manuel Hassassian, who told the Independent he was “incredulous that Mr Edelstein is being given a platform in Parliament itself – the self-same Parliament that only a short time ago voted to recognise the Palestinians’ right to self-determination.”

But on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning, Mr Edelstein wrote that he had flown into Britain “in defiance of the protesters.”

He added that he would meet leaders including Prime Minister David Cameron, with whom he intended to “discuss the issues of the Palestinians, antisemitism and xenophobia,” and promised to “emphasise the truth of Israel” during his speech in Westminster.

Speaking on Monday to Israeli TV channel i24news, Mr Edelstein, who has held the position of speaker since 2013, had said that Israel could not “leave Britain as hostages of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions)”.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reiterated earlier this year that “the UK’s long-held position on Israeli settlements, and that of our international partners, is clear: they are illegal under international law, are an obstacle to peace and undermine the prospects for a two-state solution.”

According to the Israeli embassy in London, Mr Edelstein is scheduled to Mr Hammond, as well as representatives from the Jewish community. He is also due to host an event for prominent young activists from a cross-section of British society, including political activists, students, journalists and young entrepreneurs.

Edelstein is a prominent Likud politician who presides over the Knesset’s activities. In March 2015, he was elected to his second term as Speaker of the 20th Knesset by a large majority.

One thought on “UK – Knesset Speaker to address MPs in Westminster”
  1. “Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has said he will “represent the Knesset, the state of Israel and the West Bank with pride” during his visit to Britain, which will include a speech to both houses of Parliament.”
    Terrorist criminal Edelstein might also explain why Israeli soldiers very recently held up a placard whist they were smiling that said “We kill children”, and the very next day, yet another young Palestinian child was indeed shot dead by Israeli soldiers, for no justifiable reason at all.
    The British electorate, scum-sucking perennial cowards in the majority, quite obviously, evidenced by their continual electing of such murderous scum as the successive governments of Conservative and Labour Party MP’s, who over the last few years conspired to murder over 7 million innocents in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Syria as well, will of course accept such a monster as their terrorist criminal guest.
    I am utterly disgusted by all of those MP.s, the 80% who are ‘Friends of Israel’ who continually participate in this slaughter, this mass murder, they are no more and no less than slaughterhouse workers, slaughterhouse managers, not only in action, but also in terms of actual quality of consciousness, including of course the PM and all cabinet minsters, criminal scum all of them, who should all be in top security prison mental hospitals for the rest of their natural lives.
    Only the willfully blind, the utter cowards, the callous, the loathsome, the similarly insane, continue to support and reelect such evil parasites who shamelessly continue to pose as genuine politicians, whilst those evil and demonic politicians murder as many as they can for Israel.

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