{"id":83630,"date":"2017-08-23T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2c1531c8ccafba5101550c5c29ed869a"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:12:00","slug":"news-story-british-minister-reaffirms-uks-commitment-to-peace-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83630","title":{"rendered":"News story: British Minister reaffirms UK&#8217;s commitment to peace process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Added translation<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Alistair Burt MP, Britain\u2019s Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, today concluded a three day visit to Israel and the OPTs.<\/p>\n<p>During the Israel leg of the visit, Minister Burt met a number of government officials and political figures to discuss wide-ranging issues affecting the UK\u2019s relations with Israel. He emphasised the UK\u2019s strong relationship with Israel and its commitment to the Middle East Peace Process.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Burt also attended the launch ceremony of El Al Airlines\u2019 first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane Ben Gurion Airport. El Al\u2019s new fleet of Dreamliners is equipped with British-made Rolls Royce engines, a result of the biggest-ever trade deal between the two countries, signed in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Burt said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The UK is a great friend of Israel and during this visit I have reaffirmed the UK\u2019s commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East. We will continue to work with and support those in Israel and beyond who want to achieve a viable solution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We have a longstanding relationship with Israel and I have witnessed first-hand the strength of this partnership in many areas from trade and investment to technology and innovation. This relationship will continue to grow and benefit both of our nations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a series of meetings in Jerusalem, Minister Burt met Tzachi Hanegbi MK, Minister for Regional Cooperation; Michael Oren MK, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office; Ayman Odeh MK, head of the Joint List party; and Yuval Rotem, Director General of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with young tech developers, he witnessed how a London-based initiative, the free coding school Founders &amp; Coders, is expanding to Israel through a successful branch in the city of Nazareth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt visits Israel and the OPTs for discussions on peace process and to celebrate strong business and tech relations with Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}